M26 Pershing

Brian MacWithey Very nice work on this subject. I really like the weathering and grime!

Jean-Michel Tilquin Thanks Brian, I just find it all a bit too dark, but also find it a stunning model!

Robert W Martel I wanted to check out a different manufacturers tank kit. I have several Revell, Tamiya & Italeri kits so far. This HB kit has a detailed Ford engine, but no crew or inside detail. The kit detail looks quite nice /w casting numbers on the turret & hull. Rubber tracks look real good. And this thing has LOTS of parts (325).
I must say I like HB's packaging, there's thick foam in the bottom of the sturdy box and some of the more delicate parts have foam wrapping, and foam on top. You can't say this box is oversized w/lots of empty space like so many do. As a matter of fact it could have been a bit deeper, as I couldn't comfortably fit all the sprues back in the box without leaving the top piece of foam out. It was packed too tight to suit me.
Anyway, looks like a real nice kit. $36 shipped from China. Next I want to get an AFV Club kit, maybe one w/working suspension and some inside turret detail.
I'll make up an album so anyone interested can look.

Dan M Well, now the kit is almost complete from an assembly point of view. I say almost because some of the internal components on the engine bay still need some work, but that will come after painting the interior.
So, now the next steps will be about painting the kit. And since building is (almost) complete it's time for some conclusions on the kit itself:

1. My, what a big gun! It's certainly impressive.
2. Detail is very good on a lot of areas of the kit. Most of the ejector pins are hidden (except the ones on the engine compartment)
3. The fit was not as good as I thought in the beginning. In fact it required some heavy sanding on my side to make sure everything fitted together. The turret was one of the main issues as the turret ring was way too tight on the hull for it to be inserted properly.
4. I still have to fit the tracks and see if I keep them or replace them with Bronco workable ones. The vinyl tracks look well detailed and they might sit well but until I try it I won't know for sure.
5. The wheels will not sit unless glued on (too much space available here); this is part of the reason why I haven't yet tried to fit the tracks as I want to paint the wheels separately
6. There are no clear parts included in the kit but at least the kit doesn't have empty spaces like the Trumpeter's PT-76.

Please excuse the crappy pictures that I took lately.

Dan M Finally managed to find some time to start on the painting. Painted interior with white and the exterior with Vallejo's Olive Drab primer (only the turret and the upper hull for now). Also tested the Vallejo Metal Color range on some of the internal components and the vinyl tracks. Now all of them are in shiny shiny steel . I really love these metalics, Alclad may be a tad better but at least these are acrylics.

Dan M Thank you James

I've also painted the lower hull and the wheels (and this tank has a lot). Next I need to do some color modulation or at least some highlighting and to be honest I think I need to change the hue of the Olive Drab color. Since this is a tank built at the end of WWII I think it should be more towards green. Looking at pictures I see that OD in the beginning of WWII had a more brownish-yellowish (kind of ochre) hue, while towards the end it started to veer towards green-grey. While towards Vietnam era it's almost a very dark green.

Anybody has any advice on what I should try ? I'm thinking of doing a filter with a thinned Vallejo 71013 Yellow Olive or 71015 DarkGreen RLM71, maybe 71016 USAF OD (but this is not right for an Army tank ?). Any ideas anyone ?

Dan M Some small update with the engine fitted in

Dan M I've almost forgot about this work-in-progress so i've started the weathering process . Not gonna do much as I like the idea of a freshly-built prototype.

Dan M And final assembly of all pieces .... Have to admit I like the look of the little beast

Ingo F Looks very good Dan! Like the color of that beast.

Dan M Thank you Ingo and James! Glad you like it

Kurt Reichert Looks great! Love it.

Kim Branders Thank you Kurt.

43 Rascarcapaco Wow ziet er goed uit makker....

Kim Branders Merci Michael.

Holger Kranich A mean looking tank, Looks awesome Buddy!

Kim Branders Thanks Holly.

