USMC M4A3 Dozer Riff Raff . Camera broke . No updates . 6/3

Hi guys . I mixed Tamiya flat base with Future and thinned it with Windex glass cleaner and sprayed the entire model with this concoction in order to give a more realistic matt finish . Next i'll do some more weathering with chalks .

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Thanks Sprueone Stay tuned , more weathering to come .

Thanks for the step-by-step tip with the Future and decal. It worked out great.

Overall progress on this, Outstanding!

Rob and Tread thanks guys .

......you earned 'em..... drink up buddy  : )

Decal work turned out very nice and you really smoothed them out beautifully.  Your shading looks FABULOUS   It just gave a whole new dimension to the overall look. 

Its a bit glossy but i sure like working with Future . I did a wash with burnt umber and sprayed some areas with the base O.D. color .

until next time ............

Thanks again Bill

Nice work on the decal feathering Carl, Future's got a thousand and one uses, glad it's working out for you!

Hey , here's something else i "Future" for . I put theese thick decals on . They had a prominent edge, So i put the Future on really thick and when it dried for a day i dry sanded it with 320 grit the feather the edge of the decale and re-applied more coats of Future .

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Bill , i may leave this as a plain jane and concentrate on the weathering . I'm using Future to seal my oil washes as per your recomendation to PANZERWAFFE in another thread and its working out really well .Thanks for your comments .

The Marines did a lot of cool/different markings and schemes in the Pacific...so you have several options especially when it comes to Iwo. Love the progress, keep the updates coming Carl!

Tread , i intend to tone down the streaking . You like the star and bars you say .......................not sure .

Steve .........

Looks cool, Shell...I think if ya did it with the 'Star and Bars" like in the pic it would be cool and unusual....always good to work off a real pic.

tread

p.s. the 'streaking' effect came out nice

Here's where i am with the weathering so far .I applied a wash of black oils and sealed that with Future . This is going to be a USMC M4 in the Pacific theater of WW II . Now i want to come up with some markings . I did some research and i dont find much in the way of markings on the USMC tanks .I have this pic of a M4 dozer on Iwo Jima (?) .

Here's where my model is now with the weathering .

Steve and Tread thanks for being here !

Tread i made the sight from styrene plastic sheet and rod .I tried getting a b4 paint pic but the white of the styrene plastic blanked out any detail .

Heya buddy : ) 

the .50 cal looks awesome and what can I say about the sight vane  ?.... LOOKS PERFECT  !!  ...what did ya end up making it out of ?

looking forward to next update ,

tread 

That TC sight........

Looking good.

Just a couple more items . Here's the kit suppied .50 cal .

And this is my scratch made T.C.'s sight .

I've been doing some weathering on the upper hull and ran into a couple of problems . Should have that fixed and the problem areas repainted soon .

Rob , Karl , Andy , Steve .........thanks you all for your comments guys ! Much appreciated by me .

I'm not quite happy wih the looks of the weathering yet , some times i have to move on to something else and then come back to a build to get a fresh look and feel for it ...i'm sure you guys do the same . Thanks again for looking in .

Comin' along quite nicely dude.

N-I-C-E work on the tracks... they look great!    That's two... for us both! 

WOW, man--I just got a chance to look through this post and am sorry I missed all the superb work you've done here! From the casting on the front glacis, to the dozer blade, and the weathering so far, you're seriously conquering this kit with s-t-y-l-e!

As always, the tracks and running gear look great   The dry brushing and choice of powders really pulls out the detail, nice!

Finished assembling , painting and weathering the running gear . I used burnt umber oils , tan and brown chalks , dry brushed with light gray on the hull and bogies . The tracks were painted flat black , washed with burnt umber oils , dry brushed with light gray and aluminum , Finally a application of brown and  tan chalks was applied over all to tone down and blend the colors .The hull is not yet painted o.d.

Ok Bill , here's some o.d. on it I mixed MM enanels fs34086 and fs34087 .

That's some spiffy putty work Carl, ought to look good with the OD on. Bring on the paint!

Thanks MajGen