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Modeller Build Logs
Firefly IC Diorama |
| By James Wechsler | | Started: | Jul 15, 2007 | | Updated: | Aug 31, 2007 |
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This blog is intended to be a bit different than most in that a big focus will be on the diorama aspects. The focal point will be a Firefly IC (a welded hull M4 based Firefly). This will be built using the new Dragon Sherman III kit and the following Formations sets:
F079 M4 Conversion for the Dragon Sherman III
F022 Low Bustle Firefly Turrret
F018 Sherman Pioneer Tools
F050 Sherman Headlights
F046 Sherman Siren Assortment
F047 Sherman VVSS Track Skids
F013 US Cables and Clamps
The diorama is going to show the Firefly driving over a temporary bridge with a wrecked Panzer I command tank partly submerged in the river below.
I intend to include a number of chapters on making the ground work and also on how to make the water.
Up next: The M4 Conversion |
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| Weathering | Jul 25, 2007 |
For this model, I felt that I didn’t want to heavily weather it, just for a little variety. So I first gave it an overall wash with Raw Umber oil paints. Then I added just a few streaks, also with Raw Umber oil paint and added some dried fuel spills with a mixture of Raw Umber and Burnt Sienna oil paints. Finally, I sprayed some very thin Tamiya Buff on the lower surfaces and along the hull sides and rear to simulate a light dust build up. No pigments for this build.
Up next: Figures |
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