Laffly land fort in French camo

[ct ertz]

OK, i gave up on my Macchi M.5 build for a while because it hurt to do and I am a wimp. I am quite allergic to pain.

I will get back to it (under orders from my wife) but for some reason I decided to pick up on this old project for a while. It is the Laffly Land fort that is in the downloads section but I am attempting to do it in ww1 french trench camo. It may be beyond my skills in Gimp but so far so good. I will post a pic or two when I have something, and if anyone wants to build it let me know.
CT

[Vermin_King]

I can't post pics at moment, but I would love to have a second version in French colors

[ct ertz]

I have considered a German version as well, as if this thing was ever put in production, the Germans had a tendency to capture and copy stuff. But a camo version is, however, in the works.

CT

[cjwalas]

I'd be thrilled at the chance to build another version. Are you thinking of adding rivets, maybe??????
Chris

[ct ertz]

Yes. rivets. However, they will be slightly over sized and spaced a bit further then in scale. I have found that scale rivets and scale spacing hardly shows up except as a second dotted line running next to the plate line, and doesn't look good. Also, I am attempting to make the rivets in color, as they would have been painted as well. So green plate will have darker green rivets. We will see how that works.
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[ct ertz]

Here is a little work. I will add another layer with the colored rivets. I hope the color is right.

[ct ertz]

Here is some rivets.

[cjwalas]

I very much like your approach to the rivets! Much better than black dots. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.
Chris

[ct ertz]

Thanks. I am just trying to keep them looking like rivets, not chicken pox! I also am trying to find the right visual spacing as well.

[ct ertz]

OK, just about done with page 1. Overall, the colors and rivets look good I think. This was actually harder then making the original model! I am not used to all this layering business. The upshot is that I can save the rivet layer and add it to the Gray or OD model. Anyhow, this was the one that required the most work. If I can stay awake during these last two days of my chemo session 2 then I hope to have a buildable model soon. I just hope all of the camo lines up ok from part to part.