Finished T-35

Késznek nyilvánítom a jószágot, amit menet közben eléggé megszerettem. Nem vittem túlzásba a koszolást, nem is volt szándékom. És egy tanulság, okulásul: nem szabad egy napot várni az AK Interactive "dust deposits" termékeinek felvitele és a blending között. Én hagytam és meg is szívtam, mert alig tudtam tompítani az éles szélek látványán anélkül, hogy az eredeti festést fel ne szedjem a hígítós ecsettel. Ha a cucc felvitele után 5-6 perccel tettem volna ugyanezt, sokkal szebb lett volna a végeredmény (próbadarabon ellenőriztem), de végül így is elégedett lehetek, azt hiszem. A kipufogó narancssárgáját még tompítani kell, ezt rendszerint elbaltázom, de ez egy perces korrekció csupán. Most egy darabig nem kezdek újabb, egy évnél rövidebb kampányba - be kéne fejezni a Leopardot meg szeretném összehozni a Jagdpanzer IV diorámát is, ezzel azt hiszem 2018 végéig majdnem el is fogom tölteni az időt...

Finally it is finished. It was a lovely build and I'm pleased with the result. The only problem occured that I left the AK Interactive "dust deposit" to cure overnight - and it was a pain to try to feather/blend it next day. The white spirit started to soften up the original paint. Next time I'll leave the dust effects product to dry only 5-6 minutes after applying it and then start the blending. That way it has an amazing finish.
Now I plan to hold a pause. Or at least don't start a campaign that is shorter than one year. I'd like to finish the Leopard (sleeping in her shoebox) and to build a diorama with the Jagdpanzer IV. I'm quite sure that it will last till the end of 2018.

Hand tools painted and some more modulation...

Annyira megtetszett ez a moduláció-dolog, hogy még átmentem egy-két részleten újra a highlight színnel, kapaszkodók, miegymás kiemelésére, és nagyon elégedett lettem a végén. Nem tudom, hogy mennyire fogja ezt tompítani a koszolás, filtert nem tervezek rátenni, de kosz meg por az lesz. Hamarosan lefújom a félfényes lakkal, aztán pedig jöhet a vedöring. Kicsit megint kezdek aggódni, hogy mindjárt hóvége, de azért két hét alatt csak készen leszek tán...

I used the highlight color to enrich the look. I quite like this modulation thing though I weren't that extreme modulator as some of the "big ones". Also painted the hand tools and now I plan to apply satin varnish and then weathering commences. Fingers crossed. End of month is approaching...

Jagdpanzer IV finished (99.8%)

And I've been successful - the armorama campaign deadline is 30th April and I finished this Jpz days before it :) Though some touch-ups are still required. The upper plate is not glued yet - I plan to include figures there so the periscope tube ending is not glued on. Also noticed that I forgot to paint the steel return rollers to some shiny metal finis. The tracks are quite OK but more dust and weathering will be applied later on the lower parts. As soon as I decide about the diorama settings these final-final steps will be made.
Overall I am pleased. I finished in time. The result is pleasing if I look at it. Subtle weathering - I don't want to hide any nice details. The Friul was a waste of money and time. It is beautiful but it is not visible because of the Schürzen. One of them is intentionally missing to show up at least a section of the track... This was a fast and pleasing build and made me motivated about modelling again.

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Due to the PhotoBucket issue, the pictures to be found here: https://muanyagforgacs.blogspot.hu/2017/04/weathering-report.html

Weather(ing) report

After a short pause (some renovation of the modelling/hobby room in the house) I continued with the weathering. No clear plan to follow. I apply different products and then check the result and apply some other products to reach some variation. Up until now I faded the colors with oils and used AK Interactive's light dust deposit (cool stuff, really), washed the vehicle with AmmoMIG brown wash and weathered the lower hull with ProModeller wash plus some oils. And of course the old classic: MIG Productions pigments - these will be used instead of the general pre-dusting with airbrush and I'll dirt the tracks with them, too, to achieve somewhat consistent look at the end. I still have some chance to finish until 30th April (and get that Campaign Ribbon on armorama.com) so my motivation increases day by day. What I have to do to finish:
- painting the tools on the rear deck
- painting the visors
- paint/weather the exhaust and the jack-block
- weather the skirts (and decide: to use nor not to use all of them as they hide the tracks - and if the hide than it proves to be an unnecessary effort to have them from Friuls)
That seems to be possible in almost three weeks.
And some pics from the weathering phase: