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flyboy_fx
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by flyboy_fx » Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:03 pm
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flyboy_fx
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by maritime96 » Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:59 am
Nice work. I will be bidding. Tried to win your three black panzer wrap tankers last night but got outbid at the last second
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by normandy » Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:53 pm
Alex, just like your other customs..... these four are among some of the best I've seen in 1:18!!!
Well done!
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by ketelone » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:39 pm
Really nice work!
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B17Fortress
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by B17Fortress » Mon Jun 20, 2016 5:51 pm
Beautiful! Would you be willing to share how you did the battle damage effects? Dremel, putty, what? Looks great!
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flyboy_fx
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by flyboy_fx » Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:31 pm
Thanks guys!!!
All the chips are hand painted. For some of it I use a sponge with controlled application. Little is better than too much!
You have to think in terms of how the paint chips. First the green chips away, then through the yellow, maybe primer, then to the bare metal. I paint yellow chip marks first, then inside some of those I painted bare metal, and for a better effect I hit the very inside of some of those chips with graphite.
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by PanzerArm » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:21 pm
quadruple thumbs up

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B17Fortress
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by B17Fortress » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:26 pm
flyboy_fx wrote:Thanks guys!!!
All the chips are hand painted. For some of it I use a sponge with controlled application. Little is better than too much!
You have to think in terms of how the paint chips. First the green chips away, then through the yellow, maybe primer, then to the bare metal. I paint yellow chip marks first, then inside some of those I painted bare metal, and for a better effect I hit the very inside of some of those chips with graphite.
So the glance wound on the Panther mantlet is painted on? Wow!
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flyboy_fx
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by flyboy_fx » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:39 pm
Oh, actually that's the careful work of a soldering iron! lol
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B17Fortress
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by B17Fortress » Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:32 pm
That is true dedication the cause. It would take quite a few drinks before I took a torch anywhere near my models...
..but seeing your work almost makes me want to try. They really look stellar!
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by Snake Man » Tue Jun 21, 2016 5:37 am
As a matter of curiosity, how did the driver enter and exit his position in that half-track with the huge gun in the way ?
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flyboy_fx
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by flyboy_fx » Sun Jun 26, 2016 4:27 pm
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by Studly » Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:21 pm
Alex. Magnificent work Mate,Well Done.
Cheers
Greg