M50 A1 Ontos Details/Diorama

Steve Wilson
Oh!!! very nicely done Markus, the rust on that exhaust is very convincing👍🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Thanks Steve 🙂
Here is a pic of the exhaust used in Nam..
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Steve Wilson
Good ref pic that!!! Are you going to set it in a diorama or place on a vignette base???

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
The plan is to set it in a Dio in the battle of Hue with some Marines.

Steve Wilson
Aaaah!!! yes, seem to remember you've mentioned that before. I look forward to seeing pics of that...🙂

Zimmermaniac
speechless !!

Holger Kranich
Also wenn Du damit keinen Preis in jeder Kategorie gewinnst, dann weis ich nicht weiter...HAMMER!

Stefan Suessemilch
Brilliant job Markus!!! It's hard to believe that this one isn't a real tank! I've never seen such real rust before!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Thank you very much ,Mates (Blush) 🙂
Spent 2 hours on a scratch stone wall for the dio ,just to found out that iam not happy with the result.Went into the Bin !Frustrating!!!! 🙁
New try !!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi Mates
Some progress on the stone wall.Not yet finished.Gaps will be closed.
There will be Stone tiling on top of the wall and pillars!
What you say??

Holger Kranich
Looks good, so far! Nice to see the bricks!

Steve Wilson
Nope!!!😠 can't picture it, need a photo of yer! idea🤔

Stefan Suessemilch
I join Steve... will the wall be roughcast and painted? do yout think this could be a vietnam wall?.. by the way I don't know how nam walls look like, but I'm pretty sure they don't look like typical german walls 😉

Steve Wilson
@Stefan. 👍

Zimmermaniac
hmmm, Steve and Stefan got a point there 🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi Mates
I searched for walls in Hue a long time.All i know is that they are sometimes brickwalls and walls with plaster on it.Typical for the walls are pillars with ornaments on it .I work on the ornaments at the moment.Here a pic from a brick wall .In my street there are 2-3 walls who look like this (without the Marines and the Tank 🙂

Holger Kranich
The last pic showes it wonderful!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
If you google battle of Hue you will find a lot Houses sourounded by high walls.

Steve Wilson
Funny you mention that gateway, do you remember this pic I sent you???
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Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Yes,funny ,Mate 🙂
And now imagine some Marines by the Ontos.Then you will picture it a bit !!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi,Mates
Build of the wall is finished.Perhaps i add a little ball on top of the pillars.
New pics from 17.

Steve Wilson
Is it scratchbuilt Markus??? If so how'd you do it??? Don't get me wrong! I know how I'd do it!!! But I'm interested in your method🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi Steve
The material for the wall is called "Kapa".There is a layer of paper over a foam core .I removed the layer of paper and carved the Bricks in.Then i used a structure paste .The stones on the wall and pillars are a material that you use to stick dry flowers in.It is easy to cut and to put to shape.I covered them with wood paste (i want to have a smoother finish then on the wall).The ornaments are made from thin Evergreen plate.I used a skalpel and a scriber to damage parts of the wall.
I hope i can help you with this quick guide.

Erhan Atalay
very nice weathering.

Steve Wilson
Thanks for that Markus, I will add it to my collection of tips...👍🙂👍

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
I'm going to say what everyone else is saying. superb weathering 👍

Dirk Heyer
I`m really fascinated of your painting and weathering skills!
An absolutely stunning impressions are the colour nuances and your art of loosening all large surfaces!
So many little eye catcher, that it is hard to focus the entire vehicle! The exhaust is by far the best weathered exhaust I`ve ever seen!
The wall is for now very cool! Like it!
Greetz
Dirk

Wim van der Luijt
What an inspirational set of pics! Hope I will ever be able to get close to this skill level...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Many thanks ,Dirk 😄
@Wim
Thank you.You re joining the best place to learn more about modelling.If you got questions ,just ask!
No one is born a Master 🙂
And i read your "about me".Thats a sentence that i know very well .I am a "fast one " ,too.
😢

james johnson
yeah man, that exhaust is outstanding......lots of different tones. Did you use pigments or what???

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
No ,thats a secret.No comment!!!!!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Just kidding ,Mate😉
I used the great Lifecolor Rust and Dust set!After that i used the Light rust wash from AK Interactive to blend the tones together.For the weathering i used Mig Oil and Grease Mixture and AK Engine Grime.The smut at the exhaust end is Mig Black smoke Pigment diluted with enamel thinner.As usual with me ,a try and error procedure till it fits 🙂

james johnson
Good inspiration for me Markus, I just finished that ?Beer and Pretzels? Tiger 1 and must remember to focus on the little stuff like that exhaust sub assembly ( I got real lazy on some of the sub assemblies)?.The sum of really getting all the little stuff right really pays off in the end product. Very nice build! Thanks for the info on your exhaust weathering.
WF : )

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
No,problem mate! 🙂

Eend
It looks amazing.. I added this kit to my wishlist 🙂 I can't wait to see it in it's natural habitat 🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Many thanks.
Are you on some convention ,too ??

Eend
Me? No. Just a day off 🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Ah,ok
The "Natural habitat" was meant on the kit i guess !! 🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
@H M
You try to find it! Did you search in an internet store??Or with some luck you will find it cheap on ebay!

Eend
Aha, now i get it. Yes, i meant that i wanted to see the Ontos on the Hue City diorama 🙂

I'm searching for it now on some online stores here in NL. I might try ebay, haven't thougt of that..

Eend
Aaand.. i found it on eBay. There's lots of 'em, so if anyone else is looking for the Ontos: ebay! 🙂

Aghis Barberopoulos
Very realistic looking wall Markus! It is gonna look great once painted.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Thanks Aghis 😄
I got a lot to do ,so i dont know when there will be paint on it.
@Eend 🙂 👍