Valentine Mk I (AFV club)

Gábor Bélik
Running gear up...

Christian Meyerhoff
Nice start of an interessting subject! Well done so far!

Gábor Bélik
Thanks. It will be my first British build. Definetly different than the German ones.

George Bacon
Looking good! 👍
Is it a good kit?

Gábor Bélik
The usual AFV fitting problems. Not a huge issue Just annoying.

Acki
I´ll never can do the painting like you. Amazing. 👍

Gábor Bélik
Thanks Acki. Give it a try! It is much easier than you think.

Acki
Please come around and teach me.

Gábor Bélik
Well I never can do the painting like you did on your U-boat 🙂

Hunter Cummins
Wos how did you add that awesome color modlatiom? I must know!!!!

Gábor Bélik
You mean how I screwed up the shadows here and there? 🙂
I Hope the washes and filters will bring it together.

Martyn Fox
Nice. Looking forward to see how the completed model looks 🙂

Nikolajs Negeriss
Great paintjob!!! Real artist masterpiece!

Gábor Bélik
Thanks guys.
I tried a New color modulation technique.
I Hope it will look great after the weathering.

Christian Ristits
You are an artist Gabor, really excellent paint job!

Gábor Bélik
Thanks Cris.

Gábor Bélik
Done the wash...

Hunter Cummins
Awesome looking, but how did you do the color modulation?

Gábor Bélik
Washed Back the wash...
@Hunter: I used AK's color modulation set which has 6 shades.
I usually use 3 coloroes, base, shadow, highlight. This time I used a fourth colour which was between the base and the hihghlight and sprayed over lightly at some areas to blend the three shades together.
I Hope this answer was satisfactory. If not than please specify and I try my Best to explain. 🙂

Hunter Cummins
It has helped, does the ak interactive set have a how to guide in it??

Gábor Bélik
Yes it has a step by step guide on the Back but I do it a bit differtly.
The guide says you should build it up color by color but I paint the whole Model with the base color and than add the shadows and highlights.

Christian Meyerhoff
BTW... perfect paint job so far!

Choppa Nutta
looking good

Gábor Bélik
Thanks everyone.
Done the pigments. now a few small things and I consider it done.

John Van Kooten
Veeeery nice, Gábor!! Awesome! 👍

Gábor Bélik
Thanks John.

Gábor Bélik
A little progress with the stowage and exhaust

Jonns Pfeiffenberger
Looking great. good Job!

Eelco Gregoire
Wauw, I really like this! The subject is interesting and your progress looks inspiring.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job! Excellent finish!

Gábor Bélik
Thanks guys. First attempt painting stowage 🙂

Acki
Getting better with every picture!

Gábor Bélik
Thanks Acki.

Kim Branders
👍

Bart Goesaert
is looking more beautifull with the minute. The application of the preshade was at least interesting, did you also apply aftershading, or did you do different shadings with oilpaint (filters, dots, washes ...)

Gábor Bélik
Thanks guys.
@Bart: I only used MIG's dark brown wash on this one beside the colour mod, because I tried not to weather it too much this time. I found the dotted wash kind of obsolete when it used with the streaking technique because you wash away which ever you did first whit the next step...in my opinion of course. 🙂

John Van Kooten
I totally agree, gábor 👍

I pretty much stopped using oils altogether for exactly that reason. With the current arsenal of washes, streaking and effects products there is not much use for the oil dot technique anymore. They (oils and enamel effects products) could complement eachother, of course, but I just don't see the point 😄 if both are used I think the effect is (too) greatly exaggerated and starts looking "messy", in a bad way😉

All of this also IMHO, obviously😉

Bart Goesaert
Thx for the answer... I'm a noob in regards to weathering, that's why the question.

Gábor Bélik
I still use olis but only when I want some faded streaks or a little touch up in the CM. The rest can be done with the colour mod And washes. 🙂

John Van Kooten
I do all of those steps with enamel effects products & pigments as well. Paintwork touch-ups I do with acrylic paints and some retarder (if required), to allow longer manipulation time. I have no more need for any oils 🙂

Gábor Bélik
I Just bought loads of it so I have to use them. 🙂

Gábor Bélik
@Bart. Every one was a noob at some point.😉 Just keep experimenting and every model you build will be better and better.

John Van Kooten
Hahaha! Yeah, then you have no choice but to use them😉 😄

But seriously, to avoid misunderstandings, I'm definitely not saying oils are of no use to anyone. It's just that I personally have no use for them anylonger 🙂 if someone wants or needs to use them that's absolutely great 🙂

@Bart: what Gábor said 👍 and asking questions to enhance your abilities & techniques is always a good thing. Lots of friendly people here that are more than willing to help 👍

Ulf Petersen
Hi Gábor, your Valentine looks marvelous and the finish is great but I have a small comment anyway: aren't you afraid that the boxes and the Bren-gun will fall from the rear deck right at the first move? . . .

