Watching this build makes me want to go out and get this kit. Of course thats if I ever get Trumpies 1/16th King Tiger done. None of the sub assemblies seem to want to fit with that kit. Like others have said I did the Tiger kit, but this seems miles ahead of that kit.

Dang! The tracks and road wheels look like the real deal!

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Dang! The tracks and road wheels look like the real deal!

That hull is looking really good. 

it does, but not a FULL crew set.  It's still missing the gunner and loader, unless they're depicted as the ones fighting as infantry, lol

This thing is mindblowingly awesome! Can't wait to see it finished.

This is the reasonably detailed engine and sub-engine.

I decided to paint a base colour of Tamiya XF-21 Sky. For the fuel tank I used Stainless steel, a hint of leakage was applied using Tamiya Smoke and an application of burnt blue from thier Weathering Master powder. The hoses were Tamiya Rubber Black and were finished off with the hose clips in chrome silver.

A Dark Dirt wash was applied over a coat of gloss, and when dry, removed as required to give some definition to the details. Chipping was hand brushed with Dark Iron. The dusty and sandy areas were completed with Tamiya weathering master Sand and Light Sand.

Such a beautiful piece of work to follow!

I have now squeezed the engine unit in, fitted the radiators and exhaust. The drivers compartment has also been fitted, painted and weathered.

Keep the updates coming! You are really doing a great job on giving the interior a used appearance.

im having a hard time believing these images were not computer generated. Stunning Work!

So here is the finished 1:25 scale model of the Centurion mk.III British main battle tank. It has been built out of the box with no extras, apart from the camouflage netting around the barrel which I made myself.

The paints used were as follows:

Primer was Vallejo grey polyurethane acrylic. This was also used for all of the interior surfaces. It gives a lovely smooth and resilient surface for the following paints.

The main overall colour was Tamiya Dark Yellow Matt XF-60. This was mixed about 40% paint with 60% Tamiya X-20 thinner.

Panel line preshading was done with Tamiya XF-1 Matt Black and overhead light simulation presahding was done with Tamiya XF-64 Red Brown.

Some weathering effects and shadow areas were done with Tamiya XF-49 Khaki.

The matt finish was thinned Vallejo matt varnish.

Chipping was hand painted with MrMetalColor MC24 Dark Iron. Exhaust and metal tool parts were also airbrushed with this paint as were the tracks and tow cables.

Weathering and rusting was done with a combination of Rust and Sand pigments. Various Tamiya weathering master sets for were used for streaking, rusting and staining effects. Lighter colours from these sets were used for edge highlighting.

Once the track pieces were buffed where the wheels ran and also where the locating lugs rubbed between the wheels, the pieces received a dunking in first rust, then sand pigments, with a good brush scrubbing between the two.

The exhaust parts were treated in the same way.

Although this was an old kit that I picked up from ebay for £30ukp, it went together reasonably well. There were plenty of moulding lines that needed scraping off before painting and the instructions had a couple of anomalies. The old decals were very yellow, so the markings for my choice of variant were spayed using a template that I cut out with a laser cutter, from a CAD drawing that I made.

I learnt a lot from trying various weathering methods on this build and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

As usual, and observations or comments are welcome. Enjoy the images.

Scruff, I must say WOW!  The only thing I can add, is I rememeber an article years ago about a guy over in Europe building a car using the engine out of a Centurion tank. He took it out on the German Autobaun and was clocked over 120 mph (Yeah thats right miles per hour) . I know that todays cars built over there can go much faster, but this was a guy who built his own Frankinstein. Very nice work!

Thanks, I bet that was some beast!

Scuff, all I can say is this thing is epic!  You made yourself a work of art, hands down.

Brian

Yes, absolutely superb job, thanks for letting us follow along!

Thank you all for your observations and comments. I appreciate them all.

Beautiful work on that tank ! 

I only hope my kit turns out looking even half as good. 

Cheers, I wish you the best with your build.

Oh WOW, great build!, I also like how the photos are taken!.

Since I will build a Merkava I hope it turns out this good!

Cheers!

That is a beautiful finish. I would just ask why not fix the jerry can handle to the proper three bar style. I know that it is a small detail, but among all the other beautiful work that you did, that does catch the eye.

Thanks for the observation.

The reasons it is fitted like that are - that's how the instructions state how to fit it, I didn't know that there was another way, and its an OOB build.

I will note your observation and of course it may help others when builing an accurised verion..