Marder III Ausf.M

[dons]

Chris this build was absolutely amazing and really inspired me. I have always loved the marder III, love playing it on WoT. After going through al 20 pages of this build I went online and bought one. Don't think I can achieve the level you are at right now but practice, practice, practice. Don't think I will tackle this right away but will put it off till I have a couple of other builds under my belt. Need to finish up the Dragon models Bison I'm working on first. Hopefully the instructions on the marder are a little better.............probably not.

Thanks again Chris

 

[Chris S]

Thanks again fella's ...Just letting a coat of Klear dry out before the whitewash begins ;D

Dons ...Thanks you very much fella . Nice to know I've been an inspiration ;D Its a great kit which goes a long way to an enjoyable build ,and as you can see I havent added anything to it except the few extras in the fighting comp . The instructions are'nt actually to bad in this one ,just a few vague areas ,but thats par for the course :....You wont regret adding this one to the stash ,and I'll look forward to maybe seeing it sometime .....Please feel free to ask any questions at any time
Thanks again .

Chris.

 

[Chris S]

WHITEWASH !!!! ;D

During WW2 The Germans used a water based wash for their vehicles ,this ment that come the first rains after the snow the whitewash would start to wash off .This is what I intend to produce ???

As I want a well worn and washing off whitewash I didnt use the hairspray tech ,its good for flaking and damged paint ,but not for what I want . So Im using the enamels route instead .
Basically this means sealing the tank with Klear ,then the white is applied ,I've covered most of the vehicle in a rather patchy coat and tried to avoid going pure white !. To do that I thinned the paint down to about 70% thinners and applied it in very light coats .
Once its dried of a bit ,its simply a case of using different sizes of brushes dampened with thinners and removing as much of the whitewash as I want . Because Im using enamels it means I've no real time limit to work in and can do this without having to rush ;D

For those of you that dont like change or are a bit squimish look away ...NOW !!












More later...

Chris.

 

[spud]

oh nice looks just like the box art! nice idea on the enammels ill have to try that on my next winter theme i do

 

[Chris S]

Thanks Spud ...got the fun bit next ;D ;D ;D

Chris.

 

[TRM]

Sweet whitewash there!!! Still scares the hell out of me!! Might do one sooner or later

 

[spud]

and i cant wait for it!!!

 

[geegad]

thats a real nice winter camo chris its looking truly wow


john

 

[Chris S]

Thanks chaps

Starting to remove the wash now ;D. I find the enamels / thinners tehcnique gives more control over things . you can also wear down the white revealing the yellow in places giving a more realistic effect ,I've only started here ,but you can see were its going.




More later ....

Chris.

 

[spud]

that does look the dog B chris. im defo going to have a go at that next time

 

[Tony lee]

That's a fine effect you got going there Chris 8)
Waiting for the next update for sure.

Tony lee

 

[Chris S]

Thanks guys ,I've just about finished removing as much white as I want too ;D .more pics tomorrow

Chris.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

pics tomorrow

lol

 

[Chris S]

(((lol))) ;D Its late over here !

Chris.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Then get over here, it's not quite supper time!

;D

 

[spud]

lol wouldnt it be grand if it was that easy

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

;D

 

[Chris S]

Ok ...get the pot on then ;D

Chris.

 

[Chris S]

Right ,I grabbed a few quick pics :

Not quite done with the wash yet and I still have to do the barrel and wheels ....getting there ...I think ???






Chris.

 

[scratchmod]