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  1. simmerit
    Hope to be back on this next week. I've been cracking on with a Universal Carrier and a Churchill which have got in the way a bit. Sneaky Churchill shot!
  2. simmerit
    Well this has proved to be a bit of a nightmare. Bit to do on this one yet, but a least its red! Still got the other one to go. Its taken well over a bloody hour to get this far with the first one.....
  3. simmerit
    One minor change to make - fire extinguishers were red up to the late 1960s. just saying
  4. simmerit
    Cracking on a bit, but now off to change the Diff oil on my 110........ retrospective fix to an oversight, which is the wear fro the rubber tyres - my no expense spared spray booth! Using Alclad for this - 'high speed silver' Good job I didnt fix the wheels! Wont bore you with anymore shots of this exciting task... but Sneaky looks with the skirts on. Not quite as good as the real thing, but its enjoyable having a play with the armour
  5. simmerit
    So the mrs made me tidy up the kitchen table yesterday, which is where I model and the big result is I found the original decals from the model!! The 1A looks slightly out because of the turret angle by the way. Now onto snag list, which includes steel on the tow cables. Slight weathering will be done later as I have a MkIII Churchill and Comet to paint
  6. simmerit
    Few sneaky shots of 4 RTR And where I have got to today
  7. simmerit
    Thank you - appreciated. I've done a little more highlighting and thats it for me. Dunno about you but when you start dabbling and do just that little bit more is when the wheels fall off. No more highlights for me!
  8. simmerit
    Tension mounts as there's a danger I may actually finish this before its three years old! Did a bit of pre-shading this morning, and I think that's UK. Can't decide if it wants dray bushing a bit or not Maybe a couple of highlights maybe pick out.
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    So moral of story is dont put tracks on too early.... Forgot to paint the centre silver as it would be highly polished from the rubber wheels...... damn!! Just painted the roller tyres which is why I spotted it. In my defence, I've not painted a bit of armour for two years! Also drilled the hangers for the side skirts. I'm leaving the centre panel off I've decided. Made a start on the mantlet, which I'm using this for. I need to do the white highlights before I apply. Hopefully it will give me the right canvas shade. Got a coat of primer on the 30 cal with a .3mm IWATA needle, which is spot on for real detail work Its getting there! Next is a gloss coat of the centre panel of the skirt which is surplus to test the Vallejo gloss varnish I picked up. Not used this varnish yet, so need ot be 100% its going to be OK
  10. simmerit
    Decided to pop the tracks on. Where I am at I think it a light dusting on it but nothing too heavy You can never have enough shots of a Cent!! If I leave the centre skirt off, I'll need to paint the tyres on the rollers and drill the supports that the bottoms of the skirts bolt on to. I did one, but not all of them which was a tad short sighted!
  11. simmerit
    Thats the final Bronze Green layers applied Believe it or not the pre-shade has made a difference - better illustrated on this last piccie. Big one will be the gloss and satin or matt varnish finish, which will really bring out the bronze green. The big debate now is Tank Park or Soltau. In other words, just been hosed down or mucky. Its suck a nice piece of armour, feels like Tank Park to me. It will also need the side skirts on, so not really any point in doing anything with the lower hull as none of it will be visible. On the kit, as far as I can see this is a direct clone of the AFV Club Cent. I must say its been lovely to build with all of the aftermarket, despite the mental block I had on it - why I had one, god knows! Not sure what to do about a display for it - sticking it in a cabinet seems a bit of a waste. Cent is the mutts. What a piece of armour. We really knew what we were doing back then.
  12. simmerit
    Thanks Terry mate Bit of progress A long way to go, but at least we are seeing some bronze green go on!
  13. simmerit
    Done a bit. I've got a few on the go in parallel at the minute and I'm trying to get them all to the same place which is basically ready to get their first coat of various greens on them. Now this is a B&W one of an RTR panzer, but the light shading is illustrated perfectly and some natural light on it to bring it out a little more
  14. simmerit
    Thanks Andrew. I've ground to a halt as the compressor packed in. @Dads203 to the rescue!! Hopefully the replacement will land in the next day or three
  15. simmerit
    I've been a tad occupied on three other builds, and have made start on pre-shading. Sneaky UC. This is a Tamiya/Riich models hybrid. Not got a build thread on here for it. Deffo a labour of love! but more importantly! Made a start on the Cent. Off to Jockland tomoz so wont be back on it til Friday, but I have made a start. Not sprayed anything for about two years I think, so hopefully wont screw anything up!
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