Frank.W.

Thank you very very much. Here are a few photos. Unfortunately, only the lamplight. I have crushed a flower pot with a hammer and drizzled with a water / white glue mixture. Then I have edited some details with pigments. I'll publish new fotos the next days.

Now some rebar were supplemented. In addition, a ruined grid near the wall

Thanks a lot. To make the scene more believable, I built a booby trap with parts of the ammunition of the centurion and a wire. The wire was fixed at the wall and the booby trap. The Palestinians got the task to lure the tank into the trap. The direct route to heaven for him. That's the reason, the man is standing there and it seems more logical.

Thank you very much. Now I have lubricated a few Arabic phrases on the wall

Thank you. Now I completed the rubbles with a tarpaulin, a wheel und a lot of boards and bars.

Now I added some chunks of concrete. Sorry, something bad lighting conditions .... still no flash, so the colors are not too distorted.

Thank you very much, Lee. The structure of the wall was created with self-curing modeling clay. This has been rolled thin and fixed with adhesive on the plywood board. The structure was modeled using a spatula. Then it was painted with the airbrush and treated with diluted oil paint burnt umber. The rubble was also painted with the airbrush and partial treated with diluted oil paint. The figure and the Citroen were fixed with glue.

Thank you very much. Now I have started the Dio. On a board 30 x 45 cm and 4 cm thickness, it should arise. As Template I took a photo of http://www.spiegel.de. The basic structure of the wall was created from a sheet of plywood Then I created the base of the diorama. As a basis I took foam panels. This I coated with a mixture of water, white glue and fine sand. Then I distributed the debris of hardened plaster.

Thank you very, very much for the great feedback. I 'll call the diorama " David vs Goliath" like the Story of the bible. But this time the israelian tank is Goliath and a palestinian militant is David. For this I've cut the barrett of one figure and and wrapped a piece of a paper handkerchief around the head. The figure was painted and treated with oil paint and pigments. The pictures are very bad, because of the light. Sorry. The palestinian seems to be tired of life, but what is he doing to get to djanna.

A very nice kit and a good work. I'll follow this thread.

Now I have fixed the remaining parts. The soft top is created from a layer of paper handkerchief. Plastic roof put on and cut paper to get the right size. By painting (soak with color) is the handkerchief stiff and stays in shape. The chrome parts was painted over with a silk matte clear coat to soften the extreme shine. Treatment with pigments that were fixed with lighter fluid. The marks are still missing .... but have no idea how Arabic license plate looks like. Here are the pictures:

Thank you very much. Indeed, another version of this kit was delivered with an electric motor. But this model has a complete interior. The details are not very fine, but in 1972 it was a top kit. Anyone who has ever read one of my construction reports will know that I am a friend of animal welfare ;-). The Centurion should be presented on a small diorama. The angle mirror must wait, but of course be added . The natural habitat of the Israeli Centurion (this kit should be one - despite deficits in more or less detail) is either the desert , or a small village in the Arab world . Since there are no figures and accessoires in scale 1:25 I decided to bring a bit of action . A car - pretty shot up serves as a barricade , should be overrun by the Centurion . I have decided on a Citroen 2 CV ..... this vehicle was to find everywhere in the world and was built decades . As another vehicle a beetle would have come into question , but the 2 CV ( Revell ) struck me first in his hands. So how do you build a car , which is being rolled over by a tank ? First, I dented the front on the right side . The side separated from the innsassenkabine , ie cut at the weld. The fender and the side wall , chassis parts, etc. were bent under heat . Extreme care ! ! Not burn and by no means too much heat, otherwise it looks very very bad! ! ! The basic form of the parts must be maintained in any case! ! Bottom heat the plastic shrinks very quickly and no longer looks like bent metal. With the mini drill " shot holes" were drilled into the left side and the rear. The modules chassis with engine , complete interior and body were assembled separately and then painted . First black, then ironcoloured , then rust-coloured various edges. Then treatment with hair spray, mask the edges and shot holes with mustard. After that, the body paint was applied gray. The seats were painted purple . The entire interior - engine , seats, instrument panel were subjected to a Washing with oil paint umber burnt . After that treated with pigments umbra . The vehicle was outside scrubbed with a bristle brush soaked with water and brown pigments and blotted with a cloth. The over -painted mustard was removed carefully with a small knife . Here are some photos:

Thank you very much for the comments :-) Here is a picture of the fully suspended drive. Even the shift lever are movable. The fitting of the Track isn't ok.(this is of course no problem, but just looks not good in the picture) The colours of the Photo are not correct, but I have no other photo of the suspension.

Thank you very much for your comments. Yes, it's a nice kit. And over 40 years old!!!!! Now I have worked on the chassis. Washing with highly diluted oil paint umbra. Then discreet treating of the wheels, chassis and hull with pigments. Nothing looks worse than an exaggerated treatment with pigments. Rather less and the repeat. The tracks were first lightly sprayed with light beige. Which was followed by treatment with pigments that are rubbed into the structures of the moistened chain. This was done with lighter petrol. The straps on the turret were painted. Antennas drawn from sprue, glued and painted. A dry brushing was done with 2nd Light from the color set of Valejo "Desert War" Here you can beautifully emphasize the cast structure of the turret.

Now I have done the chipping as a last act of today . These were made of small dots with a light base color painted on the edges and then smaller dots in black grey. This method increases the 3D effect. Here are pictures in daylight: Of course, there's to do a treatment of the wheels and the tracks and a few details of the hull. Forgive my horrible english, please. Best regards Frank (lappes) Forgive my horrible english, please. Best regards Frank (lappes)