Coming along nicely!

Terry

MrT

Coming along nicely!

Terry

 

Thanks Terry, I think so too; in fact, I'm pretty pleased seeing it's my first model tank in any scale since I was a teenager -- which was so long ago, I can recall that I was still getting over the Beatles splitting up..!!

Can you see areas for improvement, apart from those I highlighted in my initial post?

Harrytheheid

 

MrT

Coming along nicely!

Terry

 

 

 

 

Thanks Terry, I think so too; in fact, I'm pretty pleased seeing it's my first model tank in any scale since I was a teenager -- which was so long ago, I can recall that I was still getting over the Beatles splitting up..!!

Can you see areas for improvement, apart from those I highlighted in my initial post?

 

Not much that I can see.  I might suggest appling the pigments last after any other weathering is done as the final touch.  That being said it does have the look of long days on dusty Normandy roads.  Very good after long absence from armor.

Cheers for that. It's certainly nice to hear.

This decal was without doubt a real bust to apply, probably the most difficult I've ever attempted, but I do think I got it registered okay - it's so difficult to tell with all those lumps and bumps it has to conform to. I'm tempted to try and extend the point at the bottom right with just a slight dab of white paint, but would likely be best simply to leave well alone.

Harrytheheid

Cheers for that. It's certainly nice to hear.

This decal was without doubt a real bust to apply, probably the most difficult I've ever attempted, but I do think I got it registered okay - it's so difficult to tell with all those lumps and bumps it has to conform to. I'm tempted to try and extend the point at the bottom right with just a slight dab of white paint, but would likely be best simply to leave well alone.

 

 

 

I think it would be best to leave it alone.  Next time you might try cutting the decal to allow for better positioning.

I like the look of that. You have done a good job with the dust around the raised features. Its a nice realistic build, good to see.

I would avoid the black around the muzzle though. 

Hello!

If you have a fine-tipped brush and the courage  to use it - and I believe you do, otherwise how would you paint the eyes on the figs - I'd correct the star. Just please be sure you deposit some of the "dust" on the star as well, otherwise it will look unnaturally clean.

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

One thing I'd note is the tracks should be looser, draping down to ride the tops of the road wheels. There's a couple of ways to do it, tieing them to the wheels with thread, inserting pins to hold them down but the easy way here is just to superglue the tracks to the tops of the wheels using bundles of tissue or foam to hold them in place till it dries. Or that's how I did mine anyhow:

Gamera

One thing I'd note is the tracks should be looser, draping down to ride the tops of the road wheels. There's a couple of ways to do it, tieing them to the wheels with thread, inserting pins to hold them down but the easy way here is just to superglue the tracks to the tops of the wheels using bundles of tissue or foam to hold them in place till it dries. Or that's how I did mine anyhow:

 

Aah-haa....thanks for that. Okay, superglue it shall be....

That's a very nicely composed photo by the way. British sector of the Bulge, December 1944, perchance?

Hi Pawel,

I did extend the lower right-hand point of the Allied Star last night after all. It still looks a bit weird, but I think that's just down to the lumpy-bumpy contours the decal has to conform to. The only further improvement I can see now is to cut the decal where it crosses that gap between the ventilator, (is it a ventilator?), and the turret.

Hi Bish,

Thanks for your feedback. The blackened end of the muzzle is so subtle you can hardly see it. I thought all tank main armament exhibited this feature -- or have I been caught using the covers of too many Commando comics as my references?........

Cheers Guys

Ye, i can see its very subtle and i would not worry about. Ye, this is one of thosethings peoplejust assume is needed,like rust on tracks. I little dirt there is fine, but some times builds completly black them out.

Finished. Well, everything except the camo net tiedowns. I'll do them tomorrow. Hope you guy's like it. Possibly still a bit heavy-handed with the pigments on the turret, but I can fix that.

Next -- the Sherman Easy-Eight, the Crews for both Tanks, and the Tank Riders -- then the diorama. 

Cheers

Hmm.

Nope -- that camo netting just doesn't work for me. It's actually bits I cut out of an old anti-mosquito net issued when I was assigned to a project in Chad -- but it looks more like chicken wire than netting. My usual vendor appears so be sold out of Verlinden's camo net so I've got some from Reality in Scale on order. Tiny strips of silk fabric ought to make it look more like British hessian netting and I'll make tiedowns from some fine brass wire that's normally used for pinning figure parts together. 

Hello!

It's actually a pity you say that - I liked the net a lot and somehow you toned down the pigments (or at least it looks like that n the photos) which is a turn in the right direction, IMO. As for the net - why waste money on AM stuff, when you can take bandage or gauze (or how do you spell that), soak it with diluted white glue, maybe with some water colour mixed in and apply while wet. You might even sprinkle that with some tea to get the "leaves" sometimes found on camo nets. This gives a nice irregular effect to the netting.

Anyhow, the photos looked good to me, that's a nice model you have ther and built fast, too - thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

She looks darn good to me!

And the camo nets look good, I've seen them in a bunch of photos of Cromwells.