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Black PMK-4 Gas Mask

This page has been made to show how I have repainted a DAM Green gas mask from the 78078s Sniper figure set that I obtained loose. My reason for re-painting this mask as an experiment, is that I want to make a gas mask, a pipe and filter that is worn on the back of my DAM 78058 MVD SOBR Lynx figure.

The first pictures at the base of the page, show what I am trying to replicate, but the biggest problem I had. Was to find a 1/6 scale PMK-4 gas mask, and it was not until DAM released their new mask. That I could even think of making what I wanted.

In Picture 1. above I have on the left a 1/6 scale Green PMK-4 gas mask as it came with the DAM sniper figure. Next to it, is another gas mask, but after I have given it the re-paint with some Black acrylic paint.

Painting Method

I am very pleased with the way that it has turned out. Because as I said before this was a very risky experiment by me, as I did not know how the acrylic paint would react to the actual material the model mask is made from. I firstly used the Humbrol Maskol as shown in Picture 2. to protect the green lens from the Black acrylic paint. Note: When painting the Maskol, be careful as it dries, because I found as I tried to paint more of it on the lens. It started to gently lift the already dried Maskol off the lens, that is why it has a lumpy appearance on the mask on the right in Picture 3.

Once it had dried as a rubber coating, as shown in Picture 3. I then started to use the Tamiya XF-85 Rubber Black acrylic paint on the mask to re-colour it. Once that was all dry, I gave the mask a dust over with some Tamiya Soot weathering powder, to add a flat look to the mask, and I finally then carefully peeled the Maskol off the lens.

Black PMK-4 Gas Mask And Filter

This is what I wanted the gas mask for, as I wanted to construct on my DAM SOBR Lynx figure, a hose and single filter to be worn the back of it, as shown in the reference pictures below. I originally saw this done by a fellow modeller from Monkon Studio on the BBICN forum, and I am very grateful for all of the help that they supplied to me about their figure.

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It was explained to me about how the modeller had used the hoses from the rebreather unit, from the DAM Marine Recon Force Diver figure as shown in Picture 4. So I have had to buy this unit loose, and luckily I was also able to use the hoses, as well as some of the couplings for it. To make the gas mask assembly as shown above.

Picture 5. is the hose and the connection for it to the gas mask, which I have had to adapt and scratch build into the angled connector. By also using plastic tubing, cut to a 90 degree angle, sand flat and then add the flat piece on top which was then sanded to shape and painted.

Picture 6. shows the end of the hose, that connects to the filter. As well as the filter inside the cloth holder that I have made, onto which I have sewn 2 x top buckles as well as the rear straps to fit to the figure.