In progress

Made holes in the wheels

Removed mudguards.

Holes in the bottom filled.

Ball and chain added

Everything

Everything black

Painted

Close up

With flas

Painting small stuff

Painting markings

Markings rear

Turret look

Gloss paint

Gloss paint

Decals

Wash on

Wash on

Build up

Build op, next matt paint then on to pigments.

Started weathering

Last parts of the weathering

Last parts of the weathering

Last parts of the weathering

Comments

21 March 2015, 13:15

Bart Goesaert
nice work so far...

25 June 2015, 08:27

Heico van der Heide
Thanks Bart!

26 June 2015, 08:02

Kerry COX
Heico, Is this beast headed for a diorama at all. ? Looking good. 🙂

26 June 2015, 08:32

Heico van der Heide
Thanks Kerry, about the diorama, i'm sorry but I don't do dio's 😛

26 June 2015, 12:06

Kerry COX
It is a question I just had to ask mate, and, now I know. Thanks. 🙂

26 June 2015, 13:18

Dieter Bihlmaier
The good old Tamiya Merkava. Always worth to build and yours is fine!

4 July 2015, 16:54

Heico van der Heide
Thanks Dieter! It's indeed a nice build and i've added some aftermarket stuff and also some parts from the Academy Mk.2 (the old kit) like the ball and chain.

5 July 2015, 20:03

Spanjaard
any pictures of the finished model?😉 would be nice to see

16 April 2016, 22:16

Heico van der Heide
It's not yet finished 🙂 My modelling pace is very low at the moment.

18 April 2016, 16:44

Bryn Crandell
Looking good. Can't wait to see it all done.

18 April 2016, 16:48

Gerald
👍

18 April 2016, 17:30

Cortex
Can you please mention the color type and numbers used ? I got this model in stash but I found that ready-to-use IDF colors are not very clear to me as I'm not an expert in mixing. Would love to produce nice result as yours : )

20 April 2016, 03:27

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys!
Cortex: I've used these Tamiya colors : one part XF- 20, one part XF- 57, one part XF- 27 and one part XF- 49

I got it from someone else too, so it's not my credit. But it sure works.

20 April 2016, 19:12

Cortex
Thank you so much! Written down to model notes : )

21 April 2016, 05:13

Heico van der Heide
Little update, you guys awoke me on this project hehe 😛
Wash is on, next step will be matt paint. Then pigments and other weathering.

24 April 2016, 18:07

Spanjaard
maybe this is a stupid question... but i have to ask. why did you use bright varnish? i know it is used before decals... but you seem have have painted the markings. and there is bright varnish even in the wheels where probably there are no decals. so whey bright then? does it get the wash to work better maybe?

24 April 2016, 19:01

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys.

Spanjaard, yes that is the reason. With the gloss paint the surface get smooth and it makes for the wash to flow good. Also it makes it easier to wipe away the wash if you overdid it by accident.

25 April 2016, 07:10

Spanjaard
thanks a lot.

25 April 2016, 16:52

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Tamiya 1/35. Bought this from a friend who allready started it a bit. Will make a Lebanon vehicle out of it.

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