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This build has been blogged over on WIP here. This is Medium A Whippet A347 "Gofasta" from the Takom kit with various after-market parts as shown and described in the build blog. The name is stenciled with a DN Models vinyl mask. At least, I believe A347 was "Gofasta". DN provide no guide to using the stencils and were unable to confirm the name-number match "as they no longer had the research material". And you can't see the number in any photo I found. I chose that tank because it had the red/white engine cover and front markings I wanted. The kit instructions suggest that "Golikell", for which they give decals, had exactly the same markings, but photos I found suggested otherwise. And I thought a different name would be, well, different. My avatar is a black sheep after all.......... Whippets were only really used after most of the muddy fighting had ended, in the final pursuit of the retreating German army. So rather than lots of mud I just stuck with some dust and dry mud around the tracks. All flavours of comment appreciated.
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The build of this one has been blogged over on Work in Progress. Tank I.51 fresh off the train at the railhead before Cambrai. I can't find the photo of it on line, but it's in one of the books about WW1 tanks. No visible serial. I wanted to find a genuine identifiable Male fascine carrier, which is harder than you might think. The only other one I could definitely identify was "Auld Reekie", also on the same train. So it's come off the train, had the sponsons and guns installed in fighting position and had the fascine mounted in operational position. On the train they were moved back a bit and more heavily lashed down. Black weathering on the tracks? Railway yards were often surfaced with cinders, which are essentially black. It's actually a mixture of black, brown and grey pigments with some model railway coal. It's ready to move off the assembly area and so hasn't got very grubby yet. As ever, all comments appreciated.
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This build has been blogged over on Work In Progress here. I had a muse tank that I sort of copied (in the photo) and which had seemingly been through a lot of very wet mud - really just muddy water with very few lumpy bits. That gave some interesting run and splash patterns, particularly running down from the top runs of tracks. Not sure I got it really right but I don't think I can improve it now. The muddy effect is Vallejo Environment Mud and Grass for the lumpy bits with Sand Yellow AK Interactive Dirt and Dust Deposit for the dried muddy water. After some experimenting I applied random areas of the enamel wash along the top edge and then "chased" them down the sides using an airbrush with just air. The lower areas were done with a wide soft brush and the splats and splashes by flicking from the bristles of a stiff brush. In that order. "My" tank in the photo is completely unmarked (surprisingly many were) and I suspect might be green rather than brown. But I went for the brown with the horn stripes. The only other marking is a serial number: 2719 was a real MkIV Female. The fuel can colours are speculative. Officially, fuel cans were supposed to be black and water cans white, but most WO fuel cans seem to have been khaki. Commercial cans were certainly used in their normal colours, and that's what I've done. The Panzer Art cans include Esso, Shell, and Pratts brands. As far as I can determine, Shell were red, Esso were blue or black and Pratts were bottle green or blue. Branded cans were also painted khaki.