Tamiya Mobelwagen

[Shaun Symonds]

Hi Steve
Nice easy start to the build Looking very clean & nice
Have to Love Tamiya for the ease they go together

Shaun

[Vincent Power]

Hi Steve,

You are really getting a move on there. Looking good too.

Cheers,
Vincent

[Steve Kubik]

THanks, guys.

Small update - didnt quite finish yet.

Here's the shell catcher. Five parts for the frame.


THen you have to cut out sections of the mesh to cover. THe instructions have a template to cut the plastic mesh. No CA needed - the mesh glues on perfectly with regular cement.



I'll have do a little more trimming of the mesh before I attach it to the gun.

[Steve Kubik]

Just about done.

Here, I've finished the gun shield,
Front


Back


and attached to the gun.




Here I've attached the armoured panels to the chassis:




Now, it's off to the paint shed.

[Dario Risso]

THen you have to cut out sections of the mesh to cover. THe instructions have a template to cut the plastic mesh. No CA needed - the mesh glues on perfectly with regular cement.

Cool!...I hate gluing mesh with CA
Good job with the flash suppressor, looks great!

Darío

[Steve Kubik]

THen you have to cut out sections of the mesh to cover. THe instructions have a template to cut the plastic mesh. No CA needed - the mesh glues on perfectly with regular cement.

Cool!...I hate gluing mesh with CA
Good job with the flash suppressor, looks great!

Darío

Thanks. I used a .5 mm drill on the supressor. I suppose I could have used a smaller bit, but that was the smallest I had.

[Shawn Ramsey]

Your making fast progress on this one. It will be ready for paint in no time.

Shawn

[Steve Kubik]

Out of the paintbooth and back on the bench.

Here's the basecoast. Tam Dark Yellow lightened with a little white.



Next the camo. I used Tam Red Brown lightened with some Khaki and Dark Green faded with a bit of Dark Yellow. All done free hand with the Ab set at very low pressure.




And a close up of the gun.



On to a wash......

[Dario Risso]

Looks great, Steve !
I got a question about next step (wash): I often read that a satin coat is necessary before washes, so it can run better and the surface dont looks "dirty"...what do think about this, guys?

Darío

[Philipp Gross]

I second that, nice work Steve!

Dario - I did an oil wash on one of my Shermans without any gloss coating underneath and it turned out just fine. I guess there might be a risk of softening the paint underneath if the turpentine or whatever you use soaks into it too much. In this particular case I had no such problems, I used Tamiya acrylics for it. However, if I use any decals I always add gloss coats to prevent silvering and any subsequent damage to them.

Philipp