Excellent build! Very realistic, I dig that foliage too!

Rick real nice build on that Chi Ha, the weathering and camo looks fantastic. Its especially appealing after you set it in that jungle scene. That little tank and small vignette speaks volumes.    

Beautiful work, simple base is a nice touch.

Really great looking weathering and foliage.

I'm going to do a Tamaya Chi Ha for the 39-40 WWII GB. I'll have to rethink my setting.

Nicely done, , good form.

Manny, I knew that was you!! You are the only one I know who wants to marry every thing.

Rick, the model looks great and so does the foliage...cheers....kenny

Thanks again fellows for the very kind responses....I'm blushing a bit!

Bob, yep - I'll be at Pearson.  I haven't decided if I'll be showing, but I'll be there.

Rick

Stunning Rick.....simply stunning. 

You going to the show on the 13th??

Bob

Just beauftiful Rick. I love the foliage and it really sets the scene.

Rick you've really raised the bar for an OOB build with this. Well done!

You know this might be the first WWII Japanese armor build I've seen here. I'm surprised we don't see more.

To put it simply, "WOW"!!!!

Rick - Fantastic.....proof that OOB does not have to look like OOB

I am going to have to look into thos leaves. Since I pretty much inhale at the ground work and spend most of my time on the model, something simple like these would be a great help.

As always.....nice stuff

Rounds Compete!!

Rick, I speechless, thats simply stunning. Hope to see an article on this at some stage. The ground work is brilliant and the tank sitting there, well just looks so natural, like it was meant to be as it is in reality with out anybody deciding how it should be placed. Sorry I'm losing my train of thought here.

I think what I mean to say is you got a perfect balance all round.

Terry.

Thanks again guys.

Manny!  Boy, it's been quite some time since I've seen your Avatar cross the forums - I guess since the re-tool of the site?

Take care,

rick

Simply stunning!

Great looking tank and yeah the foliage looks terrific!

I've a few pieces of FineMolds IJA armour that I need to get built someday.....

And I'm going to have to give the paper detail sets a try someday - I love the way yours turned out.

Your Chi-Ha made me yell:  "Yee Haw!!!"

Very nice little dio...As does everone else, I love the foilage and want to marry it---been eying some of those laser-cut plants for myself, specifically, the sunflower set...I have yet to see them look bad in a dio...

Great camo on the tank as well, and the colors are really vivid..................

Thanks guys,

Phil, you make a very good point about the lack of variation in the colors...I'll try for a little more sparkle on the next go.

Here is a little more about the product.  As you can see they come in single sheets per pack, about the thickness of card stock.



In this photo you can see them being placed on the base...I used brass wire for the stems.  I applied the MIG Wet and Damp Effects to some of the leaves to give them a nice sheen.




here is a link to find them:
http://www.tasca-modellismo.com/english/item4.html

Rick

OH WOW Rick

Now that trips my trigger.  Does that company have any SPG kits from the land of the Rising Sun?

Love It for Sure

Tony Lee

Everything looks superb! From the base kit, to the foliage, and weathering! Beautiful!

looks great, that foilage is fantastic - does it come in different scales?

Excellent build Rick.  The foliage really looks great. Gonna have to look into that stuff.

Even an OOB build can be deceptive at times! Glad to hear you got this one across the finish line Rick, nice work all around.

Great job Rick. I like your builds, and it amazes me how fast your turn out the product. I will have to check out those leaves, they look great.

Michael

Hi Rick,

Stunning work on the tank, as usual -  the weathering is exceptional.

The only thing that kind of looks "out" to me is that all the low level leaves appear to be the same uniform shade of green, despite a variety of different types of foliage. However, that may be an effect of the lighting in the pics.