Already got some progress pics

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Here’s some shots of my next work in progress. Kind of nice to have lots of time on hand to build. Got the Marder painted up today. Tried to let the red brown base show through the dark yellow cover in various places and added dark green stripes. Still trying my hand at learning german camo and doing it free hand. This is only my second attempt so I hope it looks right. Also tried out the salt tecnique in avrious places such as the compartment floor, edges of fenders and armor and along the barrel. I think with a couple more tries of it I may get it looking real good. It’s a real cool tecnique. Heres the pics of how it looks tonite.

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I think the camo looks great, but I don’t know a whole bunch [:P]. The weathering is really cool. Great job. Is this the Tam kit?

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Thanks. Yes it is the Tamiya Marder III pak 36.

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Looking good Chris … tell more about how you worked the salt technique please.

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Ok the run down of the salt was this. I put down some water where I wanted the salt to go over the base color. Then I put the salt in the water whre i wanted the paint to look chipped. After the water dried I removed any excess salt . The salt will stick pretty good once the water dries. Then just spray the next coat over the salt, it will stay put as you spray. I started to remove the salt while that coat was still a bit tacky and it gave the paint a bit of a peeled look. Just through and remove all the salt and it’s done. Just be sure to put some paper down to catch the salt, it does make quite a mess. That would be it in a nutshell.

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Chris-

I’ve read about this technique. Looks like you’re getting the hang of it. Did you use ‘plain’ old salt that most of us have on the dinner table? Nice work!

Glenn

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Great job Chris. I like the weathering.

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Guess I should have mentioned that as well huh. Yes it is plain ole table salt.

Thanks for the compliments.

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One word: Outstanding!!! I am a German Armor fanatic and I gotta say, thats right on the nail! Man I got to try that salt technique sometime!

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Chris, the paint chipping looks wicked! As always, getting much better everytime. [8D][tup]

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Chris ,the salt trick is a good tip i will be having a go of that on my next build thanks.[:D][:D]

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Looking good Chris!

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Great job Chris. I really love your camo job. I agree with Robert tells us more about the salt technique.
mark956

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Looking good, Chris!

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Excellent job lizardqing2, looking forward to seeing more shots.

BUDA

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Looking good. I didn’t have much luck with the salt technique as you did. I think I got too much water on the salt and some of it melted over things. It didn’t give me the look I wanted. Great job on yours.

Joe

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looking great Chris

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Nice LQ!

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Thanks everyone. Looking forward to getting it looking better this week.

Joe- It did leave some of that residue you were refering to and I was worried about that, but after the yellow coat was applied and the salt removed, none of it showed up much to my relief

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Chris, ah… i miss so much on the weekends. I stepped into the office for a bit and here is your creation… GREAT JOB!!! I really like it… the camo looks great. I have not tried the salt trick but may have to give it a go some time. Is it as hit and miss as they say? Again… Awsome Job…