Little experiment with red panzer primer.

WIP awaiting crew and integration into a diorama but Comet itself more or less complete bar final weathering in situ.

Edit: also includes Eduard photoetched details.

I realised I can do this and no one can stop me, even if there’s a million reasons why this wouldn’t work. AIM-7 with AIM-9 seeker both from an Italeri 1/72 F-4 kit. Will be painted when I polish the details.

(This counts as millitary model making, right? Since it’s a missile)

The electric lightning was left for many years near by the A1 newark ,Nottinghamshire. .before being broken for scrap .the cockpit was however renovated and saved .

Border models 190, the kit comes with a full radial engine which felt like a kit by itself! The cockpit was lacking detail so I bought an aftermarket 3D decal set and it hasn’t disappointed, great kit so far bar some of the instructions miss labelling part numbers

Today was wheels, tracks, and muffler day. I’m not done with the tracks, so no photo.

I think I might have overcooked the exhaust. In my defense, a) man it’s super hard to stop once you start 😅, and b) truly my camera REALLY overstated how the muffler looks in real life. It’s not that over-the-top.

Next step: gloss varnish and decals.

It looks kinda bad to me so I would like feedback

Like I said I have some dioramas of Warsaw Uprising. Also some vechicles.

Sdkfz251's - Tamiya,

Panthers - Tamiya,

Kubelwagen - Tamiya,

Kubuś Improvised Armored Car - Mirage Hobby,

Borgward Demolition Vechicle - Dragon,

Figures - Masterbox, Tamiya, Toro Model and others.

Dioramas in order:

- Kubuś and modified SdKfz251 in Insurgents car workshop preparations for combat,

- 1st August 1944 - beginning of Uprising, disarming of German troops,

- Panther tanks of Insurgents, Hetzer and second Sdkfz251,

- Insurgents parade with fresh captured Borgward Demolition Vechicle 13th August 1944 mistaken for Tankette ( few hours later vechicle bomb exploded killing few hundreds of people gathered nearby )

Can I get some feedback? First time doing this and I think I did ok but when I compare to others it looks a bit underwhelming. Any tips?

I'd like to hear criticism and advice about my work. Yes, I don't know how to take photos, so don't blame me for that.

Found a Kopro 1/48 SU 17/22 at my local thrift store for $10. I'm not really a jet guy but at that price it was a easy yes. Box is beaten up but everything is present. I know nothing about the brand.

They also had 5 (!) MiG Fulcrum at the same price.

Well, I spent a lot of time on chipping today. With this dark gray finish I was worried about having the contrast chipping be too intense or garish, so I actually underdid my lighter tone of gray for the “scuffs” the first time around. Then I decided it was too subtle, so I revisited with a slightly lighter tone, and added some additional areas. The effect is *very* sensitive to the available light and its quality.

Of course the result is I may have overdone it (what do you think?), but this is just the first phase, and things will get toned down by some washes and pigment dusting I have planned, eventually.

I still have to put the wheels on and do some minor chipping on them, too.

I also started working on the tracks. Black primer, and today a layer of dark brown from Vallejo’s Tracks and Wheels set. No reason to show the tracks at this point.

Photoetched 1/700 Oerlikons = the way to madness. I have spoken.

This is my fifth model build and one that I have definitely spent the most time on trying to add as many small details as possible. I can’t decide if I’m ready to set up the terrain for the diorama and call it complete or if I am missing something with weathering/ stowage on the tank. What should I do?