Cheerio! 1/48 Tamiya Universal Carrier Mk.II ~Finished~

Grem56 wrote:

That''s a very nice looking Bren carrier. I didn't even notice it was 1/48th instead of 1/35. Lovely chunky little vehicle in appearence. Julian

Thanks for the comments, Grem56!! Glad it impresses even in 1/48th.

That''s a very nice looking Bren carrier. I didn't even notice it was 1/48th instead of 1/35. Lovely chunky little vehicle in appearence.

Julian

vonBerlichingen wrote:

That's a nice build! May I ask what colour of paint you used for the base coat?

Thanks for checkin' out the build, vonBerlichingen!! As for the base coat, I used ModelMaster Acrylic Olive Drab. Goes on real nicely and I have no complaints about the color or paint itself....it's pretty much near perfection. 

Bushi wrote:

mg.mikael The universial looks fantrastic. I had thougth about getting this . Now I believe I need too. Bushi

Thanks for checkin' out my build and for the comments, Bushi! Glad you like it, now I just hope my M-3 Scout Car comes out as good or better then this build.

mg.mikael The universial looks fantrastic. I had thougth about getting this . Now I believe I need too.

Bushi

mm23t wrote:

Excellent work. I've been wanting to do this model, and now you have me going to the lhs to pick one up. Again, excellent work.

Thanks for the comments, mm23t! Though I should warn you, one of the fig's is missing his ear(that is if you decide to use the figures) and the tracks need quite a bit of work(masking, sanding, oh my!) But other then the tracks, this kit is a dream, the parts just seem to slide together.

the doog wrote:

mg.mikael wrote: terry35- Thanks a million for checkin' out my build and for the compliments! doog-  I think you made a slight typo, since I posted the pic of the muffler. Nevertheless, thanks for the very kind comments. So sorry about that, Michael! Must be the glue fumes?! I edited it!

 No worries.

mg.mikael wrote:

terry35- Thanks a million for checkin' out my build and for the compliments! doog-  I think you made a slight typo, since I posted the pic of the muffler. Nevertheless, thanks for the very kind comments.

I edited it! 

tigerman wrote:

I'll bet it's better detailed then the older 1/35. Nicely done. Does it come with the link-and-length tracks? I'd like to see them redo the older 1/35 myself.

Thanks for the comments and for checkin' out my build, tigerman! Thoses tracks are the one dissapointment of the entire kit. The tracks are not historically accurate, nor are they link-and-length. The roadwheels are already attached to the tracks(all one piece), it may make construction easier, but makes painting a real pain. Their is however a resin conversion kit that includes replacement resin tracks, thus if I ever re-build this kit I'd buy the conversion kit just for the tracks.

I'll bet it's better detailed then the older 1/35. Nicely done. Does it come with the link-and-length tracks?

I'd like to see them redo the older 1/35 myself.

TheNakedModeler wrote:

mg.mikael wrote:  TheNakedModeler wrote: These are brush painted!  you can't even tell no tell tale brush lines very nice work. Do you thin out the paint to make it flow better as you paint or just very light brush strokes ? Glad to see you used the link and thanks for the kind comments, TheNakedModeler! To answer your question, no I don't thin my paints(but for airbrushing you have to). I found after trial and error that I like ModelMaster Acrylics the best, since they flow nicely and evenly(light brush strokes or not), and it's easy to fix problems. Plus it's hard to get brush strokes if you know when to apply the paint, ex: not applying a new layer of paint when one is starting to dry. I can work with enamels pretty well, but you have to have skill inorder to prevent the infamous brush-strokes. As for my brushes, I use Golden Taklon brushes(never the synthetic fibers), their a bit pricey(about $3.69 each), but I wait till their on sale. Hope this answers your questions. Thats good information just straight paint and very high end brushes they do make or break a good paint job.

