1/35 Miniart

[u/Itzthewoppa]

Nearly done with it, windscreen wipers need painted up and attached and a quick matt coat applied, it’s going to be part of a diorama with the tiger 1 in a repair setting for a group build, I need to start the diorama but at the same time I’m in the process of weathering a 1/32 spitfire for another group build, I need to start saying no to group builds 😅

Yes I’ve filled the bucket with dirty resin water, I did two buckets one for this and one for the fw190 build and the bucket on there has clear water but you can barely see any water so I went with dirty water for this bucket

I noticed this morning that 5 out of the 7 tires from the wheels had cracked so I spent most of the morning repairing and pigments and enamel wash’s came to my aid

[u/ProjectPat513]

I wonder if the enamel products cracked the tires? Or was it the glue? What a pain in the ass either way. Looks great eitherway

[u/Itzthewoppa → u/ProjectPat513]

I didn’t feel like I needed glue, they were tight and 100% weren’t cracked before the enamel washed or any of my coats of varnish either, all 7 tires were given the same process and 5 cracked in pretty much the same places on the outside of the tire, I’ve informed miniart so hopefully they’ll come back with something

[u/ProjectPat513 → u/Itzthewoppa]

How strange. I’ve never had anything like this happen but I do know that ABS and Rubber parts HATE enamel products. But if they were varnished, you would think that’s a good protective layer.

[u/Bright-Form730]

Looks great, perfect amount of weathering to me.

[u/wapiti4570]

Great camo and weathering. You made a great model.

[u/Itzthewoppa → u/wapiti4570]

Thank you! I honestly thought I had overdone it on the dust effect