First Diorama

Looks great.  Are you going to apply weathering to the tank?

m1garand wrote:

Looks great.  Are you going to apply weathering to the tank?

Yes I plan on giving weathering my first try also. Hope I don't screw the whole thing up. 
I also want to add a radio antenna. I will have to make one up since none came with the kit.

Outstanding

GREAT Build

Bud

rwscull wrote:

m1garand wrote: Looks great.  Are you going to apply weathering to the tank? Yes I plan on giving weathering my first try also. Hope I don't screw the whole thing up.  I also want to add a radio antenna. I will have to make one up since none came with the kit.

I suggest you spray your whole model with future and let it cure well before weathering it with oil paint.  That way, if you screw something up, you can always go back and remove the oil paint with thinner without damaging the paint underneath.

BTW, that's a nice little model.  Good work.

Yann Solo wrote:

rwscull wrote:  m1garand wrote: Looks great.  Are you going to apply weathering to the tank? Yes I plan on giving weathering my first try also. Hope I don't screw the whole thing up.  I also want to add a radio antenna. I will have to make one up since none came with the kit. I suggest you spray your whole model with future and let it cure well before weathering it with oil paint.  That way, if you screw something up, you can always go back and remove the oil paint with thinner without damaging the paint underneath. BTW, that's a nice little model.  Good work.

Thanks for the heads up. The wife was kind enough to pick up a bottle of Future for me yesterday. I applied a coat and now I'm waiting for it to fully cure. Then I will try my first weathering. I wonder what has destroyed more tanks? Tank warfare or first time modellers giving weathering a try?

Nice job my friend...go ahead boy...

Cheers

Fabio M. Moretti

Nice build,  I look forward to your weathering. It really can make or break a build. Scares the willies out of me.

m1garand wrote:

Looks great.  Are you going to apply weathering to the tank?

Here is my finished model. I gave my first try at weathering using Tamiya's Weathering Master A-Set along with a burnt umber wash. I also added a scrath built radio antenna. More pics are located at my WWW link. I removed the name name plate. I didn't think it looked good enough. I may add a professionally made name plate later. I just can't bring myself to pay $20 for one right now. That's almost twice what the model cost.

Looks even better! 

I hope one day I can do as good as you, WELL DONE !

Bud

Very nice work indeed! Hope to see more of your work in the future,

Darren.