Looking at the expanding pile of plastic models that I have acquired in the last few months it occurred to me that they needed paint. The weather being cooperative I decided to give them a dash of color and took them to the garage to be sprayed. Upon seeing them base-coated I was swept up in the moment and ran them back to the paint-shop for a quick "factory-fresh" paint job, the results of which you see below. I now have to get the decal situation squared away and I can move on to the decaling and weathering steps. I will do a bit about Future Floor Wax and decals when I am finishing these kits, it really does a smashing job of fixing decals to a model.
Comments, criticism, cheers and jeers are all welcome.
base coats and details
The Krauts just loved their hand-tools on the fenders
the colors are a little garish, after washes and weathering they will calm down a lot
a guy could learn to hate rubber road wheels
the crews will be painted later, I might just pull the out to do so
the Zvezda IL-2 (left) next to the Battlefront IL-2, they match well for size and shape
I'm not sure which stand I prefer, for gaming the the lower one might work better
They look good but how about another ak47 update?
ReplyDeleteYeah AK47!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree. More AK47 would be dandy!
ReplyDeleteAK47 is super number one the best!
ReplyDeleteHey, I want to be Steve.
ReplyDeleteShutup! You're Kyle!!!
ReplyDeleteOK, OK, Pat!
ReplyDeleteIn fact I just finished base coat paint jobs on the T-54s and I am starting on the BTR-60s, photos to follow.