K-Wagen
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Dry fitting parts… this is a big model at 1/35
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Preparing a track for printing
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Got all the pieces printed
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You know you’re living your best life when you run out of perfect plastic putty
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Gluing sponson to hull with furniture clamps
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Sponson and track assembly
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Initial hull assembly with furniture clamps
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Comparing the size of the k-wagen with a Matilda II
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I tried using dullcote and it washed all the pastels off first try. Did it again a 2nd try and used Vallejo airbrush thinner as a fixative at low pressure very thin coat. It seemed to work. Then I used a pencil to highlight the track.
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Putty and sand and putty and sand and sand and sand and putty and sand and putty and sand.
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Barely fits in paint booth, lol
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Putty and sand and Putty and sand and Putty and sand and Putty and sand and Putty and sand
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Primed
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Preshading
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Base color coat in progress
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Camo in progress
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Machine guns on, vision slits painted
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Tracks on
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Using brass channels to raise the exhaust so it fits on the hull. Making rivets with pin heads.
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Well they looked bigger on the internet. The small size is a 3mm x 3mm cross. I was hoping the big ones would be bigger, to fit the scale of the vehicle. Maybe I should look into the Eduard masks
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The decals are very thick and have an odd bubbly surface, but you go to war with the decals you have
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Leathery decals. Of course they break apart too!
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“Rusted” the exhaust and glued it to the tank. Last bit of assembly is complete. Next up, some touch ups and then weathering
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Weathering started
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Trying to decide how far to take the weathering
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Trying to decide how far to take the weathering
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Having a pleasant morning painting Germans.
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Crew coming along
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Trying to decide if I should give them a black wash or not.
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Trying to decide if I should give the guys a black wash
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K-Wagen
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Comentarii
44 27 November 2021, 23:11
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The center hull is about a big an object as my printer can print. It took almost 18 hours to print that one part. Some of the pieces have defects but sandpaper and putty should give an ok result. I'm learning to better print things by asking dumb questions on Reddit so the parts are getting better as I go.
27 November 2021, 23:51
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Ben, you are very creative and this unique project is coming along very nice.
12 December 2021, 03:32
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Thanks James. I went and bought a 4 color AK set of WW1 German tank colors. It's pretty thick stuff, had to shoot it at 35 psi to get it to come out as a thin layer. I tried thinning it with Vallejo airbrush thinner and it kind of curdled. I soldiered on anyway as I want a thin mottled base layer. I should have just mixed up some colors with Tamiya paints as I'm used to painting with those. Anyhow it's going pretty well. I'm going to attempt a 4-color soft-edged scheme.
24 December 2021, 17:44
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My wife just came out in the garage and asked "so do you need a bigger paint booth?" Lol.
24 December 2021, 17:49
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This beast needs a bigger parking space. It is coming along very nicely.
25 December 2021, 03:54
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I've never freehanded camo before with an airbrush. It's kind of fun. I prefer switching colors after every splotch.
26 December 2021, 01:11
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Oh, watching. 👀
A big model, it barely fits into your paint booth. 😄
But it fits. Nice paintjob, Ben. 👍
26 December 2021, 08:05
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Looks fantastic already! (there was a resin kit of this monster by KORA, but your model is waaaay much better, Ben!)
28 December 2021, 08:44
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I thought this diagram was interesting: pinterest.com/pin/697917273486531352/ - it's bigger than a Maus!
28 December 2021, 14:11
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I snagged them from my mom, lol. All the pins I had have little round plastic balls on the end, I needed some old school pins. Old model railroad trick to make rivets.
28 December 2021, 23:28
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Such a huge beast. With some Flak it would be a moving fortress. Well, it pretty much is. 😄
16 January 2022, 08:47
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If anyone else is interested in the intersection of Ww1 and 3d printing, here are some free soldiers I found: cults3d.com/en/3d-mo..-french-uk-us-german
16 January 2022, 23:07
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I am still nailed to my chair. I am following your project with interest.
19 January 2022, 13:35
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Will you go for some mud on the tracks and armor?
Thanks for sharing the link to the 3d files of soldiers. One day I'd like to do a WW1 themed dio, so this could come in handy. 👍
19 January 2022, 20:51
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Thank you Villers de Vos. WhiteGlint, I'm not sure. My wife said it looks great as-is when I asked her if I should mud it up a bit. I'm going to work on some figures to go with it while I think about it. I think some figures will really help bring out the scale. This thing had a crew of 27...
20 January 2022, 21:52
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In 1918 the Germans switched from the Maltese cross to the bar cross. These tanks would have been finished in 1919 had the war not ended. I like the look of the earlier crosses better though!
21 January 2022, 13:28
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Ben, the "aerial recognition" crosses on top of the sponsons is probably a first. Was it your artistic initiative?
21 January 2022, 15:50
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I understand that late in the war some German A7V tanks had crosses on top. As well, late war British tanks had red and white recognition stripes on top in addition to the ones on the nose - those two were my inspiration.
21 January 2022, 18:12
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Nice start on the figures. I guess this means we will see "small" diorama?
9 February 2022, 20:13
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Whiteglint, I'm not sure where I'm going with it. I've been off doing some railway modeling for a while but I'll come back to it soon.
12 February 2022, 18:45
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Nice figures!
I wouldn't do a general black wash, work on the different colors/areas individually.
I would also take colors that match the basic tone.
For example dark blue and dark brown.
Either way, you'll make it😄
20 February 2022, 07:29
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At last this massive undertaking is complete!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Wagen
26 February 2022, 22:43
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Nice pics from this very impressive model!
Truly terrifying at it's time 😄
26 February 2022, 23:02
Album info
Prototype: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Wagen
Downloaded design from here: cults3d.com/en/3d-mo..wagen-1-35-1-48-1-72