Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Turning out a charm. ... Looking forward to seeing the weathering on the final product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetifan Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Hi Everyone, so i’m Calling this one finished..... It’s an ugly lump but some how I like it the look of it, very different from the regular turret vehicles and will sit on the shelf next to my recent Tamiya Gepard. Overall I really enjoyed this build and it has ticked off a bucket list kit from my younger days browsing through the Tamiya catalogue back in the 80’s. I went with the verdant version of the MERDC camo since I have done the desert version on my recent M60 build. It came out pretty well the XF-5 toned down nicely after a filter and a thin was or two. Not sure I need to do another MERDC for a while, it’s a bit faffy and I’m not totally happy with the hand brushed elements. Tracks were dusted up after a dark wash with some MIG pigment washed on with decal fix. The build was straightforward and I didn’t go too far with the weathering. I got a bit bogged down into looking online at weathering techniques and have lost a bit of my mojo for extensive weathering finishes. I stuck to some MIG-1005 Dark brown wash for green vehicles, MIG-1511 Brown for dark yellow filter and MIG-3004 Europe earth pigment and finally various tamiya weathering powders. I did some mild streaks with MIG oil Brushers thinned it’s Daler low odor thinners ( I find enamel thinners to aggressive). Varnishes were MIG Lucky Matt and Lucky Gloss. I have dug out some old tank crew figures from the spares box so might have a go at repainting one or two and see if I can place one in the open hatch before I do a final set of images for the gallery. Also noticed I need to weld the tracks, they are just pushed together at the moment. Anyhoo, that’s it for this one. Switching to the Tiger 1 STGB now. Thanks everyone who has commented and to the organizers for another excellent group build. Thanks for looking 🙂 Andy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Thank you Andy for Participating in the build. Great work on the camouflage. Im happy to see this one get finished as well. It was always one i wanted to build in my early days also. Dennis Edited May 22, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Fine job, I like the weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Hello Andy, was curious if you were going to add a post to the Gallery ? There are just two weeks left to do so ? Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetifan Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 15 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Andy, was curious if you were going to add a post to the Gallery ? There are just two weeks left to do so ? Dennis Hi Dennis, sorry will get some loaded 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Hi Andy! Well that is really ugly but awesome at the same time!! Fantastic result - you have achieved a very impressive finish!! Looking forward to seeing the photos in the gallery. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Hi Andy. Don’t forget to get your photos in the Gallery before midnight, UK time, tomorrow. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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