I will fix the items mentioned. Thank you for pointing it out and helping me!
Toshi
I will work on the items you’ve pointed out. Thank you for your help and visit.
Toshi
Thank you sir, I will definately work on everything mentioned! Thank you for your help.
Toshi
Hi Toshi, I knew you were building this kit, and I wanted to tell you it was one of my only armor builds as well and had to say, it was a very fun build. I knew it wouldn’t take you long to have it together and I’m sure you had a smile on your face the whole time you were building it. Now, go have more fun and weather it. Hey, its a tank, what can go wrong weathering a tank? I think its a pleasure getting to slap mud and make rust.
This must be a popular kit as I’m finding out that many forum members either have this in their stash or have built this in the past. I’m fixing things like backwards track, LOL, and other misc. needed items.
Then comes my weathering situation. I’ll see how that comes up. Thanks for following my builds!
Toshi
Here I have the completed Bulldog with my only other armour of which is a Abrams. I hope I did justice to this build, I know I had fun and was very surprised on how well it came out.
At first I took apart the Bulldog to make the proper adjustments. Then came a simple and subtle weathering with some Tamiya pigment (They look like cosmetic items, I have A,B, and C.) and some black wash (Testors CREATEFX Acrylics).
Toshi
Nice job on her.
She looks pretty darn fine to me Toshi!
Very nice build. The weathering fits the subject matter perfectly.
Nice build Toshi.
Thank you Chris FFZ. Also thank you for the visit.
Toshi
Thank you Gamera, and thanks for following all my builds!
Toshi
Thank you sir. I always go too far with weathering. So this time I dialed it back somewhat. I went too far with the Abrams, MBrindos helped me to get it where the weathering was acceptable.
Toshi
Thanks Bish, and thanks for following my builds.
Toshi
That’s a nice looking build. It seems like every other older war movie has a walker in it disguised as some other tank.
Thank you sir! I didn’t realize that that was a fact. The next time I’ll take a better look now that I know. Thank you for the information as well as the read and reply!
Toshi
Toshi…how many models have you built? I have to say, for a beginner, you’re doing pretty darned well. As a newbie, it took me many, many years to build models as good as yours. But then again…I started when I was 5 years old.
Keep up the good work, mate. Ask questions from the great people on this forum - they’ll always help…and read Finescale Modeler magazine…a great deal of the tools and techniques I use I learned from FSM…it’s one of the best learning tools I’ve ever seen.
Thanks for posting!!
This is my 22nd. model since a 30 haitus. I made models from 8-10 years of age. I started building models again for therapy purposes. I’ve been in an accident at work and have suffered Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI. I’ve enjoyed this so much that I went all out and bought several pieces of equipment as well as a spray booth and a Iwata NEO airbrush.
I now own two airbrushes, the NEO, a gravity fed and a NEO TRN1 a gravity fed trigger AB. I feel much more comfortable with the TRN1, my new toy, LOL! As you can see Mrs. Toshi spoils me greatly.
The first site I went to was FSM! I love the support and knowledge that forum members like yourself offer graciously. It means so much to me! I mostly build aircraft hence, I’m in the aircraft thread rabidly. Thanks to MBrindos, I was encouraged to do armour and for December 7, I built the USS Arizona. The Arizona is posted in the ship thread.
I’ve currently posted my most recent build of which is a SR-71. I want to sincerely thank you for the read and reply, I appreciate it greatly!
Toshi
It came out looking pretty good. The old Tamiya kits are good, basic kits to get started on. You are doing so well that you should try stepping it up a bit and do some of the corrections they need to make them really stand out. I’m sure you could handle the minor stuff that would really add to your builds. I say go all out for detailing the next one. Keep up the good work.
Really a nice start in the Armor genre, Toshi. Everyone seems to have given you really good advice and critique, so it would be redundant to repeat anything related to construction.
I would advise that you do some research and get familiar with the techniques of both “Dry-Brushing” and “Pin Washes”. Both are essential elements of “clean” finishes, and would greatly improve the detail and visual appeal of your burgeoning style in Armor finishing. [:)]