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Outstanding ,Mike. Looks as if my finger would get wet if I touched the base.
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Hi Walrus Guy, Instead of painting the letters I have used dry transfer decals with good results. I used Dulcote to fix in place and protect after applying. Make sure you order enough for Confederacy in the right size with some for possible mistakes. These are the ones I used... https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/item/MG703
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Mike, Stunning piece of modeling once again. I find it unbelievable when I reference the scale to the Tamiya jar. I'm looking forward to viewing your destroyer diorama.
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Hi WG, I like the colors of your upper works. I posted the painting of the Confederacy on the forum awhile ago. When I came upon it,I had already painted my upper works black or I might have used the color scheme as you did. How authentic it is,I guess we will never know for sure,but it sure looks great on your construction. It looks like the quarter galleries where painted the same. My Confederacy proceeds at a glacial pace,I don't update my log as I live in a remote rural area and our satellite internet is one step above dial-up. A photo uploading is like watching paint dry. Keep up the fine work.
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I made this a while ago,works well in confined areas
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Mark, Thank you for for posting this,I 'm looking forward to part 2.
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I grew up in Dorset,not many miles from Bovington. When we were young my cousins/pals and I would ride our bikes over to the museum which then wasn't so large ,a lot of the tanks were parked outside,especially the great war ones. We could climb on them and if I remember correctly could go inside a MK 4,if not then we had access when they were first moved inside. There was one,I believe a MK 2 used at Arras,which was riddled with AP rounds and small calibre shells. you could see where some of the projectiles went clean through both sides. The MK 2's were training tanks and only their sponsons were armored. During the invasion threat in 1940,the local stories stated these tanks were transported to local important cross roads and used for defense with their 6# guns. Bovington is well worth a visit.
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JohnB40 replied to JohnB40's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Thank you for your replies gentlemen. With multiple layers of raw sienna wash over the base coat,I got a result I am happy with. Jaager,I'm afraid my carving skills are too rudimentary for the figurehead and transom figures. I wish Syren's resin example was still available. I'm sure everyone who is constructing (or has) the Confederacy would have liked to throw "Marvin the martian" overboard and replace him with Chuck's. -
Greetings to all, I'm in the process of sorting out the cast parts like the figurehead. I need advise on how to paint the castings to look like a reasonable facsimile to wood. I have started with a coat of Tamiya primer,followed by a base coat of Tamiya (spray can) of deck tan. I have tubes of artists acrylic in colours like raw sienna,brown and yellow ochre etc. Any help with techniques and colour mixes to achieve the "wood look" I'm looking for would be greatly appreciated. Regards, John
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