Well, the garage is occupied by a 1:1 project for Management, so I can't do any airbrushing, but I've made a start on my Cromwell. Here's the box shots:
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Skill level 1, so I should be able to manage. Two sprues, with pretty good detail, and nearly flash-free:
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A couple of oversize sprue gates on the drive sprockets though.
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Luckily those two go next to the hull, so won't be seen much, but they're going to be a challenge to clean up.
Anyway, construction starts with the hull.
[ATTACH]324598[/ATTACH]I realised that when the outer sides are added it would be impossible to paint the suspension, so I slopped some thin paint on with a brush:
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They don't look quite that bad in real life! Then on with hull assembly, ending like this:
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I'm sure I built one of these in the 60s, and the tracks were 'rubber band' types, but these are single piece mouldings. Airfix would have you paint them a 'gunmetal' colour, but I think they should be more brownish to represent manganese steel. I might mix some brown with the 53 supplied, and see how it comes out. I don't think I can add the tracks after the mudguards have been fitted, so the painting sequence will need a bit of thought.
That's it for now, thanks for watching.
Pete
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Skill level 1, so I should be able to manage. Two sprues, with pretty good detail, and nearly flash-free:
[ATTACH]324595[/ATTACH][ATTACH]324596[/ATTACH]
A couple of oversize sprue gates on the drive sprockets though.
[ATTACH]324597[/ATTACH]
Luckily those two go next to the hull, so won't be seen much, but they're going to be a challenge to clean up.
Anyway, construction starts with the hull.
[ATTACH]324598[/ATTACH]I realised that when the outer sides are added it would be impossible to paint the suspension, so I slopped some thin paint on with a brush:
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They don't look quite that bad in real life! Then on with hull assembly, ending like this:
[ATTACH]324600[/ATTACH][ATTACH]324601[/ATTACH]
I'm sure I built one of these in the 60s, and the tracks were 'rubber band' types, but these are single piece mouldings. Airfix would have you paint them a 'gunmetal' colour, but I think they should be more brownish to represent manganese steel. I might mix some brown with the 53 supplied, and see how it comes out. I don't think I can add the tracks after the mudguards have been fitted, so the painting sequence will need a bit of thought.
That's it for now, thanks for watching.
Pete
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