Holger Kranich How did you liked the kit and the tracks? They look like Friuls, nice ´n crisp!

Gerald Willing

Kim Branders @ holly: the kit was ok but the roadwheels I had to ajust a little bit.For the kit I paided 15 euro, what was nice.And the tracks where grrrr so yes they are friuls.
@ Gerald: thank you.

Ulf Petersen Great job here as well, Igor!

Ulf Petersen Excellent build, Arsen!
Let me guess: this is a little homage to "World of Tanks"?
I got this tank in my garage there.

Arsen B Thanks, it is my first model. Yes I take this model first because it looks awsome in WoT. I don't have this tank in garage cuz I prefer faster meds but maybe some day i will buy for collection

Ulf Petersen Yes, it's damn slow, but almost impossible to crack from the frontside - I love it!

Kim Branders Update assembly pics 8 to 10. Hope you like it. Grtz Kim.

Philip De Keyser Nice start Kim

Kim Branders Update motorchipping pic 11 to 15. Grtz Kim

43 Rascarcapaco Hey Kim,goeie start...ik kreeg op mijn tank commentaar dat het om een prototype ging dat nooit het fabriek heeft verlaten en ook geen weathering op mocht zijn.nu heb ik Me nog ingehouden op het verweren ervan.

Ik zou zeggen laat al u vaardigheid erop los hehe.

Maak er iets moois van....

Groetjes
Michaël

Kim Branders Update motor pic 16 to 20.
Michael: Prototype of niet, een tank moet er een beetje verweerd uitzien . Grtz.

43 Rascarcapaco Idd anders kunde beter eentje kopen van matchbox ofzo ...lol

43 Rascarcapaco Zeg Kim,wat rechts van de motor staat,toch nog niet gelijmd hoop ik??
ik wou dat er ook neerzetten maar dan past dat niet meer aan uwe coolblok ventilator aan de riemen...

Uwe roest op u uitlaat ziet er toch heel goed uit.
Perfect zelfs!!

Kim Branders Nee nee alles staat nog los. Bedankt voor de tip. Dieje van U ziet er ook goed uit. Grtz Kim.

Anna-Elizabeth Looks great so far! Nice job on the engine. I should get one of these,

Kim Branders Alweer een mooi begin. Ga aan mijne vandaag ( proberen) terug beginnen. motor is .

43 Rascarcapaco @Anna,Glad you like it.....( I am not happy with the colours)
Welcome to scalemates!!
Hey Kim,je schreef "Motor is".....?
een ramp!! hehe

Jeff Schend Looking good so far!

43 Rascarcapaco Well i try today to wire those hatches above the engine.....but it's way to small.
Then i use some putty and wired them...now i am waiting it's gonna work or not.

I never read a review on a kit...but with this one i found some small fitting problems
And i was glad i read it..!

I'm learning bit by bit,to build a project not in 2 steps.
i was always happy that i could start to paint(weathering) my models.

Lucky i get wiser

43 Rascarcapaco @Jeff ,your are amazing man!!love your interior on that M2a3 Busk III model!!
Incredible work u made and Welcome to Scalemates.

Jeff Schend Thank you Sir!

Kim Branders Nice . Ziet er al goe uit. Grtz Kim.

John Van Kooten Yesterday I ordered the Hunnicut M26 book from Amazon. Should be here sometime next week. That'll be a great help in getting the details right when I start building this beast

M.Julian Marles

Hunter Cummins How much did you pay?,and do you have a link?

John Van Kooten Hey Hunter, buddy Of course I have a link for you It's the German Amazon where I bought it but I have also included a link to Amazon.com.

