Some days ago ....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/110741/message/1338681011/Tamiya%B4s+Enigma.

.... and now, the 99% finished kit (you know, once looking the pictures you ALWAYS find details to improve....).

The finished?? Enigma:

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The next one is waiting aroud the corner thanks to my friend Cesar Gonzalez... the best suited kit for a new Black&White base attempt!

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As usually, any opinion or suggestion will be highly apreciated. Thanks for looking!

Beautiful. What impressed me the most is how you weathered parts in the B/W painting process and it shows through in the final topcoat. These are saved for future reference.

Jim Guld

Thank you very much James! It´s easy, you just need tints or a highly thinned paint in several fine coats

Thank you very much James! It´s easy, you just need tints or a highly thinned paint in several fine coats

looking forward to that Abrams painted.

http://roman-bizarre.blogspot.com/

Thanks Roman!!

Looks great! I like the mixture of bright and dark tones!

Vladimir Yashin
"Ostfront Studio"
The Russian Way of Modelling

http://ost-front.ru/en

Vladimir, thank you very much for your kind words. I really admire your work!

What does that mean, please tell me so I can learn your secrets, publish a book, and become rich so I an buy even more models.

Owen
Seller of bad things




and a liar

try checking the link he posted in his first sentence...
Should answer one of your questions.

Jim

Stupid me, I should learns how ta read.

Owen

Since you mentioned it.....

Is the fading for the yellow with oils or did you air brush the highlights???

Also, your chipping, how did you do that??

THANKS!!

I used oils, Naples Yellow (from Winsor&Newton) is just PERFECT for this task.

Superb result!

Ciao!

Fabio



http://www.hsstudio.it

Thanks Fabio!

I had to with this one. Absolutely stunning mate, fantastic weathering.

So I´m a lucky man! Thank you for your interest and opinion!

Absolutely brilliant - Inspirational Definately something I will try. Fantastic finish and awesome weathering. Are you sure its a model and not the real thing you have taken a picture of?

Weathering at it´s best!

Thanks for sharing

Gunnar

http://www.modellbaufreunde-siegen.de/index.html

Gunnar .... thank you my friend!

Ola Jose Luis

Looks great !

Yvan, nice to see you. Thank you!

Very impressive, Jose, outstanding paint job.

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Thanks Ovidiu!

Thanks René!

Jose, what a beautiful looking piece of work you have done here , excellent indeed. The weathering is just outstanding, making for a very realistic looking tank. Well done, and looking forward to seeing how the Abrams comes up. Cheers
Andrew Judson

Thank you Andrew. First, a pair of 1/48 items and then ... the Abrams! Thanks for posting!

Jose Luiz,

Great model and weathering.. As I wrote on FB, this one will open a new era in Modelling.. Its not easy, not for everybody but very effective.. Hat off mate..

Regards

Özgür.

PanzerMania.com

Özgür, thank you for your nice words. A new era? Do not think so! Humans are specialist complicating our lifes! And I´m just an expert about it!

But thanks anyway!!!!

You got an outstanding result in an unusual way, looking forward to the Abrams (more to my taste afv-wise)

Cheers

Stefan

Just a little break of this kind of complicated projects and I´ll go for that Abrams!

Thanks for posting!

magnifico trabajo Jose Luis....muy, muy bueno....

para el 2º proyecto...tengo unas cuantas fotos de esa versión.... están a tu disposición para lo que creas oportuno..

abrazos

¡¡Ya las estoy esperando!!

Muchísimas gracias, me van a venir de lujo.

Un abrazo y hasta pronto!

That is great Jose, your primer coat of white, black and grey has certainly worked out VERY well and the finish of the model is outstanding.

Regards
Andy K

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Andy, thank you! I think that this technique will work much better on the Abrams. Regards

Jose,
I see that there are more finely evecuted Enigmas' coming along! The model looks excellent. The way you threated the tankj with diverse shading effects is very pleasing, the chiipping effects are of finest level too, in particullar I like the looks of the additional fuel tanks. Very inspiring effort. I even consider getting me one of these

Best regards,

Radek

Dear Radek, with your painting skills, your Enigma´d be unbeatable! Love your work!

Thanks for posting!!

Absolutely Brilliant. Definately a technique I will try. Awesome weathering . Are you sure its a model and not the real thing you have taken a photograph of?

Sssssssshhhh .... keep me the secret! The pictures are from a tank depot at Iraq ...

Thank you very much for your nice comment!

Regards

...Jose Luis and MIG are the best Spanish modellers nowadays. The painting level is incredible.


Thank you for sharing.

Jordi, thanks for the awesome compliment but I fear it is too far from reality. For my taste, there are many excellent modelers in Spain not only painting, but also super-detailing and documenting their kits much more than me. In that way I´m far away to be a complete modeler.

Anyway, once again, thank you very much for your comment! I´m soo happy that tonight I´ll not disturb my wife!

Jagdtiger and Tiger in 1/48 scale , PanzerIII N DAK, Panzer IV, Sherman Mk.III, Enigma,... believe me, your painting level is very impressive for me.

Me expreso mejor en castellano, a nivel de pintura, creo que eres lo mejorcito que ha salido en los últimos años en el ámbito nacional (más claro el agua).

Espero poder disfrutar viendo en directo de ese modelo en algún concurso nacional.

Saludos/regards

following this on FB has been intriguing and fascinating, what really impresses is not only the many variations of colour tones , but how you've achieved a richness of tone given the black and white base coats.I imagine we'll be seeing a lot of modellers emulating this technique including me
Regards Phil.

Thanks Phil! I´m still developing the technique as I realized that some of the steps I made were not completely correct. Abrams will be another good test bed. Thanks for posting!

Turned out great Jose. I have the TUSK Abrams ready to go also when you get close lets compare notes.

Chris, a Tusk from you???? Can´t wait to see it! In fact, I´ll wait you to finish it to copy all your incredible details!

Thanks for posting!

beautiful job and weathering!

Thanks Will!!

What a beauty !!!!

Congrats !!!

Obrigado amigo!!!!

Looks realistic...Fine work...



http://battletankpower.blogspot.com/

Hakan, thank you!

Excellent!

An outstanding execution of a monotone scheme! Hats off!

BRAVO!

Ivan

http://icdesign.webs.com/

Ivan, thank you very much for your nice words ... a future challenge ... the same technique with a 2 or 3 color camo!!

Regards

Brilliant. I plan to try that technique...

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David, thank you very much! I´d love to see the result if you try!

Really fine work! And you make it look so easy! Gotta try this technique!

Cheers, Tracy

Thanks Tracy! Try it and hope you like it!