Also, if I may submit a humble suggestion from something I noted earlier in this post and that I don’t see very much at all in this forum. Feedback is welcome and appreciated by anyone who puts their work up for wider scrutiny. It should be as we’re all striving to share our wins but also get better at what we do. However, harsh feedback doesn’t have to be given harshly.
May I suggest that, when giving feedback, consider your delivery before hitting ‘Reply’.
For example may I suggest “I noticed in your photos some sink marks and flash in photo [x -location y] that you may not have had time to get to. They may be hidden once the model is done , in which case just ignore this, but just thought I’d point it out as the camera can be so unforgiving and show the most minor points that the Mk I eyeball sometimes misses. If it’s any help I trim each piece before I undercoat [example a of my work] and then hold it up to sunlight [or whatever] to check again before trimming any remaining sink marks/flash/whatever.”
This is not ‘everyone gets a medal’ and ‘yay, well done’ regardless of how good or bad the work is type of feedback which I’m sure most if not all of us can’t abide, but adjusting the approach adds value whilst not being overly harsh. As well as which this reduces the chance of misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the feedback.
I shall now return to my humble antipodean abode and contemplate the small part of the kitchen table that I call my modelling space.
Just to clarify that first paragraph of my last post, I haven’t seen much feedback in this forum being overly harsh or direct. It is almost always appropriately calibrated and considered.
This was me attempting to nip in the bud something which I just noted here and have seen on other forums which leads to conflict then pushing members away. I don’t want to see that as all of us add value to this fantastic site.
I return you to your regular program and apologies @grouser for dipping into your excellent WIP post.
as an aside, here is a close up of the air filter mounted on the right side of the hull, the real one would have been rolled from a sheet metal and spot welded to join the ends, Miniart have recreated that subtle weld detail.
Oh boy, I do NOT want to be the one to say this, but a lot of people own this kit, so…
You used the rear door part intended for the other side of the turret.
the brass plate there is the open flap that can be raised on the real vehicle for cold starts in the Harsh Russian climate, as this is fighting in Normandy summer44 they can stay locked open to let cool air into the side vents to the engine compartment.
No idea why you decided to ignore advice given, but still here are couple pointers. Pretty much all of them are easily fixed with sharp blade and/or nail file
1 + 5 + 6 - badly cleaned up points where parts were connected to plastic trees. Not sure if you are still working on turret but I would definitely recommend cleaning up parts BEFORE assembly (with some exceptions)
2 - air filters not in bracket
3 - looks like sink marks on radio operators side vision port - this one would be more easily fixed while part was still attached to a tree, but still nothing too hard to fix. You can add some dilluted putty to cover sink marks and add some texture
4 - lifting hook is glued in wrong, 3 and 4 should look like this:
There is some flesh left on handles (I would recommend replacing them with wire, because cleaning that is a pain) and on those wing nuts. Again, easily fixed
looking downward with all the hatches open to let light into the fighting and driving compartments, you can see it’s not just an empty shell. Empty shells are ok if all hatches are closed, or blocked by the bodies of crew head up. Even then, periscope tops can still be seen, my crew will be outside, stretching their legs and getting some fresh air.
If you are wondering why the turret doesn’t sit right, it’s because you glued turret front plate wrong, about 1mm too low. It should be levelled with ceiling plate, like this
placing the curved armour around the turret Bustle, I’m going to finish this build here, I won’t leave it unfinished, but I haven’t enjoyed this experience for two reasons, firstly, the kit is a difficult one to get right, secondly I’ve felt Bugged and Hassled by one individual on here that can’t take a hint, there are ways of feeding in constructive criticism in without causing offence and he hasn’t got any Common sense on how to do that, so I’ll be reducing my updates to just show finished stages rather than all the mistake lessons we all enjoy. Thanks for the support and friendliness from the rest of you.
need to research for myself the type of damage the skirts suffered but with them still in place, none missing. I would imagine the forward skirt section leading edge would get a lot of stick. So I’ll be damaging those.
One effective looking thing I’ve tried to replicate on side skirts is scratches down some length of the skirts from brushing against brush (hmmm, is that why they call it brush?) and stuff. That is probably more believable on winter whitewash than other kinds of paint on them. Just a thought…
Yes, or the rubble filled narrow streets of Caen in that nightmarish summer of 44 that my model is depicting, but as you say, horizontal scratches would look right.
