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I'm starting one for the Odd Animals GB.
"I'd "I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct."
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!"
WillGot it done except the tracks and My Grandma threw them away :'( :'( Nothing I can do except put it on the display area and leave it Oh well ::)
Honestly, why would anyone just throw away model parts? Were the tracks still on the sprues?
In Soviet Russia, MODEL BUILD YOU!
Still Building: Dragon 1/144 HH-60H
Ready for First Coat: Academy 1/35 MH-60G, Tamiya 1/35 Chieftain Mk5, Trumpeter 1/35 KSK Commandos
Finishing Touches: Revell 1/35 PzH-2000, Dragon 1/144 SH-60F, Revell 1/48 F-15E
Got 1 bogie put on and the rollers put on
I painted them flat black but I'll go back and make them gunmetal thats no big deal
On the other hand be prepared for a lot of clean up
Looks pretty good so far Will, I have this kit in the stash and will probably be breaking it out this fall.
a side note though, it might just be the pics but it looks like you've painted the roadwheels black, I'm pretty sure they're steel so they'd be polished silver/gunmetal instead. HTH.
Got a little work done put one of the things that holds the wheels on(but forgot to paint hull so it ended up being brush painted)
The right side of the things that holds the wheels
The left side assembled and waiting to be painted
Assembled rollers and airbrushed roadwheels
I've only cleaned half of the road wheels 24 on each side
Will wrote:I'm going to do it as a what if and oob.
Thats the good thing with these kits, you can do what the hell you want. Even though two where built, they were hardly in full production, so who knows how it would have looked given a few months.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
There are a few other issues with this kit. The gun mantlet has been simplified. It is missing several facets. These can be seen by comparing photos or even the box art to the kit part. I corrected the problem on mine by simply sanding the facets into the kit part, or you can replace the part with a AM resin replacement from Artisian Mori.
The front edge of the hull side has been faceted along the weld seam, this is not correct. It can be easily fixed with a piece of styrene stock.
The rotating periscope in front of the commander's hatch should be removed, filled and a weld bead added. This feature was present on the original drawings but not included on the finial vehicle.
The turret pistol ports are too large, in the wrong location and are lacking a plug.
There several other small details to be added as well.
Rob Thanks for that link, i have never heard of Atelier, might try to get hold of those parts. I have the eduard and judio sets he has there. But as for Verlinden, i have been put after useing the verlinden sets on my Tiger I. And i ain't having the engine decks open anyway.
I have used the middlestone color on my last two builds. Rammtiger, King Tiger 101st. I have to hae found that it was way to dark. What I have done is spray the other colors on and then lightly sprayed sandy yellow (79). This has both lighten up the dark yellow, blended the colors and given the vehicle a faded look.
hope this helps a little.
Oddly enough, Gunze's Middle Stone (H71) appears (to me anyway) to be darker and browner than Tamiya's Dark Yellow.
Gunze's own Dark Yellow (H403) is almost identical in shade to Middle Stone, and, I believe, was a later addition to the paint line and may not have been available when the kit first hit the market, hence the Middle Stone paint reference. Again, it's significantly darker than Tamiya's Dark Yellow and, as Karl suggests above, should be lightened.
Karl - I find lightening Tamiya Dark Yellow with white can be a little stark - I have found a warmer effect mixing Dark Yellow about 1:1 with Deck Tan.
Will wrote:Could some one tell me what color is middlestone.
Could some one tell me what color is middlestone.
Yes, I know this tank wouldn't have really been in the field long, and may not have had the time to sun-bleach, but still, the large slab sides of the hull and turret would "grab" light and make the color appear much lighter. Paint the other two camo (green and red brown) colors straight from the bottle, and then do a light overspray of the same lightened DY base coat to fade them appropriately.
Bish wrote: lexesbenz wrote:Are there any aftermarkets tracks for this kit?I've had this kit for years and not been able to find any AM tacks. Only AM stuff i could find was an Eduard PE set and a judio barrel for the 128mm.
lexesbenz wrote:Are there any aftermarkets tracks for this kit?
I've had this kit for years and not been able to find any AM tacks. Only AM stuff i could find was an Eduard PE set and a judio barrel for the 128mm.
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