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Jennifer Franklin
I need more photos, how did you get here? 🙂

Mr James
Hi Jennifer. I had trouble uploading the pics from my phone have lost everything I tried to upload 🙁

James C
Tidy work. Following 👀👍

Mr James
Cheers James, I'm annoyed I lost all my progress pics. Only weathering left

Jennifer Franklin
Well, the weathering is impressive. You guys make it look so easy.

Mr James
Thanks Jennifer, The turret was a couple of days work. I've watched a lot of videos

Leszek Cader
Wow Mr James! The weathering is a master class, my respect! I like pic 14 with this rusty hole on 0, this makes the whole marking extremely realistc. 👍

Mr James
Well thank you Leszek, how very kind of you to say. As I've said before, I've watched a lot of videos and try to emulate the techniques I see. Weathering is becoming my favourite aspect of modelling so far.

James C
The weathered and worn winter white wash looks really impressive 👍

Mr James
Thanks James, much appreciated from your good self.

Leszek Cader
Welcom on board! I too prefer this part of the hobby than counting rivets... Following your projec, I guess it will end with regular winter diorama? 🙂

Michael Hickey
Nice work Mr James.👍

Mr James
Yes Leszek, I'm going to build a scene for it. Havent decided what yet. I'll have to master figure painting next though... That will be challenging. :-0

Mr James
Thank you Michael. Greatly appreciated.

Rui S
Very nice weathering work. Looking great 👍

Mr James
Thanks matey, great coming from you. Not that long to go now {-) he says...

Rui S
Looking forward to see it on a Dio 🤔

Mr James
I'm open to suggestions, I've got that Precision ice and snow kit I want to use after seeing your Finland dio.

Rui S
Nah, leave it to you, just thinking "Tigers on the mud" 😉

Mr James
Yeah, mud and snow should be easier then grass and trees... 🙂

Rui S
Google it, if you want I can send you the book.😄 😎

Mr James
just had a look. Great pics of what I could see

Jennifer Franklin
Seeing it on a dio would be great 😛

Mr James
Thanks Jennifer, I think I've got one in mind now after looking at a few ww2 pics.

Simon Nagorsnik
Really nice winter camo!
Good job so far 👍

Mr James
Thank you very much Simon.

Leszek Cader
If I may suggest - Ardennes Offensive. I guess Tigers took part in these strugglings too...

Marius
Very well done weathering! I love it!

Mr James
Cheers Marius, much apricated and glad you liked it

Mr James
Hi Leszek, I dont think I've got the skills for trees. I suppose I could hide them under layers of snow 🙂
I've earmarked a couple of muddy road scenes from WW2 pics.

Juskifo
Look at that ❤weather
I love it👏

Mr James
Why, thank you so much Juskifo. Much appreciated from your good self.

Gary Curling
Lovely winter camo.like the bent back mud flap at the back

Mr James
Cheers for that Gary. I must crack on and finish it before the weather changes and my other hobby kicks in... 🙂

Derek Rothfus
This is freaking awesome James! The weathering is so realistic. Love all the rust and grime.

Mr James
Why thank you Derek. Much appreciated. Credit has to go to Tamiya weathering set B and Vallejo rust washes.

Pietro De Angelis
I'm agree with all, weathering really incredible, congrats!

Christian Bruer
Excellent paintwork and weathering 👍

Mr James
Thankyou for your comments Pietro and Christian. Nice of you to say its looking good,

Nathan Dempsey
You're a weathering magician. Beautiful work.

Mr James
Ha... thats pushing it... But thank you for kind words Nathan 🙂

Alberto
Very convincing weathering, great work!

Mr James
Thanks Alberto, Much appreciated

Schwarzadler
Well messed up😉

Mr James
He he, going for that 'been around the block' look 🙂
Thanks Schwarzadler

Spanjaard
really impressive weathering. wow

Mr James
Why thankyou Spanjaard. Nice of to say so

Mr James
Thanks Xa Char for your many likes

Guy Rump
Your weathering is very impressive! 👍

Neuling
Looking forward to the winter dio .............

Pepe
Gran trabajo.... Me gusta el efecto de la torreta

Mr James
Thanks Guy for saying so.
Neuling, I've cut the base but need some filler or grout or something for the undulations
Thanks for the kind words Pepe. I'm happy with how the turret turned out

Andy Heim
Very nice rust effects! Wow!

Mr James
Cheers Andy. Just pigment and Vallejo light rust wash 🙂

Mr James
Cheers Conner, glad you liked it

Mr James
Cheers Lenny, glad you liked it

Mr James
Thanks Mark and Henry for your likes 🙂

Tommy Agne
COOL 👍!!! Very nice weathering👍.

Fritz01
Another fantastic paintjob. Thanx for explanations of technics you used.

Mr James
Cheers Tommy, glad you liked it.

