Light Tanks Groupbuild

Always overlooked, priming/painting the rubber parts of the wheels/masqking/painting the hub and repeating the operations on the other side...

The hull with the base paint ( Tamiya XF-58)

Same paint on the turret

More fun with the search of paint's modulation

For that, I added some XF-55 on the base paint. I started with a 70%-30% mix on the side of the hull. On the top of the turret, It must be around a 50-50% mix

As it was last week, with the Bison decals trapped between 2 coats of gloss varnish

Then the catastrophy last week-end

First I tried some streaking effects using AK/AMMo products

No joy, it almost didn't work

The I sprayed some Kursk mud to at least achive a dusty look: It has just darkened the paint, and there's still some glossy patches, even after 2 coats of matt varnish

The base I may use with the kit

Comments

22 September 2014, 17:29

Lionel Marco

A nice build, with no big problems. You just need to correctly identify wich bogies come front and which one come back.

The kit MG are good, but I didn't want to bother cleaning them: that's the only reason for their replacement.
The only item needing replacement is the gun, as the plastic muzzle brake is not that great.

22 September 2014, 17:35

Razzie43 Rascarcapaco
keep posting here Lionel,for the moment its a beauty...open hatch ??

12 October 2014, 20:01

Razzie43 Rascarcapaco
mmm...., i notice something here ...WHERE IS THAT PART on pages 3 nr E29/30??
hihi,its a pain in the ass to make it correct on this one
Good luck with your tank

13 October 2014, 15:34

Lionel Marco
Hi!

I just painted the top hatch apart, to avoid some tricky spot to paint. I had a hard time too with the 2 mud scrapper: they are hard to put in place when everything is assembled.

I think I completly messed with this kit : the streaking/dust coats are a catastrophy, and I'm not sure if I will keep with kit as iti is, or if it will be better to remove the paints and do it again as a German tank. last possibility: recovering the accessories and put the rest in the trash bin...

13 October 2014, 17:03

Razzie43 Rascarcapaco
Hi

If that was my tank,i go for winter weathering!
(Worn effects or heavy chipping of AK or use hairspray best of all)
The rest u known i think....

13 October 2014, 20:25