How do you like my new wood panel floor?
Ha ah fooled you! It is just paint on plastic.
The demo on how to do this coming soon so stay tuned.
A470 Airbrush. Stay tuned for more videos on the way!
Here is a demo on how to use our products. It is a bit dated but will be updated soon.
Knock out pin killer revealed!
polish out the round divots with ease!
To use gently sand in small circles around the knock out pin with the 220 grit.
all wet sanding with light pressure. Clean the pad with a soft toothbrush and water.
See the mark in the middle?
Now you don't! It is that simple!
Use the teardrop shape set for tight spots and corners.
Here is a easy way to make your model look like it went through a sand storm.
Using a empty Tamiya acrylic jar put in your favorite tan color pigment about 1/3rd full.
Then add 2/3rds Tamiya acrylic thinner. Stir the mix and using a wide brush apply the "sand"
start to settle and take the brush load from the top layer of the mix. That's it!
I decided to do some scratch work on my F-84's wing tank light.
super glued the slug to the tank and proceeded to carve it to shape then polished it out.
will fill the void causing the silvering/air bubble to disappear!
the weight down. This ranged from horizontal lines to a "waffel" pattern.
molding and can replicate zimmerit fairly well but only have a few kits out.
ways to do this including putty, epoxy putty, pre-made resin sheets and photo etch.
when applied and needs to be textured by a screwdriver blade or doe roller.
still need to know how to use the putty method to fill in gaps.
hard to apply on complex surfaces so you will still need to know how to use putty.
zimmerit tool. This tool is a must if you are simulating the scrape method of zimmerit.
Some putties dried to fast and caused "tearing" and others attacked the plastic to hard.
flexible parts. It dries quickly, in a few minutes, it will be to tough to rake and will tear.
It spreads VERY thin and might be a good scale choice for 1/48th armor. No odor.
while raking but the smell will drive you out of you model room immediately! Too bad.
This putty is by far the cheapest but skins over almost immediately causing tears.
This sometimes looks like zimmerit damage but is hard to control. Low odder.
rake well for touch up. medium odder. This is the best of the 6 in my book.
together in places. This putty is also hard to find. Low odder.
This is a auto body filler found at auto parts stores and was also sold as Testor Red Putty.
together a bit. Not a great choice for zimmerit but great for seams.
The third choice is using putty.
best It only needed a bit more dry time. Here is a photo if it applied to a Tiger I gun mantlet.
I hope this helps in you modeling.
Trumpeter E100 build up part 1.
on application. Who says this is wrong as the real tank only had the chassis built.
mounting holes. I added a short length of real chain on the rear of the turrets escape hatch.
I rebuilt the periscope covers on the front as the kits were not fitting.
More fun to come in part 2.
Trumpeter E-100 Build part 2, paint.
white to make a highlight and added this to all the topside forms.
progress. Notice the zimmerit texture is almost lost in the paint just like it should be.
This will be brought back during the wash phase. More soon!
I finished the E-100 just in time for the IPMS Phoenix show where it took a first.
Here are the final build photos.
decals from the DML 505th Tiger 1 kit.
Here I applied a enamel flat black wash and then when dry shot it with dull coat.
get any on the rug as it will not come out easy! I applied them dry.
Here is the track weathered with the left one dry brushed with dull steel.
After a dry brush and some pastel colors like dk. gray in the pannels this is the result.
And the reward at the 2008 Model Zona show in Phoenix 2008.