Sturmtiger 280mm Rocket Shell...My First build and (real) post!

[SJPONeill]

Water colour (slightly dampen the tip) or wax pencils work really well for edge colouring. The cheaper ones won't transfer enough colour and often fray the edge.

[SJPONeill]

Nice building with some really fiddly little parts.

Planning on using this model to bulk up the load for a 1/35 SturmTiger...

[Kendo]

Thanks for the compliments and suggestions everyone! I'll try some of that on my next builds...more to come!

[Don Boose]

Good work. I enjoyed reading the narration of your experience with this build.

Simon O'Neill speaks truth, but here is my additional two cents on edge coloring:

Caran d'ache Neocolor II water soluble wax crayons. (Caran d'''Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle Artists''' Pastels and Sets | BLICK Art Materials ) Especially good for folded edges. Can be used like watercolors by dipping a brush in water and then swabbing color from the side of the crayon in order to get into tight places. The crayons can also be sharpened to a point. It was Alan Wheeler who put me on to these.

Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pens (Art & Graphic) or Tombow ABT brush pens (Dual Brush Pen - Art + Craft). Unlike marker pens, these are not prone to bleeding into the adjacent areas. Excellent for edge coloring, not as good for coloring folded edges.

Expensive, but they last a long time.

Don

[smithdr]

Great build! Amazing what can be done on a bit of ammo. Looking forward to the shooter and targets!!!


Welcome aboard !


Dan

[Kendo]

Thanks Don Boose & smithdr!

I've been dying to build the second shell with some learned ideas and advice, but have been side-tracked by my second build...the Akagi Bridge Diorama. Boy, I was very surprised at the amount of detail and building on it considering it was a free download! I plan to go back and recolor some of the seam lines at a later point.

I'll update again after I make the second shell and hopefully the Sturmtiger model will arrive by then (I think I ordered it from Poland).