It's a really recent reprinted version of the book, in hardcover:

Amazon.de link (€48,50): amazon.de/gp/product/1626542..f_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

Amazon USA link ($49.95): amazon.com/Pershing-R-P-Hunn..1&keywords=9781626542518

And while I was shopping anyway, I decided it was a good idea to also order the Hunnicut US Half-Tracks book and the M4 Sherman at War book written by Michael Green & James D. Brown

Hunnicut US Half-Tracks (€47,94)): amazon.de/gp/product/1626541..f_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

M4 Sherman at War (€18,75): amazon.de/gp/product/0760327..f_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

Hunter Cummins Thank you john! I very much appreciate it! Very useful and will see about getting it soon

M.Julian Marles sounds really useful!

John Van Kooten Yeah, they are really great books, all of them

I am continuously working on extending my WWII Allied ground forces library since it is not as extensive as my WWII German related library. I need much more (technical) informational books on especially British / Canadian armor.
Much harder to find good books on Allied (non-US) armor unfortunately. Sherman books aplenty but, f.i., British & Canadian gun tractors... ?? I can't find a single book that has the (technical) info I am seeking. Yeah, a couple of walk around / pictures books and one or two pages of "highly detailed" information in books on artillery guns. But that's about it

So anyway, with the Hunnicut book on the M26 I am going to see how I can model an accurate WWII T26E3 and T26E4 version. If push comes to shove, I will 3D model and 3D print the parts that are either missing or incorrect which is where the importance of proper technical information comes in; measurements and exact layout of parts, etc.

John Van Kooten Well ... !! Someone has read my mind apparently!

[quote=Armorama:]Wings & Wheels Publications just released a new reference book covering WWII Allied Field Artillery Tractors.[/quote]

armorama.com/modules.php?op=..p;topic_id=240679&page=1

Kim Branders Hey Michael. Ben aan dezelfde bezig. Ga je hem maken met motorinterieur? In tankart vol.2 staat hier een mooie beschrijving van. Grtz Kim.

43 Rascarcapaco Hey makker,awel ja maar ik ben zwaar aan het nadenken hoe ik het gaan doen binnenin.
alles wit is maar saai vind ik....
Merci voor de info ,ik had nog nooit van diene boek gehoord.
Zal eens zien of ik diene kan downloaden

Hunter Cummins Can you help??

John Van Kooten Hey Hunter! Sorry for the late reply! It's been WAY too hot over here lately, especially in my home -> almost 40 degrees (104F)! I like the warm weather but this was crazy So I haven't been spending much time sitting behind my computer.

I think I can help you out I will send you a PM tonight when I'm back home from work. I have to prepare some things I'm pretty sure that'll get you going

Hunter Cummins Awesome !!! I cant thank you enough John!!! I am slowly getting all the oil paints I want and need, buying alot with each orders lol, and I totally undrrstand about the heat, im on vacation in florida and its hot as hell lol, evencat home it hot as heck lol, cant airbrush which sucks because I want to practive color modulation.

John Van Kooten Hehe! Yeah, I guess you can relate to the heat problem then Great place to be though! Florida!

Airbrushing is almost impossible with such high temperatures. The paint (partially) dries before it reaches the surface, plus the paint dries to fast when it is on the surface (and in the cup of the airbrush even before it is being sprayed!), which makes for very bad bond between paint and surface. It also makes the paint look "flaked" and rough. It simply can't cure properly which makes the paint "unstable".

So I'm not taking any chances I'm waiting for better weather conditions

I have sent you the PM I hope it is useful to you

Hunter Cummins Yea I had all those problems, including water excaping my water trap and going through my airbrush. And I agree it is! Lol and I will probably wait til september tocpaint but I will continue to build!!!

Hunter Cummins Hey john, had a little problem, I sent it on your awesome pm, will contact tim nkw

John Van Kooten I have actually (just today) decided to buy an airconditioner (large capacity, with dehumidifier) I can no longer accept the fact that weather conditions are preventing me from excercising my hobby LOL!

I have the same problem with the PM It turns out that if we write a very long text, the text is cut off initially (for preview purposes, I guess) and we get to see a "view full post (1303 additional characters)" link. The problem is, that this link is not working... we never get to see the full text. The link just returns us to the same cut-off text.

