1/35 Gas Mechanical Bash

[Ray Dunakin]

Marvelous! For such a heavily weathered beast, the effects are handled with remarkable subtlety.

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. -- Russ

[Gordon Ferguson]

Marc,

Final shots look good. You have really captured the "crumbly" look on the dirt very well ...... Something I must try.

You mentioned the lighting/ contrast and it may well be that which makes me think the dirt around the engine sides seems too "yellow ochre"  , in the earlier shots the dirt under the seat and around the driving position looked greyer which to my eyes looked better

So on the basis it's at least 1% off perfect , you had better junk it ............ You have the address just put it in the post, thanks

[marc_reusser]

Thanks guys.

Dan, a shed is a good idea. I have an idea that I think Gordon might appreciate, of building a really simple one....maybe just 4 pipe columns, and a sloped corugated roof....then cover most of the ground with leaves and other detritus. It could fit right on that little base.

Thanks Ray...I am still torn on the amount of weathering....but then, that was the task required.

Gordon, yes the soilis actually lighter and there is more grey......though the fixing solution did darken and color up the clumps and mud mix, a bit more than I had anticipated/hoped....but it is still not as ochre as the images....and there is more grey at the edges. The whole thing is very strange...I think that with the flourescent lighting I am shooting under, and the greenish tint of the grey, along with the very slight ochre tint of the heavier soild, I am getting some kind of a wierd color clash.  Too late to ship it....after I took the pics, I boxed it up and stuck it away in the closet.....saving it for future experimenting.....and one other brief use......who knows...maybe I'll end up washing it off once more

[Gordon Ferguson]

Dan, a shed is a good idea. I have an idea that I think Gordon might appreciate, of building a really simple one....maybe just 4 pipe columns, and a sloped corugated roof....then cover most of the ground with leaves and other detritus. It could fit right on that little base.

Now you wouldn't , would you ?

just remember my plastic discs should arrive this week  

[marc_reusser]

....just realized I am too busy to build the shed. Need to work on my bricksl

[Gordon Ferguson]

You are going soft in your old age Marc!

I would just have reminded me , politely of course , where the picture of the "shed"came from !!!

[shropshire lad]

I have a photo of the ideal " lokschuppen" for your masterful creation , but it can't be built until Diorama Debris release their concrete block mould .

   Nick

[Franck Tavernier]

Joli travail ! J'aime beaucoup l'aspect bien crasseux, les boites d'essieux qui dégoulinent d'huile...

Franck

[finescalerr]

Watch out, Franck -- no secret code language or you will have to stand in the corner (debout dans le coin). My secret code translation probably lacks finesse but one does what one can.

Which reminds me, should we change the national language of this forum to Latin?

Russ

[Alexandre]

Damn! If Marc understands French je perds mon temps à lui écrire en Anglais.

[marc_reusser]

Merci Franck. Très apprécié, de l'homme qui a mis loco la marque de banc et m'a inspiré.

Alexandre .... pas vous ne perdez pas votre temps, parce que vous ne voulez pas voir mes tentatives au français.....from what I was told when I was there, "Tout Francąis cèst criminel!"

[Franck Tavernier]

Sorry, now I forget that I'm on an Anglo-Saxon forum!  

Nice work! I love the well filthy appearance, axleboxes that are dripping wet of oil ...

Franck

[mad gerald]

Which reminds me, should we change the national language of this forum to Latin?
Russ

... me thinks, we've been THAT far some time ago in Jacq's Logging Project Discussion ... 

We could all speak Latin ....

... [sic!] ... (si libet, licet) ...

[finescalerr]

We already know Marc is a mulitlingual showoff. Now it appears we have several. At my advanced age all language skills seem to have faded dramatically. Maybe I'll emulate Berlitz and invent my own damned language!! -- Russ