Small update tonight...

I had originally picked up a rattle can of black textured paint for the anti-skid surfaces, as that was all my local hardware store had on hand.  Concerned about the black and the kit plastic showing through the final colors differently, I checked out a couple of other hardware store in a larger nearby town.  They had a light sand color (perfect!) which I thought would work better for me.  I added the coating tonight, then spent a LOOONG time removing all of the masking.  Here's how she looks now:

Thank you Wayne!  I used Rustoleum Textured "Fine Textured Finish" paint, and it worked very well indeed!  Just misted on a coat of it and it went on very easily.  A bit anti-climactic though, with hours and hours masking and seconds painting.

I hear you about the anti-climactic nature of these types of things...amazing how much time it takes to prep something like that while the actual application gets done in a fraction of the time! Looks great though so your effort definitely paid off.

Thanks fellas, I appreciate the feedback!  Good to know there are a few watching.

Tom- Thanks buddy, call me Frank!

 

 Ok Frank, whats with you lurking in these parts?? Did Wingnut get to you too?? Wow fantastic job thus far my friend especially with the non skid sections..

 I am using a Rustoleom paint which is sand coloured that has that particular texture as well for my GBU's.. Pretty sweet stuff I say!

 I am looking forward to seeing your WIPs.. Just incase you were wondering, yes I too have a Tamiya as well as a DML Abrams in my stash..

 I believe the Tamiya kit that I have has been updated and the DML kit, well... It's like the real deal but minaturized.. Unbelievable detail...

 Anywho once I get done with a few builds I may tackle one of these bad boyz.. If you can do it, so can I!!

 Again, looking forward to your build!!

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

 

Sweet!

Thanks for the tip.

just curious frank, thanks btw, how good did that surface come out? it's hard to see being light on light but definately will want to know for my future builds. i mean from the pics it looks good but i cant see the surface with my "old eyes" buddy! thanks again frank!

Wow, that last pic really shows the no-slip surface. Very nice job!

Nate

much better frank!!!! like they said ^ it shows it much better in that photo!!!! good job!

That anti-slip surfacing came out really well. I never bothered to do that with my Tamiya Abrams , but i have the Italieri Abrams in my stash, which i am planning to kitbash with the Tamiya leftovers and scratch building into a post Apocayptic Abrams... Love the little details your putting into it