To temporarily remedy the issue, I have pasted the second part of the PM in a new PM and sent it to you. So you can now read the remainder of my PM

Hunter Cummins Danke!! Das ist wunderbar!!!!

Vlad Shatilov Horosho poluchilsa! Nice work!

Murad ÖZER yep, very nice work!

Choppa Nutta nice work!

william wise As my other projects wind down i started on this kit, I wanted it to be a quick build and this kit just fell together and it has working suspension that's pretty neat

Hunter Cummins Im following this one

John Van Kooten Very cool! I love this tank!

The M26 Pershing, the tank that took out the Panther near the Cologne Cathedral. Legendary battle!

The Panther engaged troops of the US 3rd Armored Division when they were moving towards the Cathedral in Cologne center. The Panther attacked and took out a Sherman of Company 'F', right before it got outflanked by a T26E3 Pershing of Company 'E'. The Pershing surprised the Panther and took it out before it could fire a single round at them!

I will be following this one as wel Great job so far, especially on the casting texture

Murad ÖZER Samo, i like the pershing too and this one is looking great so far!

william wise the footage is pretty awesome not alot of tank on tank footage from WWII the German crew was well versed on their crew evacuation drills they got out pretty quickly considering the stress and confusion and obviously being terrified

shahram hassanpour Very nice and good job.

John Van Kooten @William: Absolutely! Terrible as it is, it is indeed awesome footage! And yeah, the German crew did get out really fast all things considering! The crew of the Sherman they engaged was far less lucky! Only two survived, out of five, but they were very badly wounded. The surviving crew members were the gunner and the assistant driver.

For those that don't know, check out this website. It is a very interesting read! It has all the information concerning this tank battle: anicursor.com/colpicwar2.html

And sorry to derail your post a little bit, William!

Hunter Cummins Interesting john. But where is the part where the pershing K.O's the panther??

John Van Kooten There are several pages. The whole thing is described in great detail

This is page two (where the Pershing comes into play): anicursor.com/colpicwar2b.html

And this is page three: anicursor.com/colpicwar3.html

Clifford Keesler Looking very nice.

william wise I have been away for awhile between work and enjoying the summer, but i have been slowly building, this kit is about complete, just need to finish the figures

Murad ÖZER Great piece of work Philipp! The subject is an interesting one but how's the kit - recommended?

Philipp Groß Thank you Murad!

The Hobby Boss kit is very nice - the details are very sharp and the tracks are excellent snap together workable track links that hold without glue. Regrettably this is the only of their Pershing kits that has them...the vinyl tracks that also come with it are horrible.

The only weak parts are the missing periscopes, which should be fixable with a few spare parts from any modern Sherman kit.

I noticed a few small errors for this particular vehicle that are easy to correct, I wrote a long report about that in the build feature at Model Armour I've linked on the project page (direct link won't work because of random smileys).

The turret armour has a few dimension issues, but it wasn't very difficult to correct them either. I really liked this build!

Philipp

Murad ÖZER Thank you very much for the info, found your review at MA. Looks like this particular one is going to be another kit to for me to keep an eye open.

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Philipp Groß Thank you gentlemen!

Holger Kranich Splendid!!!Great model! I like the colour modulation on the frontfenders!
You are right, this snow looks way better!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Jim
No it isnt in reference to the Cologne Pershing.Its a unit that was somewhere in April 1945 in germany.I was born in the town named Aachen.The Tanks did their training in this area.
T-34/85 ........ ohhh man,iam still with the Ontos crew(Dio).And i got an eye on the M551 Sheridan for the next Project.Oh......and there is a Ma.k that waits to be build.

