M46 Patton Korean War

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January 24, 2022
There was not much to scratch and chip - I didn't notice anything like that in a serious extent on the source pictures. Also - I chose the rubber tracks pattern, so no rust on spares this time!
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January 24, 2022
I applied a delicate casting texture on the turret before painting. Yellow was airbrushed and the stripes were paintbrushed.
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January 24, 2022
MiniArt sculptor decided to give the Americans rather brutal faces. But I guess I have to live with it 😉
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January 24, 2022
For better clarity of the tiger jaws pattern, I moved the tool rack to the side - although the decals went well on the kit, I had to exchange the jaws - the one suggested by the instructions were way too big o fit the glacis properly.
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January 24, 2022
Aaaaand that is called "quality control" during the photo session...

Comments

31 24 January 2022, 23:06

Ben M
Rawr

25 January 2022, 02:01

Neuling
Top work! And your cat looks bigger than this tiger ......... 👍

25 January 2022, 10:54

Wojciech Kucza
Thanks a lot! Yes, somehow a cat can be bigger than a tiger 😄 What a weird world 😉

25 January 2022, 22:01

John Thomas
Nice work

26 January 2022, 00:55

Andrea Succio
The cat 😁😁😁😁😍

26 January 2022, 08:23

Simon Nagorsnik
Great result and well presented!
The weathering is just perfectly and the tiger camo looks fantastic!

26 January 2022, 08:55

Wojciech Kucza
Many thanks! 🙂 I badly wanted it to look good 🙂

27 January 2022, 20:30

Rui S
Very well done alround 👍

29 January 2022, 14:47

Anth
Did you paint the stripes with airbrush or normal brush. Amazing job either way 👍

16 June 2022, 11:59

Wojciech Kucza
@AntQ - thanks a lot! I wondered for a while, but ultimately decided to paint it with a brush. I used highly thinned Vallejo paints and the textured surface surely helped! I figured that it'll be a little overkill to mask it all twice! 😄

17 June 2022, 14:00

Anth
Thank you. I think I'll do the same. Which colour did you use for the yellow?

17 June 2022, 14:08

Wojciech Kucza
Basically I went with AK Real Color 008 Maize Yellow. I lightened it up a little to spray some highlights.

17 June 2022, 14:54

Anth
Fab. Thank you 👍

18 June 2022, 19:23

Album info

And here it is - a mighty tiger, somewhere amongst the cold Korean winter, slightly snowed, slowly getting ready to run.
Takom kit is nice to build, however the commander's cupola cast along the turret top is grey plastic... not something to be fond of. It took me several tries to get the glass look passable. Other than that I only changed the MG barrels to metal ones and add a coaxial gun barrel into the opening in the mantlet. I also livened it up a little by adding additional .30 cal on the front mount and some stowage on the turret's rear.
Everything was painted using AK Interactive RC colours and as usual weathered a little. Figures are MiniArt U.S. tankers.
Snow was made using the various snow effects from AK Interactive.

Korean M46 Patton

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