CT Ertz Burstyn tank 1/72

[NStarkel]

Looks great!

[charleswlkr54]

Yep, ct, aren't computers wonderful? "To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer!"

[Gerald43]

always, your build a excellent!

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by cjwalas

I think rivets make all the difference on this early stuff. I meant to make mention of my added rivets; I simply dotted rivets anywhere and everywhere with a fine green pen. I was in a hurry and i didn't follow any pattern. I had really felt the lack of rivets on the Frot-Laffly Landship and I tried dotting them on with an extra fine Sharpie. They came out too large and random with that, but the rivet addition did look better to me. Here you can see the difference between the heavy black rivets on the landship and the slightly smaller green rivets on the Burstyn;

I need to learn how to add rivets digitally so that I can get the look I really want!
Chris

Sounds like the next frontier of rivets is how to get the textured appearance in small scales. Modelling rivets seems to be satisfactory in larger scales by one of the sticking, dripping or punching techniques but doing any one of these in small scales is difficult.

Regards,

Charlie

[Don Boose]

Although I never tried this myself, I recall reading and seeing photos of a plastic and resin model technique that involved gluing Kosher salt crystals on the model with white glue and then painting with an airbrush or spray paint. The crystals of the salt commonly known as "Kosher salt" in the United States are larger than table salt crystals (Kosher salt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) and in the smaller scales could pass for rivets, since the white glue would form a fillet around the base of the salt crystal.

Of course, this would take a steady and careful hand and, presumably, the drawing in of guidelines first if the model did not already have rivets printed on.

Don

[Rdmcii]

Anything new on this? I've been kinda building along with your photos, and it's save me a bunch of frustration and improved my build .. now I'm nervious about going it alone!

Bob