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Andy H

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Re: Andy H's Screenshots
« Reply #672 on: October 29, 2021, 12:07:09 PM »

They're normally easy if you do a little review research, especially Tamiya kits - but their latest offerings are quite expensive. As always, there are some old dogs in new boxes about. Those Zvezda trucks are well-travelled, but seem easier to build with far fewer parts than Mini Art's more recent offerings. ICM seem to be getting a reputation for getting the balance right between up to date models for the rivet counters and not being overwhelmed with small parts.

The latest super-duper 1/35 kits from other manufacturers tend to have hundreds of parts, some of them quite fiddly. The main difference is in the painting IMO, aircraft need a lot more discipline. I've been known to cover up my armoured mistakes with mud and tarpaulins. Funny thing is, I spend a lot of time at the Tank Museum and I'm always taken by how plain real tanks look compared to accepted modelling practices. I keep thinking about having a go at 1/72 - Revell's range are the old Matchbox kits with those nice little diorama bases that I always liked. Don't know if my eyes could cope with the small scale stuff nowadays.  :)
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« Reply #673 on: October 29, 2021, 05:50:08 PM »


I decided to plough on with highlighting under artificial light, that'll do for tonight. Just some final touches (mainly around the eyes) and a de-gloss to go - I'll wait until I've finished enough figures and give them a good squirt of matt varnish.



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« Reply #674 on: October 29, 2021, 08:24:04 PM »

Seeing those tank tracks in the box reminded me of my one and only tank kit as a kid, a Churchill.

 I had quite a few aircraft models including the B17, Spitfire 24th scale and Handley Page bomber. These were stored under the bed and were eventually destroyed by mum and her broom, who eventually got tired of not being able to clean under there.  :o  ;D
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« Reply #675 on: October 30, 2021, 02:40:45 PM »

I'm trying hard to remember my first ever kit, and guess what? I can't.  :)

I can remember unpainted aircraft complete with glue thumbprints and decals applied hanging from my bedroom ceiling (well, my half, I shared with my brother - oddly, he never got into modelling), and my first (pretty disastrous) experiences with Airfix paint when it came in little long glass jars with the main colour settled at the bottom. And parading hundreds of little soldiers from the kitchen, across the hallway to the living room. Then there was the saturday morning trip to the model shop and back to my grandmother's, where I'd commandeer her kitchen table, knock up a kit and she'd display it along with all the rest, with the pride only grandmothers possess. All along her shelves. I wonder whatever happened to them all - I guess I'm not the only one wondering that.

Oh, well - back to work for three nights. Back soon with more tank-tastic advenures in miniature.  :)
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« Reply #676 on: November 02, 2021, 01:14:22 PM »

Stop! This changes everything.  ;D







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« Reply #677 on: November 03, 2021, 06:57:23 AM »


Whoooo-hooo! I finally got some time to myself.

Getting back into the swing of things with first applications to Mini Art and Masterbox villagers. The tankie far right is an old Tamiya figure from the KV-2 kit, I'm sure I'll find a use for him. First time playing with new (to me) Citadel/Games Workshop flesh shader - I'm quite taken with it. Basically, it's a wash that settles darker in the recesses of whatever you're painting, the more detailed the figure, the better the effect...so much so with these figures that there's not much work left to do on the flesh tones.  :)









I've had a look at the Tamiya T-34 - looks simple enough to build in one sitting. If I get bored with figures, I could always break that out. Currently in dither mode as to whether to do the M-3 Lee as a lend-lease vehicle on its' way to Kursk. Hmmmm....the Trumpeter marching infantry figures would go well with it. We'll see.
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« Reply #678 on: November 03, 2021, 12:54:47 PM »

"Look after your tank for two kopeks, comrade?"

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« Reply #679 on: November 04, 2021, 03:57:39 AM »



A new day dawns in the village. Svetlana is angry with the sergeant who told her last night was fun, but now there are important military matters to attend to. Young Yuri plots revenge for the way his big sister has been treated. Some of the younger women in the village have taken to wearing their best clothes to attract attention from the soldiers. There are rumours of supplies on the way...




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« Reply #680 on: November 04, 2021, 06:18:41 AM »

Ludmila dreams of getting out of the village when she's older. She wants to go to Moscow and study to become a pilot.


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« Reply #681 on: November 04, 2021, 12:20:37 PM »


A very relaxing day. More little characters on the way...





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« Reply #682 on: November 04, 2021, 12:34:58 PM »

Nice work on those figures, shame we can't do dioramas together.. I make the aircraft and you do the ground crews. 8)
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« Reply #683 on: November 04, 2021, 04:18:52 PM »

Cheers, old chum.  :)  Stranger things have happened.  ;D

Got a couple more to 'waiting for de-gloss' tonight...


Vassily likes playing with anything mechanical...




Andrei likes chasing chickens around the back yard...




...oh yes, there will be chickens.  ;)
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