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I once made this for a 1:16 tank, and I replicated how I created it back then


I started with a square piece of T-Shirt


Soaked in Panzer Grau primer


Next step: varnish!



Would be waaaaay too sticky so I used this trick





And completely hardened the next day

Trying to add some depth by darkening the shadows




And lightening the higher parts with dust





Leaving the underside 'as is'

Result

That’s a fun little project. Very simple and easy tutorial as well.

Thanks!

Brian Ostlind wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:06 pm

That’s a fun little project. Very simple and easy tutorial as well.

Thanks, looking forward to see what other are making!

I wanted the jack to be a very nice detailed piece, so I started working on it, but instead of improving it, I felt it started to look worse... These were my steps:



Then I decided the way to go was to try some chipping. I was never very good at such small details, but hey, if people can do it on 1/35 scal...

Light chips first...



Some darker spots in the middle:






Nope. Not happy (yet)!

Hi Marco, forgive me if I missed it already but could you show me the tool you used for sanding?

Thank you,

Brian

Brian Ostlind wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:50 am

Hi Marco, forgive me if I missed it already but could you show me the tool you used for sanding?

Sandpaper, it's that easy. I also have some sanding sponges. Oh and since I'm lazy the sandpaper is on a sanding machine like this:

Because I was not happy I tried to solve it. More experiments.


Overspray with with a thin layer of brown



If all else fails: Trackwash again hahaha!







Not at all unhappy in the end!

But really happy with my C-Hooks!

Time to work on my new set of tracks. They look like 1:16 tracks on two letter sized pieces of paper haha!



Just a coat of dark brown. I'm pretty sure wear will come naturally.



After the darker brown on both sides I also used a lighter color of brown applied randomly to break up a little - not shown on these pictures

Good pictures and lots of them. If you do t mind telling how you are uploading? Thanks again,

Brian

Brian Ostlind wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:04 pm

Good pictures and lots of them. If you do t mind telling how you are uploading? Thanks again,

I have a Dropbox account. You cannot directly link to a picture stored there unless you use a little trick:

Just copy the link of the image (right-click the file, select 'copy dropbox-link') and replace the last part of the URL '?dl=0' with '?raw=1' and put the image-brackets before and after. Et voila!

Just make sure you don't change the location of the pictures later. I have specific folders for uploads to forums.

Hi Marco, I'm enjoying your makeover. One thing on German tanks is the base coat was red oxide primer. So try the chipping effect with a small dot of red oxide then add smaller dot of steel colors. If the paint chipped it would expose a little red oxide under the dunkelgelb. All in all your jack turn out good though. Your hook looks the part well used!
Best regards,
Bob

Now I cant wait for those chevrons to shine!