American SPH M109A6 Paladin in progress
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5 lines of tracks. Less than 50% 🙁
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Lower hull. Made of 9 parts. Unusual
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Lower hull. Made of 9 parts. Unusual
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Lower hull. Made of 9 parts. Unusual
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Wheels ready!
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Tracks ready!
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Suspension workable
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Almost completed turret
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Almost completed turret
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Almost completed turret
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Turrets basket
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Three type of cans
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Almost completed
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Workable suspension
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in primer
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Pre-shading on body&turret
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Pre-shading on wheels
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Tracks in base
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First layer of base coating
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First layer of base coating
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Wheels ready for painting rubber
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Second layer of coating + postshading
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Turret
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Other parts
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Almost completed wheels
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Cans waiting for wash\drybrush
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Almost completed tracks
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add some wash
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turret washed too
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Almost ready cans
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Almost ready stuff
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Decals added
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Some oil
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Oil dots weathering
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Oil dots weathering
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Oil dots weathering
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Oil dots weathering
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Oil dots weathering
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almost ready body
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with tracks
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Komentáre
1 15 June 2016, 06:00
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interested... why do the companies always want to make a seamline in the middle of the running surface of a wheel instead of at the borders?
15 June 2016, 06:48
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Not always, fortunately🙂
For example in Kinetic kit there is no seamline🙂
karopka.ru/bitrix/co..file.php?fid=1369031
But generally kinetic - awful🙂
15 June 2016, 07:04
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busy at the moment with a kinetic Fouga... don't tell be about awfull, I hope when painted it will look a bit descent, but it takes me longer to build OOB then some kits with aftermarket...
15 June 2016, 07:19
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🙂🙂🙂 Kinetic forces us to suffer🙂
But at final it's a real pleasure to finish him🙂 And forgot for ever!
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American SPH M109A2 completed | Album by aZrael (1:35)
15 June 2016, 07:24
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Yeep! I like all heavy armor. Want to build all MBT and SPH + some others (BMP\Humvee\Smersh) for relax
15 June 2016, 09:42
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2: James C - Kit looks very good (except vinil tracks). I thing it's best M109A6 Paladin for now.
16 June 2016, 04:58
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Hi Evgeny; nice kit, thinking on getting one myself some time in the future; had one question: what color did you use for the tracks ? I find myself experimenting lately with a lot of techniques on tracks, can't decide on one, so I'm curious how you do yours. Thanks
23 June 2016, 10:45
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Hi Dan M;
Now tracks painted in Vallejo Pancer Aces Track Primer 70318
Two words about this color.
Pro: It's very realistic looks. Like natural, old, little rusted metal
but CONTRA: - it awfull blow due airbrush. Very bad coverage, very bad adhesion.
Too difficult for use, but looks good as base. My verdict - not recommend
23 June 2016, 12:57
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But it only first step for tracks. Next fill be wasing, brush painting rubber and runway and drybrush shine metal for ridges and moving parts
23 June 2016, 12:59
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Thank you Evgeny; i've also used Vallejo Track Primer as I like the color, i'm also doing a little color modulation by splashing it with some other Panzer Aces colors (Light Rust and Dark Rust) on a random pattern just to keep the tracks less uniform, then drybrush with a metal color.
I too had the same problems with it (very difficult to use with an airbrush) and right now i'm thinking either to :
1. replace it with AK Dark Tracks (which can be airbrushed and it has a similar color hue)
or
2. one experiment that i'm currently doing with my Warrior is paint the tracks directly in a metallic steel color (like Vallejo Metal Color Steel) then use washes and pigments to weather it and bring it to a more rusty, old look.
23 June 2016, 13:59
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Wooohh, thats a cool Paladin and a great tutorial. Seems to be a typical AFV-Club kit. I like your weathering - not overdone but realistic. 👍 Well done, Evgeny!
7 July 2016, 11:35
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Thank's
Final gallery here:
American SPH M109A6 Paladin | Album by aZrael (1:35)
7 July 2016, 11:52