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1/35 Styrker and Churchill

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  • Member since
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  • From: Toronto Ontario
1/35 Styrker and Churchill
Posted by Hellcat man on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:48 PM

Howdy everyone, the week before my reading week I had shoulder surgery and over reading week I slowly worked on some things while i could focus. I managed to finish painting and weathering these two coupled with a few other builds I had ongoing. The M1132 Stryker ESV is from Trumpeter and the Churchill MK VII is from tamiya and will be going into a Diorama. 

With the stryker its not 100% its closer to 90%, I'm looking for input with regards to weathering not sure what direction i want to go with it. I know what I'm going to do in terms of stowage to complete it just not the finish

Thanks for looking

 ALEX ZELYK

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    November 2005
Posted by T26E4 on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 5:50 AM

Cool looking models.  That Styrker's gear is impressive!  One thing you might want to do in the future is beware of seams.  On the Churchill's turret face, there are vertical seams that could have used some putty -- the actual turret was one solid casting.  Lots of photos of survivors are on various sites.  Ppl will be happy to send you links so you can confirm what should stay and what should go.

Keep up the good work!

Roy Chow 

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Posted by TD4438 on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 7:06 AM

The blade on the Stryker looks like it was a serious PITA to build.

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 7:36 AM

Nice work!

To add to Roy's comments did you leave the co-axial MG off the the Churchill? And looks to me like the tools are painted the same colour as the hull? Still not knocking you really nice work there, like the weathering- little dirt and grime but not over the top. I picked up the AFV Club Churchill and am now thinking I should have bought another Tamiya one too- the AFV Club kit has a bajillion parts just in the suspension alone...

And the Stryker looks good too! That blade does look like a pile of work. Frankly; I'd go the same path you did on the Churchill, some sand on the tyres, blade and around the bottom should look good. Of course there are much more skilled modelers here that can tell you more than me.  

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    January 2006
  • From: Grand Bay, New Brunswick ,Canada
Posted by MECHTECH on Thursday, March 7, 2013 10:07 AM

The only thing that caught my eye is that the tracks on the Churchill are on backwards. Just google Churchill Tank and you will see what I mean.

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