Takom Merkava 2D
Construction - Was a Delight to put together - Respectable number of pieces without going overboard... Clean Fits, Tight Tapers on Road Wheels and incredibly crisp detail... Replaced some of the fine handles and grab rails with Copper Wire... Used Tamiya Basic Putty diluted to emulate cast textures in some places...
Colour Modulation with Tamiya paints and Mr Leveling Lacquer Thinners - Modulation was a little bleak and too monotone intially - Abteilung 502 Olive Green Filter applied to richen the overall greenish hue... Details picked out with Vajello Iraqi Sand, DEck Tan and Buff
Oil Render and Dot Filters applied using Abteilung 502 Oils... Mulitutde of Oil Filters applied to individual panels and here and there to give more visual interest and readability...Light Blues transformed this quite significantly as did pinks and magenta... Was really happy with this initial colour...
Vajello Buff and Deck Tan used as a primary chipping colour applied by sponge... Then brush chipping to emphasis the shape and density all over... Vajello German grey secodary chipping layer was then added inside the primary chipping colour....
Vajello Buff and Deck Tan used as a primary chipping colour applied by sponge... Then brush chipping to emphasis the shape and density all over... Vajello German grey secodary chipping layer was then added inside the primary chipping colour....
Commentaires
34 28 November 2021, 14:17
Michael KohlI suppose you did some aftermarket detailling too or was this build out of the box. Really like your color modulation. The chipping techniqes looks good. I only think, that it is a bit too much for a modern tank. Those modern paint chip much much less.
29 November 2021, 09:08
Eddy MarshallNo aftermarket... Straight out of the box - just replaced the grab rails with copper as they are really fine and easily broken...
Yes - Overly done... This was a bit of an experiment after watching NightShift on Youtube... Its good practice for building patience and accuracy isnt what i was aiming for - Was wanting to go beaten up and rusted out as this sort of finish has always fascinated and eluded me... lol
29 November 2021, 09:59
Simon NagorsnikGreat color modulation!
Looks like you put a lot of time into chipping;)
Really like your work on this so far- hope to see more of it soon!
20 March 2022, 16:43
Eddy MarshallCheers Simon... Yes... Too much time in fact... Lol... It's coming back on the bench soon for completion...
20 March 2022, 16:47
Mr JamesYour excellent shading comes out again. The application of mud is very well done. A brilliant build again
4 May, 16:28
Audrius Nhi. i like your Merkava. the rust effect first look a bit too much, however after applying mud it levels. Have you done rust with just one color or several?
4 May, 18:59
Eddy MarshallHey Audrius N... Rust was done with 2 colours, Ammo light rust wash and AK's Rust streaks... And very much overly done to as you say... But I've learnt that subsequent layers will tone previous ones down, so I pre-empted thus by slapping the Rust on before blending... It will.alwso depend at what stage of the paint you wanna do such techniques...
4 May, 23:48
NeulingTop notch! - The description "1983 Yom Kippur War" is misleading. The Yom Kippur War was in 1973 and there were no Merkavas deployed then.
6 May, 08:44
Eddy MarshallCheers Neuling... You'd know better than myself... I just model things... lol... I think this comes up from allocating the kit and Paint scheme from your inventory... It should be patt of the instruction sets given paint schemes...But it could be incorrect... None the less... Cheers for the compliment
6 May, 11:07
