russ c Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hi Everyone, thought I`d show you some pic`s of one of my rare AFV attempts that I`ve decided to call finished Completed to represent a Grant of the 50th Indian Tank Brigade Used the Tamiya 1/35th kit and made a few changes which include; Shortening the mud guards, deletion of the side skirts, left off the machine gun and... added some tracks from the spares box to represent the ones added to the front of the tanks to augument the armour also attempted to mix by eyeball `Jungle Green` paint and fade it to how I think it may have looked ? Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Very neat work Russ, though I'd have thought more dust or mud depending on season would be appropriate? I remember a thread on this ages ago http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234937317-british-tanksafvs-used-in-cbi-theatre/ when jungle green came up. What mix did you use? May I also suggest photographing model on the ground or an earth base, as the white table is a bit distracting, and then using a low depth of field, which would blur the conifers in the background in a 'wall of jungle'? Just an arty thought. cheers Troy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Mate, That is really good. In fact excellent. Almost gave me a twinge for doing an AFV which says something about the model... Rgds PLC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Very nice looks every inch a Grant Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Very nice Russ, I wasn`t sure whether Grant`s were sent to India/Burma or not or whether it was just Lee`s but you`ve answered my query! I have a Lee planned to do in these colours one day, thanks for the inspiration to bump it up the list, All the best Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Nice to see this one resurface, nice job, I like it. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Very neat work Russ, though I'd have thought more dust or mud depending on season would be appropriate? I remember a thread on this ages ago http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234937317-british-tanksafvs-used-in-cbi-theatre/ when jungle green came up. What mix did you use? May I also suggest photographing model on the ground or an earth base, as the white table is a bit distracting, and then using a low depth of field, which would blur the conifers in the background in a 'wall of jungle'? Just an arty thought. cheers Troy Thanks Troy, I didn`t measure exact ammounts but the paint was a mix of Humbrol 75, 91 and 116 with a dry brush of 195 on the edges and raised bits, it actually came out lighter than intended especially after matt varnishing. I`m afraid I`m no photographer ( the cameras a point and shoot )and am at the mercy of the sun and weather when taking pic`s. Thanks to all for your positive comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 That's a great looking tank. I really like the variety of colourings you've achieved and the weathering looks great too. I'm going to have to have a go at one of these bigger tanks at some point! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) Nice Grant Russ, is it the 1/35 scale Tamiya one ? Edited October 30, 2014 by BerndM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I`m afraid I`m no photographer ( the cameras a point and shoot )and am at the mercy of the sun and weather when taking pic`s. Hi Russ even my ancient 'point and shoot' camera has a macro [close up] setting, usually indicated by something like a flower symbol, which is for close ups and would blur the background. For a base, even an old tray or bit of wood on the table with some earth from the garden spread out would probably suffice, I'm assuming that you don't want a pile of mud on the garden table With digital it's always worth trying a few experiments, as you might be surprised at what results you might get, even if you did the exact same shot at the top on a board with some earth spread out it would look better. You can also get some interesting results just using normal lights, but you can buy a cheap halogen at Homebase for under £5, you need to wire it yourself, up but its a powerful light, easily enough to bounce off a wall and get a diffuse light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 nice job russ, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Nice Grant Russ, is it the 1/35 scale Tamiya one ?Thanks BerndM, yeah that`s the one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Very interesting version. Looks great indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob1974 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 don't often see them in green. looks grate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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