Combat Engineering Vehicle - IMR-1 'TEST SHOT' & Full Build

micahrogers

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I use thin solid copper wire to replicate hoses and such, Plastic modelers will use thin lead wire of varying thicknesses and it can still be found on Amazon
 

Chuffy70

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Having a quick fiddle with some paint and distressing.

First pic - side panel 1 - Slapped a quick base coat of a generic silver and some watered down rusty-splats (not finished tinkering)

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Second pic - Mid-Panel - Base of gunmetal - three colours of rust with tiny picks at the card with the scalpel to simulate bubbling/flaky bits.
Brings out the laminated effect quite nicely methinks?

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Not really impressed with the blue-steel - what say you?
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The insides of a real T-55 hull - hoping to replicate this kind of 'grunge' I think some pigments my be in order?
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micahrogers

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Duly noted, will have to look that one up, regarding the 'Jet Exhaust' Will probably go lighter rather than dark, you wont see anything really unless I make the top removable, but we'll see about that down the road...the long road.
cheers for your input
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I use Vallejo Model Air acrylics, and thier Jet Exhaust is Metal Color 77713
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The end of the burner cans on this little Phantom are 'Jet Exhaust'. In thier Model Air line they have 'Oily Steel' which is close, but actually darker.
 

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I think it looks great!! Fantastic actually! What do I know? Colors don't scale, and sometimes darker is better, as relative to the size, light and it's affects, do scale. :)
 

Chuffy70

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I use Vallejo Model Air acrylics, and thier Jet Exhaust is Metal Color 77713
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The end of the burner cans on this little Phantom are 'Jet Exhaust'. In thier Model Air line they have 'Oily Steel' which is close, but actually darker.
I think that's a tad too dark, thanks for sharing the image and the point-out. I have just dug some Oily Steel out, I'll give that a flick with the hairy stick
 

Chuffy70

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Perusing the sheets which have turned up from the printers I have noticed the need for certain parts to be be thicker than the cardstock.

Quick calculations from one of my good friends at my model club suggests the sises are calculated a such - original file downloaded at 1/35th - my prints have been blown up to 200%, roughly 1/18th - what do you think, is my colleague correct?

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The line-up - Colours picked and a stripe of each added, at this angle the light from the lamp shows the sheen/reflectivity.
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Angled to stop any sheen - number three and number five are my front runners.
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Splat! or is is corrosion?
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Whilst looking through the paint pots, I found one of these 'technical paints' you pile it on and the surface cracks up whilst drying. just what I need to get that bubbled up rust look...
TOP RIGHT of the front triangle had a grime wash added to it - although not quite showing up on the pic, but it does look rather nifty, he said patting himself on the back for this first bit of painting I have done in years!

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Well that seems to have sorted the interior, I haven't even thought of the exterior! (long way off!)

Suggestions welcome - think used dystopian Sci-Fi - apocalyptic - industrial Mech-types ?????
 
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