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Rui S
I'm in. Great figure painting 👍

CaptGPF
I agree with Rui - you've nailed the tank, but the figure painting is even more impressive!

Kim Branders
Chipping proces in progress......

Matt
amazing work on the figures and the chipping and paintwork are also fantastic

gorby
Incredible figure painting!

Marius
Followin another one of your beautiful works.

Ken Kolenovsky
Incredible painting on this diorama. I absolutely love the modulation on the tank. Quick question: are you still perfecting the rubble? The reason I ask is that all the bricks are pristine. They distract from the excellent tank work you have done. IMHO some bricks should be broken to achieve the "destroyed building" look. Sorry if I have offended in any way with this comment but I am really looking forward to the finished production!

Kim Branders
Thanks ken, good remake about the bricks. They are already glued to the base but I will see what I can do 😉

Michael Razz
Hey Kim, U werk gaat er echt op vooruit knap gedaan met die modder onderaan.

Kim Branders
Thanks Razzie 🙂

Mr James
Lovely work. Beautiful figure painting excellent 152.

Rui S
Great figure painting & Dio, indeed 👍

Doubtingmango
Agree with everyone above! Great dio, and the vehicle and figures would be fantastic as stand alones. Where did you get the figuree? I love the story there!

Kim Branders
Thanks Doubtingmango, The figures are from Stalinggrad and Evolution.

Kim Branders
Adding a little bit more details between the bricks.

David H
This won't be in FAA colours as I don't have any more FAA decals for this era of phantom so it's going to have to RAF.

Mr D
Hi Dave pain in the but when something like this happens to paint..?
It's all a learning curve.
I snapped a canopy in two recently.
Don't let it put you off, Velejo paints are very reliable and don't let you down.
I purchase a basic colours set when l first set out and never looked back.
Good luck with sorting it out..👍👍

gorby
Shame about the crazing as the model was looking very good. Do you know if it was the paint or the top coat which cracked?

David H
Mr D , nothing puts me off, as you say it's all a learning curve. Gorby, I "think" it was too heavy a paint coat,. I've stopped using pure acrylics. I now use Tamiya acrylics thinned 50/50 or more with cellulose thinners (and a mask) gives a super smooth finish and no primer needed to key

gorby
I've not heard of Tamiya acrylics being thinned with cellulose before. Normally I use the Tamiya thinners and find that works very well.

David H
If you thin with cellulose (and leave it for a few hours) it breaks the particles down and gives a ridiculously smooth finish as well as etching into the plastic.

Mr D
Hi Dave 👋
It's bit to Harsh for modeling Cellulose.
Isopropanol alcohol or Tamiya thinner is better and safer.
Cracking can happen if X2 paint coats are drying at quite different times.

David H
Whatever works for you…with pure acrylics I've had issues with " lifting" ymmv. Just don't try it with anything other than Tamiya. Tamiya is NOT a proper acrylic . "Proper" ie water based acrylics just turn to jelly 😉
BTW the FAA phantom was done with Tamiya acrylics thinned with Tamiya thinners.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's quite the save. 👍🏼 Really nice repaint. 👍🏼 I like using lacquers like Mr. Color, MRP or SMS and occasionally thin Tamiya 'acrylics' with lacquer thinner as well. They spray fabulously and if I need to touch up anything I just come in with brushes and use water or acrylic thinner as to have the same color.

Mr D
Well done for pulling it back Dave, l like the new scheme..... Great aircraft 😃👍

Desert Marlin
That's going to be some work... GOOD LUCK!!!

Gary Victory
Nice work David. I've done something similar on a Tamiya Spitfire because of the decals. Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

David H
Thank you for the support guys 😎

Mark Sherwood
Outstanding turnaround. 🤘🥸🤟

David H
Cheers Mark 👍🏻

Geoff Murphy
Nice recovery. Hope the rest is easier