Bowcat's 1/35 Meng Gepard A1/A2

[col68]

Looking good Bob.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Col.

[Ian M]

Looking very nice that!

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

[Mr Bowcat]

Small update, I got the tracks finished up which took a while.

First job was to hand paint the 340 track pads with Tamiya's rubber black, which was followed up with an oil wash and desert dust.

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I also started work with the pigments, so far just the wheels, underside and running gear.

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[col68]

Nice work on the tracks Bob.

[Mr Bowcat]

Thanks Colin.

They actually turned out to be a complete bloody nightmare, I had a test fit of them yesterday and loads of the track pins broke in the middle. I ended up gluing them all together, so the track are probably no longer workable, not that its a problem once it's on its base.

Edited to add: Speaking of the base, that's almost ready to go.

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This model is of a Gepard tested in Cyprus, so it's less deserty and more hard packed rock and dust.

[monica]

this is coming along a treat ,do real like the camo,nice to see something different ,real well done.
on the track,base looking so good as well,liking this build,well done,so far,keep up the good work,:smiling::thumb2:

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Moni.

[Ian M]

That base looks great. I would say that it could well be a desert base. Not all deserts are an ocean of sand, most in fact are pretty stony. Or so they look on t'telly.
Bird grit? or just coarse sand.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian. The base is covered in various grades of ballast that I got from Hobbycraft when my daughter and I were making her Ancient Egypt dio. The rocks are stones from the garden that I broke up in my bench vice.

[papa 695]

Nice work on the base Bob

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

[Mr Bowcat]

All done, completed thread here: http://www.scale-models.co.uk/thread...pard-a2.30062/

[Lee.M]

I have found the same problem with Ammo paints and found that you needed to apply a lot of it to get an even coverage. The pigments did't seem to blend with carrier. Had the same problem with AK Nato brown being very pinky.

Regards Lee