Hello everyone,
This Thanksgiving weekend became one of firsts for me. For years, I have build American airplanes models, and nothing more. This weekend I went to the hobby store, and randomly decided to build a panzer....it would become the hardest model I have ever built. I started by painting a tan base coat. It looked horrible. So, as an unexperienced model maker, I soaked the tank in paint thinner to remove the layer of paint. BAD IDEA!!!! The plastic apparently also gets thinned, and when I took it out of the thinner, it began to peel, and I struggled to keep it from falling apart. The under part of the model was a lot thinner than it should have been, so I lathered it in elmers glue and let it dry, in order to get rid of thin spots, and smooth over the parts that were mangled. In addition, all of the "sockets" where the wheels were supposed to be inserted, completely fell off the model, so the wheels are magically hanging there with nothing but glue. So, because the bottom section looked like crap, I decided to try my hand a weathering (I have never weathered before). I looked on this forum, and decided to use pastels to weather (I am an art student and have them readily available.) When completing the painting, I applied the decals. Two of them are missing as you will see, because I severely messed them up when I was applying them. After finishing the rest of the model, I weathered everything, made it look like a battle worn mess, and sealed it. So, now it is complete, and it doesn't look half bad. I guess it looks nice for my first attempt at a tank. The pictures are on photobucket if you would like to see them. Feedback would be great! I know where the crap areas are, so try not to make too much fun of those areas . Anyways, I want to know if my weathering technique is ok, and what I can do on my next model to make it look better (Besides not putting it in paint thinner). Thanks, enjoy the pictures!
-Nick
pictures: http://s1141.photobu...reed_94/Panzer/
This Thanksgiving weekend became one of firsts for me. For years, I have build American airplanes models, and nothing more. This weekend I went to the hobby store, and randomly decided to build a panzer....it would become the hardest model I have ever built. I started by painting a tan base coat. It looked horrible. So, as an unexperienced model maker, I soaked the tank in paint thinner to remove the layer of paint. BAD IDEA!!!! The plastic apparently also gets thinned, and when I took it out of the thinner, it began to peel, and I struggled to keep it from falling apart. The under part of the model was a lot thinner than it should have been, so I lathered it in elmers glue and let it dry, in order to get rid of thin spots, and smooth over the parts that were mangled. In addition, all of the "sockets" where the wheels were supposed to be inserted, completely fell off the model, so the wheels are magically hanging there with nothing but glue. So, because the bottom section looked like crap, I decided to try my hand a weathering (I have never weathered before). I looked on this forum, and decided to use pastels to weather (I am an art student and have them readily available.) When completing the painting, I applied the decals. Two of them are missing as you will see, because I severely messed them up when I was applying them. After finishing the rest of the model, I weathered everything, made it look like a battle worn mess, and sealed it. So, now it is complete, and it doesn't look half bad. I guess it looks nice for my first attempt at a tank. The pictures are on photobucket if you would like to see them. Feedback would be great! I know where the crap areas are, so try not to make too much fun of those areas . Anyways, I want to know if my weathering technique is ok, and what I can do on my next model to make it look better (Besides not putting it in paint thinner). Thanks, enjoy the pictures!
-Nick
pictures: http://s1141.photobu...reed_94/Panzer/
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