Fantastic job on the camo!!! 

Really finished, in the case and the bench is cleared off for whatever is next.

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IMG_1911 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

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'Atza nize!  

Thanks y'all. I think I finished something!

Fine job on her- kudos sir!

RBaer

Lots of stories from the trip, good ones mostlt.

Here we go, less headlight lenses and main sight lenses:

IMG_1784 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

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IMG_1781 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

Excuse the poor background, I rushed these before work.

 

Harold

Lots of stories from the trip, good ones mostlt.

Here we go, less headlight lenses and main sight lenses:

IMG_1784 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_1782 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_1781 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

Excuse the poor background, I rushed these before work.

Hope you had a great trip- looking forward to more photos of the M60 and the Shermies.

Thanks! I'm back from a trip to the UK, thoroughly proficient in self-administered Covid tests, and back on this one. It's decaled, washed and pin-washed, some fixes applied, and ready for dust. CenTex AMPS is coming up and I want to bring it, not my best but something of a stretch for me personally. Pics ASAP. I'm also finishing up three IDF Shermans and dusting off a couple of others for the same event. I'll wind up those threads as I can.

RBaer

Thanks all.

All four colors on now, Tee Dee Us!

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IMG_1659 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

That's a first coat, gotta check for any visible brush strokes, clean that up, then clear flat and a VERY thin reapplication of camo colors.

 

 

Harold

Rob - that's a very cool idea - also because there is such a big variety of machines that can be modelled...

Most people would say the Polish post war machines were mostly single-colour green. This is also because all the period photographs are black and white and this doesn't show camo well... But there are instructions for multi coloured camo schemes and the thing about them is in winter they prescribe painting some colours out with others - making this similar to MERDEC. Also the method with chalking the outlines out and then painting is mentioned there. But the shapes of the colour spots are different - tha camo is supposed to be painted in "rings" or "islands"... If you like I could post some scans.

Have a nice day

Paweł

Rob Gronovius

 

 

Gamera

Beautiful job on the MERDC!!! 

 

 

 

 

We need a MERDC group build. Weren't the Poles even using something akin to MERDC Pawel? I know the ROC and South Koreans were using something very similar.

 

 

Sounds like a great idea! I'd thought about a M48/M60 or another Cold War Armour GB. Way too busy now but if someone throws one next year I'm in. 

Gamera

Beautiful job on the MERDC!!! 

 

Beautiful job on the MERDC!!! 

The painting diagram I used is off the IPMS website or magazine from about 13 years ago, and the intro page is a line drawing of two guys with brushes adding colors.....

Pawel

Sounds like a nice idea... One could show the white lines chalked in and a track in process with some privates and paint brushes...

Hmm, really, three would be ideal.  One in OD, masked up and chalked for outlines.

A second with the two main colors sprayed on (it would be the hardest, too, as replicating bad solider over-spray and under-spray is complicated on a model).

The third could be getting the w & b brushed in.

And, each could be detailed that least bit individually--trim vane hanging straight down; folded, extended, and so on; with & w/o rubber skirts, and so forth.

Tracks & road wheels might still be stained with red mud, to give a connection for a unit rotating back to The World.

Not that I'm an enabler giving you an excuse to build three models instead of just one, or anything, I promise . . .

Hello Rob!

Sounds like a nice idea... One could show the white lines chalked in and a track in process with some privates and paint brushes...

Have a nice day!

Paweł

Pawel

Hello!

Lookin' good even without the shading and weathering... One of these days I have to build something MERDC coloured - I think a Gama Goat or something like that...

Have a nice day!

Paweł

Hello!

Lookin' good even without the shading and weathering... One of these days I have to build something MERDC coloured - I think a Gama Goat or something like that...

Have a nice day!

Paweł

Outstanding

IDK. That paint job looks awfully good to me. Congrats on your patience and perseverance to get it to this point.

Thanks Gino. 

Thanks all.

All four colors on now, Tee Dee Us!

IMG_1660 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_1659 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

That's a first coat, gotta check for any visible brush strokes, clean that up, then clear flat and a VERY thin reapplication of camo colors.

This is a thread that needs to be saved.

We try to do it over on "Ships".

Because the FSM search window doesn't go back into, well much.

I wish someone could set up a cloud account for best FSM threads ever.

I'd kick in $$.

Bill

Agreed, it looks good.

Nice work, the camo looks darn good! 

Some time ago I printed the same diagram Gino posted, full sized, so I figured I may as well nut up and do it. Progress so far:

IMG_1477 by Russel Baer, on Flickr