Tamiya 48th Crusader Mk.II

darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Tamiya 48th Crusader Mk.II

Posted by darson on Sunday, August 21, 2011 5:30 AM

Hi all, here are a couple of shots of my latest build, Tamiya's nice little Crusader Mk.II.

The kit was put together strictly OOB to be used as a bit of paint hack for a couple of new techniques I wanted to try out, namely color modulation and filters.

All in all the kit is a very easy build and was painted with many different shades of Gunze & Vallejo acrylics. The weathering was done with the aid of Mig washes & Filters, with liberal application of wet and dry pigments to finish off.

I entered this kit in the open class for 48th scale armor at the IPMS Model Expo Australia competition and for some bizarre reason (I think the judges were blind actually) I walked away with first prize.

Thanks for looking.

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Konigwolf13

Member since
May 2009
From: Hobart, Tasmania

Posted by Konigwolf13 on Sunday, August 21, 2011 5:38 AM

Well done Yes

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Tojo72

Member since
March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, August 21, 2011 7:41 AM

congrats,nice job Toast

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Buckeye

Member since
February 2007
From: Brunswick, Ohio

Posted by Buckeye on Sunday, August 21, 2011 8:03 AM

Outstanding work. Toast

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TD4438

Member since
March 2006

Posted by TD4438 on Sunday, August 21, 2011 8:48 AM

Two thumbs up!

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wbill76

Member since
July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:04 AM

Nice work on the quarter-scale Crusader and congrats on the contest win! Beer

BP Models

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psstoff995's lbro

Member since
December 2008
From: Northern Va

Posted by psstoff995's lbro on Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:12 PM

Nice work! Looks great Yes

-Will young modeler

Test fit master

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Sunday, August 21, 2011 1:22 PM

Very nice Darren. I love Crusaders. I'm hoping that Tamiya continues their upsizing of 1/48 to 1/35, for it would be nice to see a new Crusader in that scale.

Congrats too on the award. Well done. Beer

Eric

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NucMedTech

Member since
September 2006
From: Central Texas

Posted by NucMedTech on Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:26 PM

Congats on the win, see no reason why it wouldn't win. Nice model and the base really puts it in context. Like it alot.

-Stephen Cowboy

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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spacepacker

Member since
November 2004
From: Essex England

Posted by spacepacker on Sunday, August 21, 2011 3:12 PM

Congrats Yes Yes ...cheers....Kenny

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Londo

Member since
July 2011

Posted by Londo on Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:55 PM

I actually built that as my first model, a gift from my uncle. It's what got me started in the hobby. I didn't paint it and it didn't look half as good. (That was a compliment Geeked )

"Only an idiot would fight a war on two fronts. Only the emperor to the throne of the Kingdom of idiots would fight a war on thirteen fronts!" - Londo Mollari