Last weekend, my aunt said she would pay me & my brother $10 an hour if we helped her move furniture from her storage locker to her house. It ended up taking ~2.5 hours, but she was generous and paid us both $30. Sadly, I had already gone to HobbyHouse that weekend.
So, I had to keep my money for a week. That didn't go as well as planned: I spent (on average) $2 on vending machines per day.
But, when the next weekend came around, I got my allowance, $10, and was back to $30 for HobbyHouse. When I got there, I intended to get the first 3 models for "My Favorites" collection. However, I had trouble deciding, and before I could choose just 3, my dad suggested I buy some paint: PanzerGrau (Which I am in a serious shortage of) Spraypaint. So I got ANOTHER 1/76 Tiger I, a 1/76 JagdPanther, and the spraypaint. And that was all my $30.
It started off bad. The 10th-ish piece I clipped off the sprue went flying, bounced 3 times (at least, 3 times I could hear), and landed in a place that remains unknown. I have it listed as MIA. But, I went on building (Jagdpanthers don't need all 24 roadwheels, 23 should work just as well, shouldn't it?). I finished the Tiger I with no trouble. But that's probably because I got so much practice with the first four...
Anyways, when I got to the painting, things got much worse. I went out in my backyard to spraypaint, and started. However, the paint went on either too thickly, thinly, or unevenly.
Recently, I decided to try scraping the paint off, and between a knife and some sandpaper I managed to remove quite a bit of paint. However, in the process I also accidentally severed the Jagdpanther's main gun barrel and machinegun barrel. However, that allowed me to also perfect any external glue drips.
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| You can't really see from this picture, but the supposedly flat color looks like camoflage. |
I think the paint went on too thick. I'll help on your next try.
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