burncpt Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hi all, My second attempt at anything not medium-scale aircraft so be gentle! I wasgiven this kit to complete for the up-and-coming D-Day diorama at the Hornby museum - my club is organising and preparing the hundreds of tanks, guns, aircraft, ships and figures which will feature. I have done a 1/76 Sherman for the same display. It is not muddied up yet as I don't know what shades will be used in the diorama so it would be silly to have it not matching - nonetheless I hope my feeble attempts at weathering pass muster here on the armour forum. I actually really enjoyed it - was lovely to leave the filler alone and just experiment with preshading/washes and chipping, and all done in a couple of days! Cheers, Chris 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lloyd Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Great result from this venerable kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Lovely job! Considering the size of it, you've really done a top quality finish on this kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burncpt Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Cheers guys! I think I need a better camera - seems anything close-up with my old canon just gets blurry and washed-out. I've just noticed how obvious the airfix writing is on the underneath - probably should have sanded that off but at least it won't be seen when it's in place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 very nice - built this one 30 years ago or so... nowhere near your standard (well i was only 11).. sometimes I wonder about revisiting some of the old Airfix/Matchbox stuff of my childhood... then think my eyesight wont cope with 1/76 anymore ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burncpt Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Yes it is funny when you see 'Airfix 1979' on the bottom. It was fun mainly because it is so tiny that the overall effect is OK from a distance! These 1/35 scale tanks can't hide anything haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Feeble attempts at weathering? I think not, that looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burncpt Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Well thank you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kira666 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) A very nice kit. You also can find a Pak 40 in the ESCI kit reboxed by Italeri. Guns seemed to big for 1/72 scale particularly the flak 38. http://www.model-making.eu/products/item_name-112999.html Edited April 30, 2015 by kira666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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