Haha... I caught myself walking down the aircraft isle this week at the LHS... and the ships... that's trouble in the making!
Pavesi P4-100 Gun tractor 2025-06
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...time to start thinkin' about how to get a figure to smoosh down into the driver's seat. Not essential, but would add a nice touch.
The required plastic surgery will be non-trivial, let's hope the patient survives!
It's nice to shift gears once in a while, especially when it is taking hours to place these detailed parts Mr. Barley insists on adding.
The required plastic surgery will be non-trivial, let's hope the patient survives!
It's nice to shift gears once in a while, especially when it is taking hours to place these detailed parts Mr. Barley insists on adding.
Love these variously shaped micro saw blades: liberated his arms.
Next, his torso, so I can adjust or maybe even sculpt new legs that will fit.
Next, his torso, so I can adjust or maybe even sculpt new legs that will fit.
Torso removed, lower legs... then test fitting to see how much man-spread needs to be narrowed.
Once the lower body fits in the cab, then the torso angle and arms will have to be adjusted as well...
Once the lower body fits in the cab, then the torso angle and arms will have to be adjusted as well...
Jakko
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Oh, that's one of those jobs I dislike — having to cut up and tweak figures so they will fit in some awkward space in a vehicle 
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GCB
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Obviously BarleyBop enjoys being a surgeon.. maybe his past life!Oh, that's one of those jobs I dislike — having to cut up and tweak figures so they will fit in some awkward space in a vehicle
Well call me Giuseppe!
A few more cuts, and I could build a mini marionette!
locomotive
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Looking at those tyres. They're not going to last long!
... after pinning the extremities, and lots of futzing about, think I have the basic position.
At a later point I'll putty the figure and hopefully restore his shirtless buff physique... smooth, seamless skin will be a bit more challenging than cloth that can have creases and folds.
I had to extend the torso a smidge, so his armpits clear the edge of his seat.
At a later point I'll putty the figure and hopefully restore his shirtless buff physique... smooth, seamless skin will be a bit more challenging than cloth that can have creases and folds.
I had to extend the torso a smidge, so his armpits clear the edge of his seat.
All the patentes & bebels (French Canadian for doohickees & trinkets) added... as well as spade and pick from the accessory spares box.
Still to do:
Tomorrow I'll look it over & sand/scrape rough areas, then gonna try mahogany rattlecan Mr Surfacer to prime overall.
After that it's paint time!
Then wheels get put on...
I'll have to dig up some markings from the decal spares drawer.
Then bring on the mud splatter!
Then Giuseppe gets finished and installed, then steering wheel and gear shift.
Still to do:
Tomorrow I'll look it over & sand/scrape rough areas, then gonna try mahogany rattlecan Mr Surfacer to prime overall.
After that it's paint time!
Then wheels get put on...
I'll have to dig up some markings from the decal spares drawer.
Then bring on the mud splatter!
Then Giuseppe gets finished and installed, then steering wheel and gear shift.
Well, rattled away, let it until tomorrow.
Will spray back of wheels tonight.
Will spray back of wheels tonight.
... so the base is down, a bit more gold than I would like, but I can address that with filters.
Moved it to the bench for hand painting and weathering.
I've learned from others to hold off until there is no more smell, so that's what I'll do!
There's a couple of rough spots I think I'll address before the painting though, they show up in this particular lighting.
All in all, "so far", looking much better than first anticipated at the start of the build.
Moved it to the bench for hand painting and weathering.
I've learned from others to hold off until there is no more smell, so that's what I'll do!
There's a couple of rough spots I think I'll address before the painting though, they show up in this particular lighting.
All in all, "so far", looking much better than first anticipated at the start of the build.
Edbert
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...so after do tests, I found that filters wouldn't bring about the desired effect without first lightening the base colour with a very thin coat of paint.
It won't get me exactly what I want, but close enough (a few areas need touchup), with still pin wash, shading, highlights, weathering and mud to come.
It won't get me exactly what I want, but close enough (a few areas need touchup), with still pin wash, shading, highlights, weathering and mud to come.
Jakko
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Looking at that photo, what I feared has happened: you can see the print lines through the paint 
Yup... the worst are on the front fenders, I had sanded a bit, not as easy to sand as resin or styrene... if I don't correct further, I may just load em up with stowage... plenty of photos to reference.
... so the Fates of Mount Modelympus sent me some fine silicone tools narrow enough to spread creamy Vallejo putty in the offending trough... a sign?
Thanks! still a long way off, but we meet the challenges one at a time!
I've been trying to find a credible reference for the seats.
Kit makers and modelers seem to render them as wood or metal frame with wood slats.
I have seen what looks to be all wood construction on other Pavesi types, but this particular one seems to be all metal.
The best photo I've found really looks like metal, especially the way one of the seats is bent out of shape. If any part had been wood, I'm pretty sure it would have shattered... then again, there are gaps where broken slats could've been removed.
What do you all think?
Jakko
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It looks more like some kind of padded material to me. The corrugations aren't very even, which makes me think it isn't metal, anyway, and like you say, wood would not bend that way.
After the lighter wash, then the yellow brown filter, much closer to what I'm looking for.
Some preliminary pin wash to bring out details.
Seats painted, pin washed.
Some preliminary pin wash to bring out details.
Seats painted, pin washed.
Jakko
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The extra work on those print lines seems to not have been in vain It looks much better like this.
It looks much better like this.
locomotive
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Loving this build.
Thanks guys... when I go back to the first posts I can't believe I thought it would be a quick build, with little assembly and a paint job!
Learned a lot about 3D printed models, a whole lot of other steps and challenges of their own, and that I seem to have a minimum threshold for detail that I expect in a build of mine for it to feel right.
Some shading and light weathering to get a feel for how much detail I have to draw on.
I know how this is going to go... by the time I've fussed this much with each of those wheels, I won't want to splash any mud around...
And I really haven't done any chipping or rust (other than the muffler) yet!
I know how this is going to go... by the time I've fussed this much with each of those wheels, I won't want to splash any mud around...
And I really haven't done any chipping or rust (other than the muffler) yet!
Jakko
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Why would there be chipped paint or rust, though?
Just depends on how long it was in the field, given that it could have been oldish already since the Italians had been there for a while... if Mr. Googles is to be believed, actual production of the models used by the military stopped in 1938! And it was used extensively in colonial engagements before ww2, and first ww2 action starting in 1940 in North Africa and the Horn.
I've been thinking about the mud thing; for there to be mud, there needs to have been water, so rain streaks might also be in order if I go that route. And for there to be lowered paddles, there must be mud!
I haven't read anything about performance of the paddles in sand: somehow I imagine it digging its way into a sand trap of its own making with these powered paddlewheels spinning in loose sand.
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