Alberto Bianchi @Markus
Diluted thin layers of color, a bit like you do with Pre-Shade/Post Shade Technique of tanks and planes!... I did not know this! Great, the first painting of a figure I try this technique. thanks

Manfred D.S.
Sieht toll aus.
Meiner ist noch in Rohbau. Jetzt hab ich allerdings einen SOSOLLSSEIN MARKER
GreenStuff sollte ich mir auch mal zulegen.

uncle chop chop well done the faces look amazing to me very very grate work

neil kerr lovely green stuff Markus :~)
Nice work

Sherif Sharmy Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thank you very much ,Mates.I try to take new pictures from this with my new Hobby Photo Studio.On the Ontos it worked well.

Marko Paakkanen Good work. figures looking fantastics!
like at there is lot details!

Dutch Nice painting! I like the grilles and tracks. Great work.

Kim Branders nice, Grtz Kim

Holger Kranich Nice Pershing and DVD collection!

Urban Gardini I've said it before n' say it again that you show great promise in your comeback to the hobby n' it's nice to have a brother to share a great hobby with.

Christian Lehmann realy nice

Andreas Lundqvist Thanks, al done with brush, but I´m eager to test my new paintbrush on the next paintjob

Holger Kranich You maybe wonder but you are not the only one here who used to make his paintjob with a brush. I pressume you work with enamels?

Frank Krause Genesis again - "And then there were three" (or did I forget somebody)? Welcome, brother of the brush. I (and surely Augie, too) are glad, not to be alone painting with a brush...
Nice result on the Pershing!

Andreas Lundqvist I first primed the tank with a simple sprayprime fore plastics. Then a brushed the tank with Model masters acrylic Olive drab, straight from the bottle.

Steve Wilson I still use a pot of paint and a brush too, it's not a Revell-ation for me either...

Augie welcome oh brush-painting bortherin

Andreas Lundqvist ops a little spell miss.. I ment that I was eager to try my new "AIR"brush.
But that mostly for "big area" jobs and some effects. Fine detailing and stuff will still be made by brush.

Gerald Willing Da ist er ja schon

Frank Krause Hi Gerald! Aha, here comes the "tooth monster", you were writing about in the T-28 thread. You've done a good job on Mr. Pershing!

Gerald Willing Er ist Fertig !!

Tim Vereecke nice work Gerald

Acki Moin Gerald, schönes Ding geworden. Tolle Fotos! Wie machst Du sie?

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Tach Gerald
You did a very good job .Will you gonna place it on a Dio.???Like Acki asks ,how do you take the Pics?

Gerald Willing Nun, ich habe eine sogenannte Bridgecamera, eine Mischung aus Spiegelreflex- und
Kompaktcamera. Sie hat viele Funktionen, die ich erst selbst noch ausprobieren muss.
Naja, wichtig bei der Modellfotografie ist halt ein großer Blendenwert, damit die Details in der Tiefe auch zu sehen sind. Danach vielleicht noch ein bisschen mit Photoshop oder, so wie hier angewandt mit Corel Photopaint, nachbearbeiten. Mit diesem Programm kann man dann auch prima die Schilder, Wappen und andere Sachen einfügen. Man muss sich aber erst ein wenig mit dem Programm auseinandersetzten. Mit ein wenig Übung bekommt man beachtliche Ergebnisse.

Kim Branders Excellent Grtz Kim

Gerald Willing Tach Markus
mal sehen mit dem Dio. Ich habe da noch 2 etwas ältere Dioramen, die, sage ich mal so,
multifunktionell für Rad- und Kettenfahrzeuge ausgelegt sind. Ihr bekommt das dann schon zu sehen ...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Great Kit .The basics fall together alone(know what iam talking bout

Christian Mundt Danke für die Info, Markus! Nachdem ich Deinen Pershing bestaunt habe, ist der Bausatz ganz weit oben auf meiner to-do Liste.