Mr James
Thanks for saying that Fritz. I like to see how other modelers work their magic, so hope it may aid someone maybe? 🙂

Mr James
Cheers for the likes Neil 👍

Gary Curling
Looking forward to seeing the dioarma for this super model

Stephen Lesley
This is weathering on another level. I am speechless! I can almost smell the oil/petrol and have a subconscious urge to scape the mud off my shoes. 🙂

Mr James
Cheers Gary, when I get back from this stint of work, I'll push on with the dio.
Ha, brilliant comments Stephen 😁 Thanks mate 👍

bruno egral
Houa ! Superbe.

Mr James
Merci Bruno. 🙂 and thankyou for all the likes

DuperScale
Every mm on the model received attention from you, perfect weathering. 👍

Mr James
Thankyou for saying so Duperscale.

CaptGPF
I agree with everyone - top notch weathering! The rust effects on the spare treads really stood out for me. how long does it take you to do this level of weathering?

Mr James
Thanks CaptGPF, The weathering side of modelling is what I look forward to the most. I look at a lot of better modellers work, mostly on this site, and try and copy what they've done. I'm constantly going back over a period of time, adding little touches here and there, so I would say I spend weeks after its painted, decaled, varnished and oil washed.

Guy Rump
Excellent work and superb weathering. 👍

Mark Sherwood
Inspires me to build a Tiger 1 again. But I have summink ' on and a defrustration build too, on saying that. A very nice Tigger' Mr James all round. 👍🥸🤟

Michael Kohl
Dirty work of the convincing kind.

Mr James
Thankyou Guy, Mark and Michael for your kind words. Much appreciated 🙂

Doubtingmango
Great finish James! The rust and filth is spot on

Nathan Dempsey
Always love seeing this one come up in the feed.

J35J
Always a pleasure & inspiration to see your work! Great stuff👍🏻

Mr James
Doubtingmango, Nathan and J35J, I thankyou for your kind comments. Having recently looked at some excellent winter tiger builds, I do wonder if Ive overdone it a bit.

gorby
WOW! Stunning weathering.

Neil Patrick
Fantastic work! I love the weathering. Lifts the good old Tamiya kit to a much higher level. Am I right this is the vehicle in the photos of Wittmann in winter 43/44?

Mr James
Thanks Gorby, glad you think so.
Yes Neil, I believe Wittman was assigned S04 on the Eastern front in 43/44. Loads of excellent builds of this vehicle out there. I'm now painting the figures for it.... and struggling.

Arif Saeed
Fantastic result, Love the weathering 👏👏

Mr James
Thank you Arif. Nice of you to say so 🙂

Mick Burdett
Cracking work puts my work in the shade !!

Mr James
Thanks Mick, I wouldn't say that matey

Dom S.
Nice work 👍

Mr James
Cheers Dom

Doubtingmango
So I just finished this little Italian job. The decals came out with a lot of the edges showing, which then got a lot worse when I added some washes. I used Microset on the decals, and then sealed them with Tamiya semi-gloss before the washes, but it actually looks like the washes got under the decals. Any thoughts?

Bogicevic Vladimir
It looks like you haven't spray gloss coat before you applied decals. Or decals didn't set well. There are two solutions. One is lacquer thinner. Put the thinner with fine brush in dots over the place where you have silvering. Thinner should destroy the film. If it raises paint under, just leave it, it will settle back. Important thing here is that, once you applied thinner, you shouldn't touch decal for something like 20 minutes, at least. Second way is mix of sugar and water, half - half. You make a hole with a needle on the decal, than you put mix on the top. It should enter in the space between decal and paint and, when drayed, make a gloss film in between them which will act as a gloss under the decal. Wipe excess mix with wet cloath and you are done.

Mr James
How annoying. I've never heard of the sugar water trick from Bogicevic. I'll be interested if this works. If the thinner, sugar trick fails, what else can you do but use a scalpel to cut around them, since you've sealed it,

Mr James
Oh, nice paintjob by the way

Doubtingmango
Thanks mates! I believe Bogicevic is right. I think I did fail to gloss coat before the decals. I think I'll try the sugar water first

Bogicevic Vladimir
Ok. There are few small tings I should add then. Heat the water first, when hot it will disolve sugar beter and apply it while it's still warm, it will have more viscosity. Make small hole or slice with modeling knife, put few drops of mix on the top and let it dry. You will see emidiatly if it's penatrating. When dry, wipe carefully excess mix with moist cloth. Repeat where neaded. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it worked for me many times.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't work I'll try the lacquer thinner technique. I love this site!

Dominik Weitzer
"At the end of the day" it looks really nice and clean! well done!

István Szücs
Great work so far, I love the yellow Mustangs (and so many other cars...). Which AK gloss varnish did you use?

Adam
Thanks guys, I really appreciate it!

As for the AK varnish... I tried AK Real Colors Super Gloss Finish 1k --> ak-interactive.com/p..-super-brillante-1k/

I was quite impressed by the test done on Barbatos Rex's channel, so I decided to give it a go. --> Youtube Video