Bullbasket Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) Painting. Right, back home after playing Granddad for a few days, it's time to finish this one off. The first thing that I have to say at this stage is that when I built this model, I omitted to take any photos of the painting/decalling/weathering, so the following cobbled together shots will have to suffice. I primed the model first using Mr. Surfacer 500. Once dry, I sprayed it with a mix of Tamiya XF62, lightened with XF3 Yellow. I then lightened this mix with some more yellow and sprayed some random patches and streaks all over. Once dry, I coated the entire model with Johnson’s Klear ready for decaling and weathering. Bison Decals do a very nice sheet called “British Shermans in Italy” numbered 35089 and on it are four Sherman lll’s and a Sherman 11a of the Queens Bays. Unfortunately, the Roman numerals “lll” and the capital “B”, are too tall for the stowage shelf. They look as though they were meant to go on the original kit’s offering, which is deeper than the etched one from Aber that I had used. So these items were made up from spare pieces of decal and finished off by hand painting. The rest of the set went on with no problems. Once dry, the whole model was coated with Klear again. After drying for 24 hours, I gave the entire model a wash using the Dark Wash from Mig products. This was left to dry for another 24 hours before moving on to the weathering. I kept this fairly simple and just applied Mig’s Europe Dust in relevant positions. The figures used are a mixture of Resicast Tank Crew Summer 1944 in the turret and Miniart British Tank Crew in the co-driver’s position, this last one with the pose altered and the head replaced with one from Hornet. The base was quite simple to make. I glued a polystyrene ceiling tile to a wooden base and dug out enough material to allow the tanks tracks and the lower part of the road wheels to sit in and painted it with artist’s acrylic paints. The tank was then glued in place and the entire surface of the tile was covered with three coats of Deluxe Products Solid Water, which is a clear, two part resin. To finish I brushed gloss varnish over the tracks and up the sides of the lower hull to make it appear wet. That’s about it before putting it in RFI. I’ve added some extra items such as the foliage that appears in the photo. Thanks for looking. John. Edited August 15, 2019 by Bullbasket 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Aye up John. Excellent model and scenic base. Really enjoyed watching this one come together. Regards Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Stunning result Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 That is a stunna John, your figures though are on another level though, the expressions & interplay between them is beyond superb. Steve. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 18 hours ago, fatfingers said: Aye up John. Excellent model and scenic base. Really enjoyed watching this one come together. Regards Steve 17 hours ago, Hamden said: Stunning result Roger Thanks a lot for the comments. Even though it is an old kit, it builds up well. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 13 hours ago, stevehnz said: That is a stunna John, your figures though are on another level though, the expressions & interplay between them is beyond superb. Steve. Thanks Steve. I appreciate that. It helps when the figures are well moulded/cast as these were. And there was a bit of poetic license with the positioning of the figures as I only had a rear view of the tank. John. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Looks great, the Italeri Sherman really does go together well considering its age, and your composition of the tank, figures and base really does capture the essence of the original picture. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Impressive Sherman my friend. I love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Very nice my favourite tank the Sherman got to be a winner with that John 👍 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 7 hours ago, AntPhillips said: Looks great, the Italeri Sherman really does go together well considering its age, and your composition of the tank, figures and base really does capture the essence of the original picture. 1 hour ago, beefy66 said: Very nice my favourite tank the Sherman got to be a winner with that John 👍 beefy 4 hours ago, Carius said: Impressive Sherman my friend. I love it. Thanks very much for all of your comments. I've done a little work on it today, adding some foliage that I'd omitted when I first built it. Hopefully, I'll get some photos done tomorrow. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Wow that looks brilliant John, love the way you paint your models master class mate, I think we need to see you start a build its just a natural for you Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Ripaman said: Wow that looks brilliant John, love the way you paint your models master class mate, I think we need to see you start a build its just a natural for you Regards Richard Many thanks Richard. Much appreciated. I'm torn at the moment between finishing one of the many started projects, or getting something completely new out. Decisions, decisions! John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff E Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Excellent result John, love the finish on the tank and base and the figures are stunning. Cheers Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Jeff E said: Excellent result John, love the finish on the tank and base and the figures are stunning. Cheers Jeff Thanks for your comments Jeff. The finished and updated model is now in RFI. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Smashing scene that john , the crew look very relaxed for being that deep in s#$t ,you ought to call the vignette "how did we end up here" , great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 15 hours ago, Hewy said: Smashing scene that john , the crew look very relaxed for being that deep in s#$t ,you ought to call the vignette "how did we end up here" , great job Thanks Glynn. I added to the model for the RFI, but the crew are still relaxed about it. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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