Well it has been a while between my trip to AMPS and spring chores, this has been the first good weekend on the bench in almost a month.
As a diversion to start, I began working on the base. I was able to pick up an old OOP Verlinden Firebase. After some body work with putty, I applied a prime coat of using a generic grey primer. The dirt areas were given a base coat of Poly Scale US Earth 505366. The sandbags were coated in Poly Scale US Mid Green 505390 and the drums were painted Tamiya flat black, Here is the basic base.
After drying, the stack seams between the sandbags was treated with a solution of MIG Viet Nam Earth pigment in mineral sprits. After drying I use a soft makeup brush to clear the excess and dust some areas of the flat areas of the bags.
Next was the drum area where the same pigment solution was used for the area between the drums. Again some of the excess was used to dust the drums. The chimes on the drums along with any side bungs were highlighted using a #2 pencil. This was also done to the two drums off to the side which are half buried. Here is the current status of the base.
In between working on the base, I completed the assembly of the individual track links. Two sets of tracks are prepared with 78 links per side. The tracks were first primed with Tamiya flat black. Then they were painted with Alclad Steel. After drying, they were coated with future for wash protection. Next the pads were painted with a 50/50 mix of Tamiya Flat and NATO black.
After this the tracks were treated with the same MIG solution used above to begin the track weathering.
That’s it for now. Looking at the home stretch here, hopefully the next week or two will finish up
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Rounds Complete!!