Another Artillery Tractor

[Peter_T1958]

Is that the transmission on the front below the radiator?

It's a cable winch, to pull the heavy artillery pieces into position. It could work in both ways – to the front and (over a large pulley) to the rear.

[finescalerr]

So far that is the most impressive view of your intricate model. -- Russ

[Stuart]

Peter, it is obvious that you are an absolute master at translating you extensive research, and your experience with CAD and 3D resin printing into some amazing and extremely unique models.  As I have been learning the processes and methods required to produce even fairly simple 3D prints I am truly mesmerized by your creations.

Stuart

[Peter_T1958]

Hi Gents

At least, all that boring breaking off, patching, glueing, filling, sanding and cursing finally leads to an outcome.

Primer:


Preshading:


First coat of paint:


Hmm, all that pre-shading turned out as obsolete. Perhaps, the difference between the brown primer and the black shading was too little. So I have to work more with washings and filters.
Still a long way to go, but now I can start already with the funny part: weathering!

Hope you like it!
Cheers, Peter

[Hydrostat]

Peter,

I had to look up 'preshading'. It's hard to tell if it worked or not from the pictures. Maybe green color wasn't thin enough?
Pre-Shading seems to be a rather model-making related technique like drybrushing to get a special impression to the naked eye. I'm not sure if it is necessary or even helpful for taking pictures of models, but of course it dpends on what you're after.

Cheers,
Volker 

[Peter_T1958]

Hi Volker
'Preshading' is a term originally borrowed from the aircraft modelers. There it was  used to darken panel lines and to break up large areas i.e. surfaces of wings or to recreate highly stressed skin on the fuselage. Later, military modelers adopted this technique on tanks etc.
You are certainly right, when you assume, that the color wasn't thin enough! But moreover it was a rather ambitious goal trying that on such complex surfaces with all details already fitted. It was simply impossible to put the right amount of color at the right spot and even in the right thickness. To be honest, I was just happy to get the color where it should be in the midst of ol those rods, nuts and bolts.
It was an attempt, that failed, but there are more ways for darkening and braking up the surfaces...

[finescalerr]

In many cases, pre-shading can look good but not necessarily realistic ... maybe similar in that way to a woman's makeup. -- Russ

[Hauk]

Perhaps, the difference between the brown primer and the black shading was too little.

I think that is exactly the problem. I have used black preshading on light grey primer, and even then the effect is quite subtle.

Love the models, by the way!