1/18 AEC Dorchester - Moritz (Rommel's CP) (Finnished)

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Post by MG40K » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:59 pm

Keep up the good work, looks great so far! 8)
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Post by olifant » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:05 pm

Wow, nicely done Grognard! That is a great piece and you chose one striking paint scheme for it. 8)
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Post by ostketten » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:40 pm

Krylon was a mistake. The paint takes for ever to dry,
Next time try the Krylon Ultra Flat, it comes in a variety of "military" type colors (ie. green, khaki, etc.) dries very quickly, even in my very humid climate, and produces and ultra flat and very durable finish. No, I'm not a salesman for Krylon...LOL... but I've had excellent results with the stuff, so try a can, and see what you think. 8)
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Post by AlloySkull » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:32 am

I never thought of frickin' resizing my 3-views on Photoshop! Holy Christ! Grognard I love you! Marder IIIM is go!

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I'm only going to have to scan my 3-view after darkening a few lines, do some threshold on CS2, then size her up, and test print, measure, and then get some styrene and cut it up... :D

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Post by KAMIKAZE » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:31 pm

Nice choice for a project grognard. Rommel really appreciated his captured dorchester. I don't know if the other board members know that upon surrender in Africa the DAK was using about 85% Allied equipment ( mostly trucks).

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Post by MG40K » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:06 pm

Very nice! 8)
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Post by olifant » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:18 pm

Those two look great together Grog. Have you ever thought of selling them ala Picklehaube?
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Post by pickelhaube » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:06 am

Hey man,
This looks good and your Grief is fantastic.What are you using for rivets? This has always been a pain for me and has ground to a halt a few projects that I have started.
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Post by kduck » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:39 pm

PH have you ever tried Grandt Line products? Lots of 1/35 modelers use them for small details like rivets. I took a look at their website and they have 2 types of rivets in 3 different sizes each. They also have a large number of different types of scale nuts and bolts. Take a look around their website and I think you might find a few useful things.

http://www.grandtline.com/model_railroa ... _pages.htm

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Post by pickelhaube » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:09 pm

kduck wrote:PH have you ever tried Grandt Line products? Lots of 1/35 modelers use them for small details like rivets. I took a look at their website and they have 2 types of rivets in 3 different sizes each. They also have a large number of different types of scale nuts and bolts. Take a look around their website and I think you might find a few useful things.

http://www.grandtline.com/model_railroa ... _pages.htm
Hey Kduck,
Thanks for the tip :wink: :D
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