Hey Karl- looks fantastic, as usual. Your photos are very good as always, but I want to make sure I understand your thought process: did you use the hairspray and salt techniques together to give the chipped/worn paint effect more fidelity than either technique might produce individually?
Dave
Simply amazing good sir. Nuff said.
Karl your work is second to none and very inspiring. We’re so lucky to have all different types of builders here but your techniques stand apart. Its not only the techniques but the vision to see through a piece of plastic on a sprue and what your looking for. So cool…
Terry
Thanks, Steve, Reaper, and Bruce!! 
Thanks for following along!! [Y]
Thanks, too, Terry. Very kind words from you, and I appreciate the nice compliment!
Dave, yeah, I could explain that more…thanks for asking. [:)]
What I did as to brush hairspray down the sides of the braces on the wall–I wanted to allow for big rust streaks in the creases of the braces-- and then I also attached salt to it while wet. I THEN wet down the rest of the walls with water, cut with a dab of liquid soap to help dispersion, and then salted that while wet. No plan or formula to speak of beyond that, just really kinda experimenting and rolling with it.
The hairspray came off a little more than I wanted, so I re-did the areas where it was too much. I just wet it and salted it.
If I were more patient, I would have done that in separate steps, and sealed between coats, but I wanted to get something happening with the paint already. Also, I’m confident enough at his stage to know that anything that got screwed up—like the too-big patches of rust–I could fix with little effort. And besides, some of my best finishes have been preceded by minor mistakes, [:)]
Verrrr-ee eeeenteresting!
I still wanna know where the graffiti decals came from, I’m thinking a T-34 rotting away somewhere…
THose are from “Uschi”. (click it!–link) I won a voucher for them in a Facebook contest. Cool stuff!
Today’s work:
The importance of pinwashes. The panels on the bottom have them, the one on top dos not. Note the difference in definition.
I used some embossing powder on the seats to make it look like shredded fabric and moss,
Here’s the seats painted up to look like rotted, smelly, old moss-covered fabric seats…
That’s work for today! Hope to show more tomorrow!
Thanks for looking in!! [:D]
!https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8Z1w3zTXmh37tsuab_hoJ8_uBrFBJQDtgQC2yJQtNyPjsaIgVAASmells like my old basement…
Karl- thanks for the explanation! Very helpful. I agree, sometimes just ‘going for it’ can lead to some welcome results.
Dave
Man, I’m gone for a few months and look what I get to come back to! Karl building the newest A7V kit!! Wunderbar!! I’m so envious that you have this kit, been wishing for a new kit of the A7v for years! I was a bit taken aback when I read and saw what you’re doing to this fine kit, but after seeing the initial results all I can say is AUSGEZEICHNET!!! [Y][Y] Looks to be another outstanding doog build!
BTW, did I miss any other builds of yours this year? I seem to remember you working on a Panzer earlier this year (or was it last year)?
Stunning work Karl. Can’t wait ti see the final product.
Thanks, Steve, Dave, and Eric! I’m so happy to have you guys looking in and giving me some support!
Ernest, it’s good to see you back too! Yeah, I was surprised to see this model come out, and it’s a beauty to be sure. I still have the old Tauro kit; man, there’s no comparison especially with the interior.
MY builds this year have been a few—here’s some links to what I’ve been up to…
Two 1/35 Leopards, 1A1 and 2A4
I think that’s it. Hope you enjoy them!
Now THIS…is cool!!! Watching…
Very cool looking,are you leaving the roof loose,or will the only view of that fantastic interior be from the open hatches.
Looking awesome so far! Love the seats.
Hey Karl,
Im trying to catch up on things, since work has been a nightmare.
This looks freaking awesome.
An exceptional building model we are looking at.
Congrats my friend.
Very impressive WIP photos, Karl! This gonna be a very nice WWI diorama!
Thank you, Mustang, Cliff, Hugo, and Phaisal! Thanks for coming along on this ride!
Hugo, don’t work too hard. Life ain’t worth living if you forget to actually “Live”!. Take a break!