Looks great! The barrel soot looks nice and subtle.
Nice work, she came out great!
Thanks Mike, Chad and Gamera. Pleased to have received my first GB badge with this build. I received lots of help with this build from the GB guys and forum members. Too many to list. Some were direct suggestions, and some were from checking out WIP’s, so you wouldn’t even know you helped me out.
Thanks again for the encouragement and excellent suggestions!
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Little late to comment…
I saw you say the plastic bedrolls did not conform well to the model. I would really recommend to try using kneadatite (aka green stuff). It’s a 2 part epoxy and can be molded into great looking bags/tarps with creaseas. Use water to prevent it from sticking, and use a toothpick/xacto knife for creases. Mold it to shape of model where you’re placing it, then brush paint the roll. Weather it up with pigments/drybrush and its good to go.
Also great work on the tracks, they seem very nicely weathered. It’s subtle but looks very realistic!
Kien
Hey Kien, thanks for the comments. I do like the tracks, and I know I can do better with the stowage. I will be using either green stuff or tissue paper (or both) when doing stowage in the future. These bedrolls came with the kit, and I had never tried painting stowage, so I thought I would give it a shot. I thought it came out well for a first try, so popped them on knowing they wouldn’t look quite right.
I have watched a couple of youtube vids on how to work with green stuff (I have some on my bench…unopened, but ready to use), and this is definitely a skill I want to learn.
Thanks again for the comments, and it seems we were thinking the same thing. [:D]
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Sweet looking build D. Great job all around.
The bedrolls are really easy to make with rolled bathroom tissue, soaked with water thinned Elmers tinted with Craft acrylics and a little imagination.