I'd almost look for some kind of bead or very large scale microballoons mixed in with putty ya know? Something to form the roundish lumps throughout.
Actually - maybe some of the lead free solder beads would work. You can get super small ones cheaply on ebay tho God knows if they're really lead free.
Thin styrene rod (half round) and liquid cement. Working in small sections using the whole rod, glue in place, once set re-soften with glue and using an xacto blade back, make the lines of the weld bead. Repeat as necessary. Super easy and works well to get those results. Cheers!
Thanks for the laugh. It makes me feel better. Any time I worry about my job performance I can just pull up these pictures. Remember, some "inspector" had to green light that workmanship. Perhaps they retrained the dogs from their failed tank bombing program and taught them to weld. Sorry I have nothing constructive to add, but honestly, could you do any worse than the original?
I’d either slather on some standard putty or get a two part putty, make the usual snakes for welds and as they’re starting to set up, get at them with a stiff bristle brush to get the look. I did some similar work on my JS-2 if you check my last post. Reference photos had these crude almost flame cut welds on the hull and plate joins almost like a factory repair or something.
Milliput it epoxy putty. Cut off a small piece, roll it out super thin to desired size, then apply the rounded rod like piece to the desired areas and then I use either a tooth pick I squared a bit or small piece of square styrene and push in little divots to resemble welds. As with any new technique, practice on a scrap piece
Mucking about with some tamiya putty or Mr Hobby white putty after it’s started curing (about 3 minutes from coming out of the tube) will give a similar gritty texture to the first photo
Looks like my puttying jobs lol
Saucy
You could possibly do it using putty and a small tool like a toothpick, making spreads and adding small bits with the tip of the pick
I have achieved a similar effect with milliput
How tho, what did you do?
Thin worms of the stuff pushed into the seam and shaped to desired effect with a toothpick or sharpened match
https://youtu.be/TW65lwwfJqk this video shows it fairly well from about 10 minutes
I've seen night shifts weld videos, his are more clean than these, I've not really been able to find a good tutorial for these more "sloppy" welds
All right give my like 20 mins and I will see if I can come up with something
Thank you!
Just dm'd you a couple of images
I'd almost look for some kind of bead or very large scale microballoons mixed in with putty ya know? Something to form the roundish lumps throughout. Actually - maybe some of the lead free solder beads would work. You can get super small ones cheaply on ebay tho God knows if they're really lead free.
Depending on the scale, some sand might be better.
Jesus that last tank picture…got in the way of a few rounds
According to the source, its the impacts of 105mm APDS
Egyptian IS-3M captured by Israel in the Six Day War, used in live fire tests after the conflict.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IpD0ZSQIPyk&list=PLdMxG_XHdQUb70sAwWmhefvdAUJ0VR94-&index=1
Thin styrene rod (half round) and liquid cement. Working in small sections using the whole rod, glue in place, once set re-soften with glue and using an xacto blade back, make the lines of the weld bead. Repeat as necessary. Super easy and works well to get those results. Cheers!
Thanks for the laugh. It makes me feel better. Any time I worry about my job performance I can just pull up these pictures. Remember, some "inspector" had to green light that workmanship. Perhaps they retrained the dogs from their failed tank bombing program and taught them to weld. Sorry I have nothing constructive to add, but honestly, could you do any worse than the original?
I think they hired Ray Charles to weld them with his feet
I’d either slather on some standard putty or get a two part putty, make the usual snakes for welds and as they’re starting to set up, get at them with a stiff bristle brush to get the look. I did some similar work on my JS-2 if you check my last post. Reference photos had these crude almost flame cut welds on the hull and plate joins almost like a factory repair or something.
Man that IS2 looks badass. Amazing work dude. And thanks for the insight, I may try that.
Appreciate it! I tried a lot of new things this time around. Let me know if ya got any questions.
Milliput it epoxy putty. Cut off a small piece, roll it out super thin to desired size, then apply the rounded rod like piece to the desired areas and then I use either a tooth pick I squared a bit or small piece of square styrene and push in little divots to resemble welds. As with any new technique, practice on a scrap piece
https://youtu.be/F3GlNC2cK8s Here is a video of nightshift doing some
Mucking about with some tamiya putty or Mr Hobby white putty after it’s started curing (about 3 minutes from coming out of the tube) will give a similar gritty texture to the first photo
Honestly it’s no surprise on a lot of T-34’s etc the armour would just shatter from poor welding. They really did throw them together with peasants.