Matilda and I – a relationship rekindled.
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It looks like my decision to go grubby on the weathering has paid off as the first mission seems to be on black lava at night.
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I thought I would add a photo of Matilda my painstakingly built diorama. 😄
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58 12 September 2020, 16:41
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so that is what you were doing so quitely..... 🙂 well done gorbygould!
16 September 2020, 15:11
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Thanks very much mate, although I think you'll find that I rarely do anything quietly. 😄
The kits are just a bit of a sideshow at the moment as I'm working on another scratch project. 🙂
16 September 2020, 16:35
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In the instructions Tamiya have shown the wrong colour for this option. It should be the pale greeny colour rather than the pale blue they suggest.
20 November 2020, 09:36
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Hi Joshua, I always use Tamiya acrylic and I think the paints I used for the Caunter scheme are XF-14, XF-22 and XF-57 - not exact, but close enough for me. There is a link to the build report in the main description if you are interested.
20 November 2020, 14:45
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Tamiya decals have the reputation of being a bit on the thick side, and the ones in this kit are very thick. Having said that, I'm useless with decals. Other people don't seem to have had a problem.
20 November 2020, 15:55
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I just sprayed on the red/white rectangles rather than use those decals.
20 November 2020, 16:42
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Outstanding work with the camo. and weathering on this one, Gorby. Really love that state-of-the-art dio., too! I love the miniatures, great to admire yours.
8 March, 18:48
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Nice Tilda' excellent interpretation of the Western Desert and Iceland? Santorini? Lanzarote? It seems the areas of operation was vast. 🤘🥸👍🥸🤟
9 March, 07:28
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When I was young (I'm sure there must have been a time) I wasn't fussed about tanks. They pretty much all looked the same to me.
And then I met Matilda, Airfix Matilda, to give her full name, and it was love at first sight.
She's all grown up now – 1/48 (!) and changed her name to Tamiya, but she's still the same sweet Matilda, although a lot less flash than she was in her youth.
It was a brief only six days of my life, but six days I will never forget –well... not until the end of next week anyway.
Thanks for looking. 👍