43 years ago today the keel of USS Vincennes was laid in Pascagoula, MS.
The real ship took 1.5 years to build... this model took 8!
At least the Navy didnโ€™t have to rebuild what Dragon messed up ๐Ÿ˜„
๐Ÿ”— https://makettinfo.hu/CG-49-Vincennes-alaposan-atgondolva
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So I took a late lunch for a Finn today and instead of eating I went to a (work-)local model store, Tieto-Nikkari. I picked a Dragon 1:35 StuG III and mentioned I'd immediately taken a Hummel if they had one. The other shopkeep took my nr and said he'll call when he has one ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป

The important thing is that I definitely won't run out of stuff in my TODO stack ๐Ÿ˜‹

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Right. Now I can promise this is the last #WorkInProgress photo of this #diorama. I'll get to shoot the final photos in January. For all intents and purposed my rocket launcher is now finished, no more silly ideas for this project ๐Ÿ˜…

A colleague (a designer) who's into WH40k said that his only/main complaint is the low saturation of the crew's winter gear. I had the same idea or hunch, Pyry just phrased it soo much better. Comes with the competence, I know ๐Ÿ˜„

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The rocket launcher #diorama after several layers of muds and snow. I think the key change was the application of "black mud" behind the rack to represent rocket-soot -stained ground.

Some more tweaking and a few puddles are needed, otherwise it's looking quite miserable. As it should be. Blech!

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Slow progress with the #diorama, as I somehow covered the base edges with styrene sheet, trimmed to shape, sealed over days with white glue. Topsoil got some ballast on glue -treatment m.

Yesterday I hid the criminally ugly corners with L-shaped styrene bits, primed all and blasted some brownish over the ground, sides painted dark grey as the last step. Next up: mud and stuff to improve the looks.

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The 1:35 rocket launcher #diorama attempt progresses slowly. The surface needs more texture: sand/gravel, mud, and patches of snow to justify the partial winter camo.

It'll be weird but with the primer this already looks much better. And that is a huge relief ๐Ÿ˜…

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Finished the launcher frame's fake wood #OilPainting yesterday and left the thing to dry in the (unheated) sauna for a week or two, in its box to protect it from dust.

Attempting the knots and branch weaves didn't work out too well in these narrow-as-crap pieces, but I'll try again somewhere else.

Now I've got to finish the rockets and maybe attempt to come up with a scratchbuilt scenic base for any of this to make any sense ๐Ÿ˜…

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Most of the hobby time since the last toot/post/whatnot has been spent on swearing at PE bits. I lack the optimal tools, so they ended up wonky at best.

Painting may hide some crimes on them, I hope! On the other hand the #OilPainting woodlike effect on the plastic may habe worked. We'll see better when the paint has dried.

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Back to 1:35 #ScaleModeling with a #DragonModels Schwere Wurframen 41 with a crew of five figures. Painting those is pre-stressing me boatloads.

The wooden A-frame had lots of ejector marks etc, and apparently no woodgrain texture. This allowed me to try out another NightShift trick: carving the woodgrain with a metal-bristled brush. The result was going to be verified after painting.

Four rockets, 280mm and 320mm, got PE crates that also stressed me a bit in advance. Promising start, hm? #WIP