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Roland Revolvermann
Looking good so far 👍 Watching with great interest! I have the "J" in my stash.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thanks Roland. 🙂
Decals applied and sanded, because they are quite thick. I hope that worked out. Will upload pictures once the next clear coats have been applied.

Torsten
😎 👍

Torsten
😎 👍

Dash Rendar
Hmmm yeah, interesting. Those definitely are rubber tracks as well as rubber wheels. It looks like those rubber wheels are just running in neutral inbetween the rubber-track-belt. The actual torque comes from the cog in the back (or front? seen in the third link). I almost think you might have to scratch build those. 😄

Robin (WhiteGlint)
D:

Guy Rump
Great builds 👍

Francois Colinet
Beautiful !

James C
Thanks for the info mate. Sometimes, (especially with Italeri kits) you just never know what your going to get unfortunately. I've made a note of your comments for when the time comes to start mine... probably a way off still yet though. 👍

Saeed Jamali
very well 👌🏻👌🏻

Torsten
Great, looks good 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Hey, welcome all and thanks for your interest in this project. 🙂
I think I am done with the main stages of painting. Now I need to mask of the areas that will be painted white, like the nose and some edges.
That will be followed by some careful sanding to get a smooth surface and gloss coat.

It is not as good as I imagined but I think the dazzle camo is still pretty disruptive.
Also I need to get the decals printed or else I cannot continue after the gloss coat.

Adrian Forest
Level of dirt looks alright, but will look better if you blend it in more!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you very much for all your praise, mates. 🙂

It sure hase some WWII tank destroyer DNA, reminds me of a Jagdpanther or maybe ISU-152? I was hoping to get a more modern look, but I still like it.
For that I am currently thinking about to give a Leopard 2 some futuristic upgrades some day.

The pre-shading worked out nice in the end, glad you think so too, Simon.
I also tried one of the techniques Murad showed me. Guess it works best on aircraft wings but spraying down white, very close to the hull enhanced the zenithal pre-shading a bit, I think. Thanks mate. I will definitely work on an aircraft with them too. 😉

Thank you for your suggestions. I will try to blend it a bit more, maybe some more dirt and pigments? A wash will be applied as well. I bought some acrylic washes to test out. Let's see how they compare to oil washes. I fear I won't be able to fix and change it later like you can do with oil washes.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
A little 3d printed "side project". It's the first time I had an awesome fit with the printed parts.
Paintjob is a bit rough and it was not so easy to clean the base, but so far I am happy with it.

Kaz Takei
Very cute!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you. 🙂
I might print this guy again some time later and scale him up a bit.

Simon Nagorsnik
Wow, big thing!
Your 3d work is awesome!
Like the base, fits very well tothe rest of the area;)

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you guys. 🙂
Much appreciated.

In case of the base I used the acrylic snow paste from AK Interactive. With help of some water it is relatively easy to get a smooth snow surface. You are able to create a lot of different types of snow with it, depending on how you use it. I am happy you like the result, Simon.

But I think I need to apologize. I cannot do any 3D construction or modelling.
At least not on the computer. 😉
Here is the source where I got the STL files from: gambody.com/3d-model..or-marauder-3d-model

Rest assured, if I really manage to create parts on the computer myself, I will proudly tell you.
Until then you can be sure that I downloaded the files of every 3D printed model I build from somewhere else.
Maybe I should put the source of the files for future projects always in the description or my first comment, to avoid possible confusion. Sorry. 🤔

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Had this one on my list for a long time.
Now I finally started building the Sea Vixen. It seems the cockpit lacks bit in detail but so far it is a nice kit.
Some fit issues here and there I still need to fix.
She barely fits into the spraying booth, I hope I won't have much trouble painting...
The YF-23 will be more trouble to paint some day.

Ben M
Cool subject.

S M
Following!

MS K
Beautiful wings. Very nice~ 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thanks 🙂
Got some more pictures, though it was overcast again.
The wings are really beginning to droop under their own weight, let's hope they won't break.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you very much, mates. 🙂
@Johnny: I already have a Thopter and will upload some new pictures soon.
Ornithopter - Dune | Album by WhiteGlint (1:128)
Sadly, the wings began to droop down heavily due to they own weight.
I might need to support them before they break? 😭

Ben M
Possibly glue small diameter steel rods to them or something?

Random Penguin
Lol, that`s local russian "ebay" actually. Great idea!
Makes sense to search through Yahoo jp and other japanese auctions as well (I don't know which one they usually use for cars). Didn't thought these beasts were available on civil market.
But I still think that there is another japanese arctic enthusiast in Twitter who gathered all available information already

Thomas Espe
👀

Bobby Thumbs
excellent field of grass whiteglint

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you very much, Bobby.
It took me some time as I only have the "Grass Master Five Digits" 😄

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh, that sounds like a good idea. Thanks David. 👍

Skywalker
Cool