stevej60 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Morning folk's two kit's I've alway's wanted to have a go at are the Churchill and Centurion so with an almost clear bench after the Matchbox GB and a small build planned for the 10th anniversary GB I'm making good progress with the Sherman which has given me the armour bug! I won't start for a few week's until the Sherman's finished and I'm must try and finish the MAN truck and the Centurion is on order at my LMS. Anyway Box art. Inside the usual Tamiya quality. A bonus was a sprue of figures including two crew and a farmer and hand cart. Edited January 20, 2018 by stevej60 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Confusing your Lord Protector and your Prime Minister? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 How do you Change the Churchill into two tanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 8 hours ago, John_W said: Confusing your Lord Protector and your Prime Minister? 4 hours ago, Soeren said: How do you Change the Churchill into two tanks Well spotted guy's I was just testing to see who was taking notice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Time to make a start on the first of these two,stages one and two completed. And the next two stages complete about an hour in total including cleaning up the part's. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Good to see some progress Steve. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 watching, been tempted by this kit, looking forward to seeing how it goes together before i decide.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 4 hours ago, robw_uk said: watching, been tempted by this kit, looking forward to seeing how it goes together before i decide.... So far typical Tamiya Rob it falls together, the only part that I would have like as a single molding is the Turret which is split vertically front and rear so we'll see how it fit's,honestly if you like to build the complete kit before any painting it can be done in a day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 LMS rang today so nipped down and picked up Centurion,real retro box top this one, inside a cracking kit beautifully molded I'll pop some sprue shot's on over the weekend. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I have this kit too... No idea why they included a farmer, a cart, some milk churns and some wine and beer bottles with it! Watching with interest though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Well the turret worries were groundless as the fit was superb and once the rear stowage bin was added the only visible seam was hidden. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Great looking box for the Centurion and good progress with the Churchill. Glad the issue wasn't actually a problem. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanketyblank Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) gonna be watching this one go together Edited February 2, 2018 by Blanketyblank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Blanketyblank said: gonna be watching this one go together Welcome aboard,might be a couple of month's of watching mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Churchill looks good steve, I'm looking forward to seeing that centurion kit though, I'm interested in one of those, Glynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, Hewy said: Churchill looks good steve, I'm looking forward to seeing that centurion kit though, I'm interested in one of those, Glynn I've lost this weekend as far as modelling goes Glynn but have a couple more days off so I'll post the sprue shot's promised tomorrow. Edited February 4, 2018 by stevej60 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Aye up Steve. Nice work. Ive built a few Tamiya Churchill kits over the years. Still a nice kit for its 40 odd years! Never managed to do the Cent tho so looking forward to seeing it being built Regards. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 5 hours ago, fatfingers said: Never managed to do the Cent tho so looking forward to seeing it being built Cheer's Steve,and here's a few sprue shot's. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Hi folk's sorry for lack of progress been on a Matchbox/Frog nostalgia kick and with no disrespect to these two fine companies I really need to handle a state of the art kit again,anyway I've added the barrel and hatches etc and decided on a scheme incorporating the front mudguard assembly which is now fitted,I'm going to prime her in black and build up the top coat's to see if I can get some depth to the finish. Edited March 8, 2018 by stevej60 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Good to see more progress on this one Steve. Looking well tidy! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, PlaStix said: Good to see more progress on this one Steve. Looking well tidy! Kind regards, Stix Cheer's Stix,be interesting to see if the painting gives me the result I'm after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Looking good - I'm tempted to make this kit my next 'mission', now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Hi folk's this morning amongst the thousand job's the missus left me I nipped into the loft and got a black undercoat on the Churchill,tonight I gave her two light coats of Mr Hobby green,I like the sheen these paints dry too the more thinned the more the sheen,I think the black worked maybe due to the cluttered detail ofthe tank but I kind of got the shading I wanted so really it look's like a factory fresh tank and I can weather it in to an in service look. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 That looks really nice, looking forward to seeing it weathered! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Paintwork looks excellent Steve. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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