Zimmermaniac looks good to me, but then, I'm not a tankman though I'm building one right now, 's gonna be adventureous for me

Holger Kranich You are building a tank, Zimmi? Marvelous!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench The question is ,what is color modulation.Is it reality?In my eyes no.From where the light comes (or not) is totaly up to the modeler.I am looking forward to what happens after the weathering!
Thanks Mates for your comments

Aghis Barberopoulos Neat ! Looking fwd to it too

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Yes Zimmi.Show us the tank.I am looking forward to it.
Calm down .All will be OK

Zimmermaniac done

Bill Spargo Excellent model Markus, your models are fantastic.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanks,Bill and feel welcome as a mate!

Mike Kryza :-D:-D

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Mates
Figures will be paintet later!I got the "modelling blues " with this one.Started on january and now its nearly september !Thats enough!
I think "Ontos "is calling me!
Thanx Mates for all your comments!Scalemates is a wonderfull thing(thanx Tim and all who work on it)

Philip De Keyser Hi Markus, I now what you meen, do you start a new project? do you take a braeck? thanks for showing your project to us, greetz Phil

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Phil !
Thanks for your comment and that you like it ,Mate!
The guys do a group build about vietnam.I am in,and my work is the "M 50 Ontos".So this will be next.But i think that i will do some work on the figures for my Pershing in between.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench But i do it veeeeeeeeeerrrrryyyyyyyyyy sloooooowwwwwwwlyyyy

Philip De Keyser Take your time mate

Philip De Keyser Are you make a Vietnam diorama with the Ontos? or just the vehicle, looking forward to the first pix, the ontos is a nice looking rare one greetz Phil

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Yes ,the dio includes the Ontos,Phil.It will be more a base for this vehicle!

Frank Krause Hi Gerald, your Pershing looks promising. I'm looking forward to see more...

Aghis Barberopoulos Gel type cyanoacrylate glue does wonders. Dries slowly, but for light assembies it has enough grip to hold them in place while you make adjustments.

Augie Yeah that works well Aghis... i use it alot

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Holiday is Shi....!
I got no time for my Pershing.Sideskirts are done ,CA gel is in place ,but no time to add this things.
But every 5 seconds its ringing in my ears...."pappppaaaaaaa!!!!"
Man,after this Holidays i need Holidays to recover me

Aghis Barberopoulos Typical family holidays ? Sounds like some of you (at least) had lots of fun haha

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench This time we are at home and not in the Netherlands(greetz to all my Nethelands mates,it a very fine place to be.)Just right at this moment a 2 year old "wild hog" is attacking me from the right!!

Christian Meyerhoff Fantastic job so far! Outstanding!

Timo Honkanen So far that model looks more real then real thing.
Fantastic paintjob.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx ,Mates for all your great comments (blush)!!
I try to do some progress,and add some pics (perhaps i lock my "bunch of fleas"in the shed!

Philip De Keyser Markus it is awesome, I think that the friul tracks are a great improvement on the pershing, I love it, can't wait to see the endresult, greetz Phil

Aghis Barberopoulos This is perhaps the most realistic chassis I have ever seen! Great work - And the Friul tracks are expensive but are as close to the real thing as you can get. Well done Markus. I expect you to win many contests with this!!!

Steve Wilson You've done it well Markus, great achievement, looks like the real thing...

Augie Oh wow.....

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench So,Mates
Thats all for today.I did some chipping on the roadwheels and finished the clamps on the spare tracks!!
Thanks for all you great comments.
Its slowly comming to an end.Only the sideskirts ,more roadwheels,chipping on the sideskirts,chipping the barrel,turret rainmarks and streaks,final weathering with pigments.
Not a lot to do !!!I will begin with the Ontos at november

Wilfried Bogaerts Damn Markus, you're good !

Christian Meyerhoff Congratulations!
Absolute convincing job on this friuls. Very well done! This Pershing will be a hit.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanks again for you really great comments.
It makes me get the best out of me!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Also 2 pics of the running gear.

Zimmermaniac man, you're amongst the top of modellers

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx Zimmi!(Blush,to turn red)
Its only paint

Frank Krause Impressive...! Like it. It is fun watching the progress...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx Frank ,too(turning red hot)
It moves slowly,but it moves.

