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What can one say about that!!! That is a superior job of a repaint. The detail on it is superb. I love the oil on the tracks in relation to the swing of the housing. Thank a million for a great post!
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Speechless  Oil on the tracks, rusty muffler, rusty wire rope, steps look like they have been walked up 1000 times, boom foot pins looked liked they have been over greased, and a filthy engine. Museum quality in my eyes. 
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Im speechless  . This model has left me amazed! If you do another one I bet you could get a ton for it on Ebay! Great job Cant wait to see your next model! Jake
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Pretty much everything I had to say has been said! Wow!!! Perfect.
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WOW that is an Awesome job of weathering. You can take real pride in that Jewel. A real work of art for sure. GREAT JOB.
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Awesome job... looks absolutely real !A little photoshop in a construction setting and you couldn't tell it wasn't  Chet
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Utterly AMAZING!! You definitely have an incredinble eye for detail. I guess it would be more amazing in person. Thank you for sharing this, that model is a gem!! Dan
1:1 or 1:50, I am still in awe. 
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Outstanding! That looks incredible.
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That Is amazing. I have several people standing here as we speak who cannot believe that is a scale model. My daughter wants to know "why don't your models look that cool?" You have an extreme eye for detail. Nice work.
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id say ya nailed it awesome . heres a real one lil bigger i think  
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Sweet pics hoeman that is just a little bigger its a 4600 but still an awesome machine.
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What born2lif08 did isn't all that hard or difficult like he said. I know him from military model competition back in the '90s. There are plenty of books out there that cover weathering of models. I have seen a number of forums that are model related. I would be more than happy start a topic on were to find this type of information and what type of books, tools and supplies are needed. This site is mainly diecast collectors that put some add ons to there models. Military modeling along with car & truck modeling get enjoyment from building there models and that can be in many forms. Such as plastic or resin kits. Conversions is were they take a base kit a tweak into something slightly different to a completely new type of model. The last type are the scratchbuilders the will fabricate there own model using whatever means they choose. Modelers as a whole as just as dedicated to getting the best research as possible, its just lot of the time it is from another era and now sits in a museum or has to dig to find the right documentation in books and the internet. I'm sure there are some modelers on this forum out there someplace that can add to this. Here is a link to a German model forum that has a 1/25th Michigan loader weather very nice, just follow the pages. Wettringer modelbauforum on michigan loader in 1/25thnext is a pair of Titan oil field trucks. wettringer modelbauforum titan oil field trucks.Here is a Peterbuilt wrecker. wettringermodelbauforum peterbuilt wreckerlast is a cat excavator wettringermodelbauforum cat excavatorHope this offers some insight to building and painting models. Fritz
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I'm having trouble finding the right words to express what I think about your model born2lift08.
Truly a work of art.
The one vertical shot looks too real!
Amazing, just amazing.
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That it an amazing piece of work !!!!!!!!! As mentioned weathering is really easy . I've done it with a basic airbrush kit ,some flat earth tone paints thinned down, and sandpaper.
Thanx for shairing the pictures,
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Hi born2lift08,that looks almost real,try these guys for dry lettering Dry lettering,various sizesRegards Joe.
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Amazing work, what is your next project? Jason
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every so often something comes along that just stops you dead!!! every time you look you see something different! this is exactly what i'd love to portray my models..its simply amazing ive tried trawling the military sites but never managed hit it on the nail If you (or anyone) fancy doing a tutorial, i'll be on the front row!!! Dave (still in awe!!!)
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DeWoc19 wrote:this is by far the best repaint i have ever seen, no offense to Bob or Christian. you guy are awesome but this tops anything i have seen anybody put out in terms of a repaint!
no offense taken, be sure of that. its not my problem if the cranes i reproduce in model form are all clean, shiny and new... thats the problem with doing swiss cranes and trucks, they are always spotless. i dream of a machine to weather... please dear swiss crane owners, get one dirty and rusty... just for me... please... only one... but no, they never listen i secretly break into yards on sundays and spray dirt and rust over the machine... but by monday morning its cleaned again...  oh: great job on that Manitowoc! why is it labeled 4111W instead of 4100?
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