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Thanks, Nick!
The exhaust was painted in a medium grey first. The parts having armor plates underneath were left in the original painting, as these area is less affected by heat and corrosion. Then a warm white followed by a reddish brown was applied using the sponge technique. Next was rust tones painted and blended with enamels. Colors of the original camo scheme where then applied with a sponge in the areas with less corrosion, to turn out the different stages of heat impact. Finally the upper parts received a slightly black shade to simulate the exhaust fume grime.

Nick N
Thanks a lot, this is very inspiring 🙂

coporado
Thanks Michael and Guy!

coporado
Base colorized and spray added using cotton. Quite happy with the colors, not happy with the overall moulding of the water surface. Bow waves are too steep and the waves generated by the wind are not fitting smoothly into the overall surface. Next is building an appropriate frame to mimic the view from a uboat persiscope.

Rui S
Yes, Great work on the dog. Very Well done. 👍

coporado
Thanks Rui!

coporado
Thank you, for your kind words, Jenn!
@Rui There will be more dio's from Magdeburg 🙂

Rui S
👍

"Sparky"
It's like a mini movie!

coporado
Thanks Sparky!

coporado
Thanks for your kind words! Improvement, learning from mistakes and exploring new horizons is one of the modelling spirits to me - besides the meditative mood 🙂

"Sparky"
Well thought out diorama and modeling.

Michael Kohl
May I ask why you don't use copper wire? You might even have it at hand from cable leftovers and the like and it is very malleable.
Apart from that, this tree has the potential to make an excellent diorama even better. I cross my fingers.

coporado
Next stage, tree received 3 runs of structuring material. 1st - Some putty, had nothing else as AK Terrain Effects, worked well to get rid of the wire structure. 2nd - sawdust, more or less in fine graining to achieve more structure. 3rd - very fine soil for the smallest branches at the top. Next is to add the very fine branches.
@Michael: Just didn't came to mind, to use copper wire.
Definetly a hand gently and money saving approach 🙂

Bruce Huxtable
This is going to be gorgeous 🙂 Really liking the textures, colours and staining 🙂

coporado
Thanks, mate!