Washed

I've made some wash with natural umber oil paint. I was thinking about to buy washes from some of Mig/AK/A.mig lines but again I found that any wash color can be replicated by oil paint and I can spend money on more useful things. Same applies to filters as well. The result is quite OK, the color on this photo is closer to reality then in the previous post. Next step will be some fading with oils (the "dot technique"), painting the tools and radio set. Later one of the harder tasks: wiring the radio...

Modulation and ghosts from the past

Added two lighter layers of paint, dark yellow plus white in 5:3 ratio in case of the lighter one. Experimented with color modulation but left the effect very subtle - almost sure to become invisible during the weathering process later. In the meantime I started to paint the radios. Still not sure how the wiring will be done as the parts are tiny and according to phoos found on the net there should be lots of wires connected to them... 

And a long forgotten project popped out of the stash: the Gaz-AAA from Zvezda. Painted the interior and try to finish it in a year :)

Dunkelgelb

Slowly progressing... I've tried Vallejo Model Air Dark Yellow as a dunkelgelb base but need some lightening later. Also made the side shield panels with the tiny locking mechanisms and plan to glue them in place in the near future. The tow cable of the kit was far too thick compared to the plastic parts so changed them to Karaya cables (0.6mm). The really joyful part is ahead when the lots of tiny, nerve-consuming sub-assemblies start to form the final form of the vehicle. And the winter holiday is ahead, yipp... 

Primed

The build progress is slow but starts to be visible. Some detail shots can be found at my planetarmor build log. No time to build and blog to two places :) but I try to keep this blog updated...

Some more brass

Added some more stuff on the fenders, the hull is almost done. Now I play with the side shield locks, quite small parts but look cool when finished...

Toolbox

Some minor progress: the toolbox assembled. Somewhere soldered, other points glued, several times heart attack when the tiny parts fell from the tweezers to the desk or the floor... Slowly finishing the tools on the fenders. After that I cover the engine bay and the first primer will be applied - or maybe the fighting compartment assembled and then the primer? Who knows. It's a few months time till then :)

Fender ready, soldering done

First time in my life I felt some success and joy when soldered the parts of the fenders. The result is not 100% but taught me some lessons and I had my first burning feeling on my fingers as well :)