Hey guys! Well today I have a build I just finished and cant wait to start painting. Its the Tamiya Stug iii b with Dragon tools, Takom tracks, some added metal details, resin stowage as well as bending the fenders a little with pliers.
And I will be using @Armor_Buff 's technique for painting.
Yes I know the cast texture prolly wouldnt be there in real life on the upperhull but I felt like the Tamiya plastic was to smooth, (Im taking after you @DennisatAutoloader) so I added it with Tamiya putty thinned with Lacquer thinner.
The interior was painted up really quick in like 4 hours pretty much OOB, I just added straps to the MP-40’s and a tiny bit of wiring to the radio.
It’s worth pointing out that you can dilute the putty until it’s extremely thin, so as to not create a cast texture. The build is looking fantastic Ezra! I can’t wait to see how you approach the exterior.
At least you’re capable of ordering the right vehicles for a project. I just, once again, realized I have the wrong variant for a build I have planned.
Me looking at my archer that took me 4 months: “wow I’m really happy with this, I crushed it”
Comeon @Mead93 your Archer is a work of art, especially that interior. I just hope my exterior finish is close to yours.
Well all who were hoping to see the Stug painted today will have to wait a bit longer. I was looking at ref pics and found some interesting things I wanted to add to mine.
Case in point, look at this pic with the track mounts and that weird roadwheel mount.
No straps holding the boxes down! And because I know unsecured stowage will piss people off I got one that looked really close to the one in the pic from @Chris_Bryan and added it. no ropes
SWMBO is coming over later so I probably wont be able to start painting until tonight, but it will happen! (Im gonna try to get here to build a Tamiya kit today…)
Well I promised paint on tonight and I shall deliver.
Painted with a custom Panzer grey mix and I worked really hard on color modulation but sadly the clearcoat hid most of it! Ooh well it looks good enough in my opinion and I feel like its not to dark but also not super light.
I also threw the decals on and I really like how the stugs shaping up.
) so I added it with Tamiya putty thinned with Lacquer thinner.
hopefully you still like the other variant