Glad I could help, and I hope this encourages you to start painting your builds.

mg.mikael wrote:

TheNakedModeler wrote: These are brush painted!  you can't even tell no tell tale brush lines very nice work. Do you thin out the paint to make it flow better as you paint or just very light brush strokes ? Glad to see you used the link and thanks for the kind comments, TheNakedModeler! To answer your question, no I don't thin my paints(but for airbrushing you have to). I found after trial and error that I like ModelMaster Acrylics the best, since they flow nicely and evenly(light brush strokes or not), and it's easy to fix problems. Plus it's hard to get brush strokes if you know when to apply the paint, ex: not applying a new layer of paint when one is starting to dry. I can work with enamels pretty well, but you have to have skill inorder to prevent the infamous brush-strokes. As for my brushes, I use Golden Taklon brushes(never the synthetic fibers), their a bit pricey(about $3.69 each), but I wait till their on sale. Hope this answers your questions.

Thats good information just straight paint and very high end brushes they do make or break a good paint job.

TheNakedModeler wrote:

These are brush painted!  you can't even tell no tell tale brush lines very nice work. Do you thin out the paint to make it flow better as you paint or just very light brush strokes ?

Glad to see you used the link and thanks for the kind comments, TheNakedModeler! To answer your question, no I don't thin my paints(but for airbrushing you have to). I found after trial and error that I like ModelMaster Acrylics the best, since they flow nicely and evenly(light brush strokes or not), and it's easy to fix problems. Plus it's hard to get brush strokes if you know when to apply the paint, ex: not applying a new layer of paint when one is starting to dry. I can work with enamels pretty well, but you have to have skill inorder to prevent the infamous brush-strokes. As for my brushes, I use Golden Taklon brushes(never the synthetic fibers), their a bit pricey(about $3.69 each), but I wait till their on sale. Hope this answers your questions.

redleg12- Yep, I'll get around to fixin' those rifles wood stocks......soon. Thanks for the comments!

USArmyFAO- Thanks for admiring my build and for the comments!

Awesome.  I too love the 1/48th range as I can keep my armor kits in the same scale as my aircraft kits...  You have really shown what can be accomplished in this scale!  I love it!

MG - Very nice, just a lot packed into a little package. Very nice weathering....The "florida" rifiles are interesting  .

Very nice build...1/35 detail work packed into 1/48 package

Rounds Complete!!

doog-  I think you made a slight typo, since I posted the pic of the muffler

Yup, not me, guv. Silly putty is an excellent masking material, but difficult to find here in the UK. Used to be most every toyshop stocked it, but I've not seen it for at least five years.

Cheers,

Chris.

terry35- Thanks a million for checkin' out my build and for the compliments!

doog-  I think you made a slight typo, since I posted the pic of the muffler. Nevertheless, thanks for the very kind comments.

mg.mikael, that looks brilliant, spot on, just great.... I can't think of much more.

Congrats on a beautiful model.

Terry.

lexesbenz- Thanks for the compliments!

chris hall- I probably should have explained it a bit better, I did brush-paint the tracks, roadwheels, and pretty much everthing else. However the masking was still quite a necesity.

chris hall- Well, I'm not doog,

My bad! I still reckon the detail bits could have been brush-painted, especially in 1/48. The exhausts, tracks and tyres here:

(1/35)

here:

(1/72)

and here:

(1/35) were all brush-painted with acrylics after main painting.

Cheers,

Chris.

panzerguy- Thanks for the very kind words! Hmm...never thought about using the lighter springs. You should send that tip into FSM.

MECHTECH- Thanks for checkin' out my build!

chris hall- Well, I'm not doog, but I find that to be a compliment nonetheless. I'll fix thoses gun stocks, and yes their is quite a need for masking. Look at the pics below to see what I mean:

The roadwheels are already attached to the tracks(all one piece), it may make construction easier, but makes painting a real pain.

The mufflers are attached to the hull, so painting them correctly becomes a hellish time due to the time need to mask properly.

rjkplasticmod- Thanks for the compliments!

stickman- Thanks for noticing the scratch suspension coils, and yes, I'll be getting around to those wood stocks.

wing_nut- Thanks for checkin' out the build and for the compliment!

Very nice work MG!! I agree that the springs on the suspention look realy good. 

As said before try puting a darker wash or something on the rifles. Also I think the bags on the back look just a tinny bit shiny but that could just be the picture.

Great build.