Gábor Bélik
@Ulf: Not at all!🙂 It will be tied down with 'rope'and I put my good friend blu-tac under the boxes 😄 and I think a drop if glue under the gun. This is not the finished model yet. 🙂

H K
Lol Gábor

Gábor Bélik
@Ulf: I Hope I was not offencive or something 🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Hi Gabor!
Very nice work so far! What about some tracks for this one ?😉
This will be a beauty for sure. If this one was mine I would have toned down the color of the muffler. Too shiny in my opinion.

Gábor Bélik
Thanks Cris.
The tracks will be the Last thing. The exhaust is not done yet but you have a clear example what kind of result you will get when you using Humbrol washes. 🙂 Those are the worst washes I ever used (I don't like Humbrol generaly).

Christian Meyerhoff
Well Gabor, that`s an interesting point of view. Never used Humbrol washes, never knew that they are existing, but: 95% of all the models that i have build sor far were painted with humbrol enamels. I love them!
Used this paint, pigments and some home made wash on this one.

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Can`t say that Humbrol is bad. But this is only my point of view.

Gábor Bélik
@Cris: I know that lot of modelers like Humbrol paints. When I first started modeling 20 years ago I remember having humbrol paints and revell ones. The revell ones was much more resistent to time for me. Revell didn't thickend that fast. I know that Probably it happend because of the lack of knowledge of paints and how to keep them but this experience made me prefer revell istead of humbrol.
I gave it a chance with washes but that thing is between a filter and a wash. They are too thick and the colour is too strong.
Of course in my opinion 🙂
And I was folliwing the progress of that panzer really nice job. 🙂

Gábor Bélik
Pretty much done...

John Van Kooten
It looks stunning, Gábor!! Truly another work of art! 👍
I would not mind seeing some more pictures from different angles! 😄😉

Gábor Bélik
Thank you John.
I Will upload more pictures as soom as it is fully complete.

H K
But don`t turn too fast; I think the second box in the middle might fall off 😄 ( sorry, I couldn`t resist)

Gábor Bélik
Well if it falls off, the driver have to do 50 pushups.

H K
😄

Kerry COX
There is no fixed rule as to what sort of medium one should use to get what you are after. Thankfully, the industry we all support has made available to all of us over the last twenty years or so, a fantastic array of materials we can use to help us create our "vision" of our chosen subject and, just because it does not 'look right' to some of us, it is the modeller himself and what his 'eye' has seen is all that matters. For 'washes' I use water soluable pastel powders, but I use methelated spirits as the 'carrier' as it dries without creating a lumpy effect. but that's my way and I achieve fantastic results, but some may say "WHAT ?". So, from what I have seen of Gabours build, I am learning heaps. Well done mate, top job. 🙂

Gábor Bélik
Thank you. I tried the 'sludge wash' on my CV90.

Matthias Weiss
Beautiful! I like it.

Gábor Bélik
Thanks Matthias.

Elod Mesztegnyei
Nagyszerű munka! Gratula!

Choppa Nutta
nice work ! though I think the wooden base needs to be darker 🙂

Gábor Bélik
Köszi Előd!
Yes choppa I'm on it. 🙂

Bill Spargo
WOW, what a fantastic build. Thanks for the stages shown in the weathering, we can learn a lot from your great work.

Gábor Bélik
Thanks for your kind words Bill.

Gábor Bélik
Added some final pictures. That's the best I can come up with. 🙂

H K
I would be very happy if your best was my best 🙂

Gábor Bélik
I'm sure that your best is as best as mine.🙂

Choppa Nutta
get a room you two.........

Choppa Nutta
😄

H K
LOL

Fabian D.
Nice color modulation Gábor. Looks really cool. I think I have to squeeze a british tank in not so far from now 😉

H K
He said Firefly...I said what. He said Firefly...I said what. ...
Youtube Video

Fabian D.
I think you misunderstood him... He said Churchill... I said AVRE😉

John Van Kooten
Okay! I definitely think I probably maybe heard someone say Firefly, likely, so I'm in! 😄

@Choppa: indeed! 😄 LOL

@Gábor: it looks MAGNIFICENT!! Really, really good! 👍 👍 I'm a big fan of your work!

Gábor Bélik
@Choppa LOL. I'm just trieing to be modest and friendly 🙂
@Fábián Thanks.
@Jhon I'm glad to hear that🙂 Thanks.

Kerry COX
What happened to the rear view mirrors ? they were there at one stage I am sure. Other than that, What a dirty, foul, messy little gem you have there, I love it mate, Well done !!! 🙂

Gábor Bélik
Tjanks Kerry. Well the mirror was a victim of weathering. 🙂 I was weathering and the mirror was there, a few minutes latek it was gone 🙂

Kerry COX
SO, the carpet ate it eh ? Yeah, mine ate a lot of stuff it shouldn't , so I fired it, LOL 🙂

Gábor Bélik
The carpet monster as usual. 😄