Philip De Keyser Hey Markus, congrats with your result, looks awesome, love the mud on the running gear, looks great, greetz Phil

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx Phil (i am slowly exploding)

Frank Krause No, no, no! Don't explode. You owe us the final result...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench He He

Holger Kranich Absolute breathtaking...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx Holger.
I also hold my breath to do this work (steady brush)dont shiver.

Frank Krause @Markus: Why does your comment remind me to "Asterix in Spain"?

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench I paint the Tow cable from my Pershing.These were always good lubricated to prevent from rusting.How can i achieve this effect from grease on my tow cable??

Augie Future mixed with some black..? or

Holger Kranich Maybe oilpaint? i have some stuff from Mig, called "Engine Grease". That could fit. But its a bit brownish...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Oil was my first thought ,too.I have the Mig Oil and Grease mixture .Perhaps this will work ,too.I give it a try .Thanx for bring it up.

Holger Kranich Still a pleasure to give idea´s!

stefan natus Great painting markus.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx Stefan
I did some work on the back of my pershing(Tow Cable and so on) .Pics will follow soon!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench And i redo the sleepingbag on top.It was a little to less contrast for me.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench I got meditation while i am sleeping!!

Duncan Cook Wherer have I got here?
Looks good and our hobby is one of the coolest in the World

Holger Kranich Absolutely, Duncan!

Duncan Cook I know and I think somebody likes Gina Lisa

Holger Kranich But not me! She´s blonde!

Holger Kranich But she has 2 convincing facts!...

Philip De Keyser Great job Markus, do you used Oilcolors or the origenal Enamel or Acryls for the stowage? greetz Phil

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Phil
I used Vallejo Acrylics.I did a few highlights also with acrylics.I will use oils for fading and to put Highlights and shadows on.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Next time i use my airbrush to spray a primer .Perhaps i try the Vallejo primer too,Zimmi !

Acki Hi Markus, great job!! Thanks for showing.

Aghis Barberopoulos Looks superb! Great paint effects on the armor, very realistic.

stefan natus Indeed great effects and shades.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench From the rear deck will not be seen much.I plan to bring stowage on it.On an allied tank need to be stowage!

Holger Kranich Looks as if a small artist is growing here...

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench I am not small (1.82 meter).
Isnt Modeling a sort of Art?Oil paint does not only belong on canvas!
Thanx for all your comments!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench I will push the chipping a little in front of me.I find its a horrible job!I first paint the stowage .

Urban Gardini Sweet!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench What means sweet.??Dogs are sweet!!

Urban Gardini Sweet as in nice!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench

Holger Kranich Has a lot to carry, like it!

Philip De Keyser Great job Markus, I'm tuned! greetz Phil

Dave Flitton Do you paint after everything is built or during or after?

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Dave
The stowage on the engine deck is fix.This will be painted with the hull.The camonet too.Other stowage will be painted separately and add after painting the tank.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thanx Guys for the comments!

Aghis Barberopoulos Very nice details Markus! Off to a great start.

Dave Flitton My personal experiences with camouflage nests are that they seem to bulk up every time I use them. They fill with branches and leaves and dirt. Of course I had to hide a whole M577, trailer and the tent extension.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Her is a Picture of the original.
I think mine is close to it (i hope so).
precision-panzer.moonfruit.com/t26e3-pershing/4547506152

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Its in the third row the 5th picture from the left on the page.

Dave Flitton And that's why I added the part that I had to deal with a Huge camouflage net. Tanks don't stick around much.

Dave Flitton Excellent work, though, can't wait to see the end.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Thank you

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Next to do the Stowage on the Engine.

Holger Kranich Looks very nice, so far! Had some experiance with Bundeswehr Verbandpäckchen. I used some whiteglue, to hold in position and to sculpture it a bit. But your work is nicely done!!!