Tests and practice
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3 29 June 2017, 12:19
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I use Vallejo putty 401 to make the beading, then I cut a syringe needs length wise for maybe 3mm to have half of the tube (shape of a crescent) then after a few minutes, when teh putty starts to dry, you start forming it with this needle tip, as for the color its a complex process (which to be honest I don't remember myself either) its the first time I tried this.
29 June 2017, 14:28
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I think so.... maybe a bit of color, weathering, etc. should look great.
30 June 2017, 06:16
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For me it looks metalic enough! But isnt it not too shiny for a barrel?
30 June 2017, 08:17
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Ah you mean a fresh factory installed barrel! Yeah this one one looks like coming directly from a lathe.
30 June 2017, 08:51
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for a freshly installed barrel, and being a plastic one, it looks absolutely fantastic.
30 June 2017, 16:57
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Same color as the rest of the tank.
Off the lathe, yes it would be shiny metal, steel or some alloy.
It wouldn't have been left bare metal from the factory and shipped to the battlefield (would it?)??, it would have been painted. The paint may have become worn off, burned off, whatever during use, but I don't think it would have ever gotten to be completely bare metal. If it did it would have rust all over it. Bare steel will rust overnight if left outdoors. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of a battlefield tank with an unpainted barrel.
Maybe someone else here with more knowledge knows better. ????
30 June 2017, 19:59
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The welds and scratch built gas bottles are extremely nice, but that plastic wood looks just like the real thing, wish I could get results like that in the same league as that. Your scratching & paintings skills are of a very high level, well done.👍
10 March 2018, 23:23
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Thanks for all your comments, Olly, changing a hobby into a business sometimes turns out to get boring, because you will have alot of deadlines to keep
14 March 2018, 21:12
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"changing a hobby into a business sometimes turns out to get boring, because you will have alot of deadlines to keep"
So true, it would totally kill the joy and relaxation factor. I build models to TAKE A REST from my work.
14 March 2018, 21:48
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somebody told me once, "find a job you love, and you will not work a day in your life", have not found it yet.
14 March 2018, 22:30
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Fantastic work Mark! May you share a short How- To for the cylinders and regulators you scratch built?
27 March 2018, 05:48
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sure, you can see them here in their bare state.
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Cylinders where made out of solid aluminium rods filed down on a hand drill.
regulators are all bits and pieces, rods and tubes glued together.
Not sure if this helped 🙂
29 March 2018, 05:24
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Coporado, No problem, I try to share what I learn so that others can learn just like I do, I'm not a pro I am a beginner so no great expectancy from my work 😄
I will keep posting my progress and there are more updates coming soon enough.
5 April 2018, 11:56
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This is an album to post any tests I do for scale modeling