M46 Patton (Trumpeter 1:72)

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March 2, 2022
The kit built up ready for painting. I left off most wheels and the .50, as I will paint that seperately.
2
March 2, 2022
While removing the molded on sideskirts, I had an "accident" which I had to repair with putty and styrene. The armour texture came out nice and heavy and the .30 comes from the spares box as well as the green rods.
3
March 2, 2022
The M2 will be mounted on an improvised mount above the gunners periscope. As these were partly field conversions and thus non-standard I "guesstimated" the shape of the mount from photo-references.
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March 2, 2022
The left fender also has another field-mod taken from reference pictures: and additional stowage"basket", that I felt was anice place for extra 3D-printed .30 ammo cans.
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March 5, 2022
Basic colours have been added using a mix of AK Real Colour Olive Drab No.3 darkened with Tamiya JGSDF Green. I airbrushed on three highlight layers in addition to the basecoat.
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March 5, 2022
Some details were also painted and a brushpainted layer of punctual highlights gives a really strong contrast to many of the more delicate details. The next step will be a gloss varnish to prepare for decal-application.
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March 8, 2022
Decals were applied over a gloss varnish (Mr Hobby), but did no really adhere properly, leaving airbubbles. As I had no setting solution at hand, I applied a coat of cheap gloss varnish over and reapplied the decals onto it. This did improve adhesion a bit and I was able to mitigate most silvering. They were also treated with a softener to conform to the surface texture were necessary.
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March 8, 2022
After adding a rough pin-wash, I sealed it - together with the decals - using a matt varnish.
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March 8, 2022
As expected, the airbrushed highlights got toned down, thus I have to bring them back with oils later on

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Building the Trumpeter M46 Patton went from a quick OOB build to a little more detailing when I found pictures of the tanks with not only a rearranged .50-mount, but also an additional .30-caliber on top. Thus I went for some modifications on the rather nice, but partially inaccurate kit. While working on the armour texture and headlight covers, I noticed two "extra" periscopes on the front hull, that were present on the M26 Pershing, but not this vehicle, so I sanded them down. Some §D-printed stowage and tarps from Milliput completed the upgrading process. Now I can start painting and hope the suspension and tracks will fit in the end...

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