Nice !

I was unaware of that kit.

I hope the tracks are made of an easier to paint material than the old Airfix kit.

I've got this on the "to do" list shortly..it looks like a great little gem!

Make sure you put it on a little plaque base in the mud! A perfect setting for a Mark II !

Sprue-ce Goose

Nice !

I was unaware of that kit.

I hope the tracks are made of an easier to paint material than the old Airfix kit.

they are rubber, like what comes in the tamiya kits

the doog

I've got this on the "to do" list shortly..it looks like a great little gem!

Make sure you put it on a little plaque base in the mud! A perfect setting for a Mark II !

oh yeah, im planning giving this little guy a base

Looks like a nice little kit. Good to see we have a few WW1 tanks being built lately.

Nice one should be very interesting.

these are fun little builds. i have another Airfix male  in my stash and my Airfix female has done well at contests. bunt umber washes really look good on these and a nice muddy base, maybe a crater or two.

Hello Owl!

It's nice to see you building again! Good progress on this one. I like 1/72 vehicles a lot - wish you good luck and lots of fun with your tank - and have a nice day

Paweł

Oh, how cool. I was unaware that anyone other then Emher? did these guys in braille. I bought my buddy an A7V on a bargain table many years ago.

Didn't you build a Tamiya Walker Bulldog before? Am I thinking of someone else???

Looks good so far, looking forward to seeing some paint slapping on!

Gamera

Didn't you build a Tamiya Walker Bulldog before? Am I thinking of someone else???

Looks good so far, looking forward to seeing some paint slapping on!

yup! Thats me

chugging along....

PAINT!!
first coat. YOu can really see how small this model is in comparison to the paint jars!

then cravy handpainted camo,

weathering and tracks next!

Nice work Owl, love the camo! 

Nice job Owl! I've read good reviews on the Masterbox British WWI tank kits, and you're doing your typical quality job here

Dave

  Owl,  Im glad you're back and posting builds again.  I like the tank!                     knox

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Nice job Owl! I've read good reviews on the Masterbox British WWI tank kits, and you're doing your typical quality job here

Dave

 

THANK YOU!

I've between pretty busy this past week, and haven't between able to post much... I'll see if I can't get some pics up this weekend

the tracks have been painted and dirtied

then the hull got decals, gloss and a wash;

while that was setting I decided to craft a small base for my tank: the tank will be coming up an incline and over a trench. Here are preliminary sketches

painting the base, a cheap plaque from hobby lobby

blocking out the slope

Im letting everything dry and set before I glop on the celluclay

AT THE NEXT!!

That really loooks awesome! That's a killer paint job!!!

the doog

That really loooks awesome! That's a killer paint job!!!

 

i agree. the washes really brought all the colors together. i use plagues from HobbyLobby and 40% off coupon whenever i need a regular base.

Thanks guys! I'm really happy with how this is turning out. I might even pick up another tiny tank or two ;)

nice job

I just might be making some more little bases, too, seeing as how much Ive enjoyed working on this one.

If you can see in teh back of this picture, Ive got a second base going on....that happened because I made way too much celluclay. Im still getting the hang of this, OK? 

HA, my mom stopped by and what did she bring? A couple more plaques from hobby lobby!

meanwhile, I made sandbags from Sculpey.

(baked)

So here is the dio with the main parts in place; You have to wait a few days for everything to dry...

but the tank is officially DONE at this point!

once everything firmed up, I applied a base coat to the dio base

my second little base got a base coat, too. Dunno what I will do with it just yet.

tank on a trench, not looking too bad?

after some very helpful feed back from some of the club guys, Im adding a walkway to the trench area , along with a couple soldiers. The trench fortifications are scrap balsa wood we had laying around the art room, and the grass is bristles off a brush. The blasted-apart "tree" is a root a dug up in the back yard

I picked up some Pegasus WWI soldiers from the LHS, and am planning on positioning them so:

pretty dramatic, eh?

Looks cool Owl, I still haven't moved much beyond the tank sitting a field looking pretty diorama, I'm going to have to try something more dramatic like this one day. 

BTW: Are those German soldiers though? Their helmets and uniforms look French to me, are my eyeballs crooked? 

Gamera

Looks cool Owl, I still haven't moved much beyond the tank sitting a field looking pretty diorama, I'm going to have to try something more dramatic like this one day. 

BTW: Are those German soldiers though? Their helmets and uniforms look French to me, are my eyeballs crooked? 

 

yeah, they are french. I couldnt find any german figures! The uniforms look pretty similar to my untrained eye, so Im hoping a bit of paint will help the illusion