Silenoz Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Nice collection of kits, recently built a model from them, and it was beautifully engineered. Looking forward to the Luchs. Do the other vehicles receive their custom piedestal too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 6 hours ago, FrancisGL said: Looks superb now!, like me a lot, the lower part already looks great... Cheers Soeren 2 hours ago, Silenoz said: Nice collection of kits, recently built a model from them, and it was beautifully engineered. Looking forward to the Luchs. Do the other vehicles receive their custom piedestal too? Hey there, thank you very much for your kind words. Yes, I plan to do a base for each kit one day. If only the new kits werent coming out all the time. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 superb work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Hey there and thanks IIan. Finally started onthe Luchs. Well, the moulding is not on par with the other kits. The parts like loike to have more moulde lines. The material on the other hand is great, all the steering rods are quite flexible and forgiving for work with. The parts are made movable by adding brass washers and then melt down some protruding plastic with a hot device. Works great. Finally they give you a connector on the inside, so two axles turn together. You will have to meassure the front and back though, as I read that front and back always turn together. In the end there seem to be some stabilizers, that are only present in the neutral length, fixing the steering. They wont be visible so might be left off, or you have to modify it yourself. Here is a picture of the start. This is already some 50 parts Edited December 31, 2018 by Soeren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 A back to some of the Takom Tanks. Went for the base for the T-55 AM2B at a road block. Gave he base concrete a basecoat after filling the gaps with filler that will next be painted black to resemble that tar like filler they use in such cases if at all. And with the tank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 Hey there, carried on with this projected and added the black and some pigments dirt so far. Pigment fixer left tide marks unfortunately, so this changed the scope a bit. Need some more pigments and a few grass patches to add to the gaps. Suggestions are very welcome, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) And the final update for today. most of the concrete shading done. Added more pigments and rust to the road block and started with some gras Edited February 27, 2019 by Soeren 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Hey there, started on the base for the Type 59. Just some rough steppes like texture for that Pakistani paint scheme. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 nice 'n dusty appearance... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Silenoz said: nice 'n dusty appearance... And you know what? I was wondering why it was so dusty. Now I know the reason. It is playing in the sand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) As all the same colour is a rather boring, I started painting some stones. Dry brushing with Buff oil paint all over, tank as well and application of some grass started too. Getting close Edited March 13, 2019 by Soeren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I not always making the bases, but on them the model looks much better then on the wood one. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) After finishing some, I went back to the Luchs. A nice topic, but the build on the underside was not for me. So many parts that effected axle alignment, plus a few broken bars. The springs look nice, but dont help in positioning either. Happy to now go to the upper side. The gloss on the axles is from glue that I uses to create some texture. Edited April 12, 2019 by Soeren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Well, that is a size difference, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 thats huge!!!! great work on all the builds - some inspiration so will be back to nick stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Hey there, it was Cyber Week again and the well known 25 % discount was available again at MIG Ammo Webstore. This gave me the opprtunity to get some old favourites of mine and even one new tank. Thought the Merkva was a smaller tank, but no, it is at least Chieftain size. After an inermezzo into the SciFi world these should be some enjoyable builds for the next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 HI Soeren, Your two "Takom" have been magnificent, especially for my taste, the T55AM, I love it, and the bases, once again, that of the concrete blocks, is the icing on the cake, exactly like that of boxart ... I see that you have not been able to resist the temptation Mig, and you have "pecked" something ... lol Some nice subjects ready to give them some of your magic ... Cheers mate 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Goode evening dear people, I made some progress and turned towards the T-54 I like the build although there is some more flash then I remembered form the previous kits. Also this tube on the fender is mounted on top of the tools. Well that is rather tight and not fitting very well. This time left the fenders off for starting painting once the weather is turning nice to airbrush with an open window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Almost 3 years after building the Chieftain I went ahead and started building a base trying some new products and properly embed the tracks into the ground. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 That looks very nice indeed. The weathering is very effective. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) Thank you John. Indeed I tried to match the ground to the weathering that was on the tank already and it worked out OK. I now have to look into the wet puddles and how to make the transitions more convincing. Edited March 11, 2020 by Soeren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Hi Soeren, brilliant, just brilliant! Not sure what I like more the superb Chieftain or excellent groundwork/base. Really like how the weathering on the tank matches the ground exactly, really unifies the two. After seeing yours and Francis's I'm getting quite inspired to have a go. Cheers Darryl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) On 13/03/2020 at 08:01, Jasper dog said: Hi Soeren, brilliant, just brilliant! Not sure what I like more the superb Chieftain or excellent groundwork/base. Really like how the weathering on the tank matches the ground exactly, really unifies the two. After seeing yours and Francis's I'm getting quite inspired to have a go. Cheers Darryl Thank you Jasper, I just remembered the products I was using back then and by spraying the ground work with the tank in place it helped a lot. Edited March 27, 2020 by Soeren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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