Weathering with oils (white, earth, black, and Dust). It took me some effort to mask the white stripe on the gun barrel.
Side skirts added. Each skirt was one piece which I cut into 3 pieces, I also thinned skirts thickness by sanding them using metal file.
The finished road wheels set
Road wheels highlighted with Vallejo Iraqi Sand, after spraying very thinned coat of Tamiya buff+white as dust weathering.
Body color ready. 1st phase: Lightish Grey with sand shade (Medium Grey, Buff, Black, and Khakhi). 2nd phase: Very light layers with highly thinned Khaki until desired color is achieved. IDF Grey is not that easy to nail!
Marking are all painting, no decals used.
The IDF stencil set from Alexen models company, a Chinese company that does a good variety of masking stencils.
primed hull
primed
primed
All primed now, I used Tamiya LP-34 Sky Grey. I realized it functions nicely as primer because it dries flat and gritty, it's also lighter than normal Tamiya acrylics this won't bury the details. I made sure to sane majority of the surfaces to give primer lkayer a grip.
PE fire extinguisher hanger.
Mg ammo case: difference between kit part and PE
Most of the Eduard PE parts are for the turret which added lots of nice an delicate details to the big turret
kit has open under-fenders, I assume that design relies on attaching the side skirts to hide them but better close the gaps.
DSPIAE step roller has been very useful tool
Cutting the mud guards, they'll get replace by PE.
Kommentarer
35 18 January 2023, 09:36
André Silva It's going to look awesome, great work with the PE.
18 January 2023, 21:54
Cortex Thanks André! I will try go careful with proper body color and multi-color preshading to make look interesting.
The kit is very good for its age, the details are impressive on the turret and the rear part of the hull. I used Eduard PE set which added more eye-catching details like the fire extinguishers holders, and better ammo cases. I sued all the PE parts in the set and it was OK for the most part.
Fit over all all is also very good, I kept the suspension system unglued to easily add weathering below fenders, I did spray dust color first then added weathering paste from Vallejo then thinned oil wash here and there.
Over the hull itself I first added black panel lining, then dust oil wash over the panels, then stapled Vallejo Earth Mud weathering paste using thick brush. Some oil streaking added using dot-weathering method with white, dust, and earth colors.
For the tracks I sprayed Nato black over the rubber tracks after washing them with water and soup, then sealed the paint with Tamiya Flat Clear, then applied earth mud wash I made by mixing VMS pigments with mineral spirit and kept applying and wiping until I got the build up I wanted. Then painted the tracks edges with Testors Silver enamel paint.
Cortex
