Fernando N's Trumpeter 1/72 M1A1 with Mine Roller Set

[SimonT]

Hi Fernando - sorry, totally missed this one

Looking good

[Fernando N]

Evening all,

Paul, Richard, Polux and Simon, thanks.:thumb2:
Richard, looking forward to see your Tiger, hope I don’t miss it in all the treads.:rolling:

Sorry for the late update, with work taking away a lot of energy the last two weeks I missed out on posting but with some work here there and most today, this little tank is finished.:smiling:

Before I’ll show the finished look, some progress pics during the last steps.
After the paintjob and clear coat, it was time for the detail painting with most time spent on the road wheels as they were the most numerous items to paint on this one, gave the grilles a wash of A.Mig 1005 Dark Brown much easier than painting:



After running into something like Steve Jones had with his lens colours, I made a little paint chart to pick the best out in line with my reference photo’s, turned out to be a silver background Gunze Clear Green and a top coat of Tamiya Smoke:

With most of the details on and painted it was weathering time, gave it a wash of AK 121 Brown and AK 123 for the streaking effects, the latter toned down with a saw brush for the effect:


Two coats of VJ Matt, some dusting with VJ 71.027 Light Brown and VJ 71.037 Mud Brown, two antennas and sticking it all together, I’m calling this one finished:





I’ll try to take a better lit set for the completed section tomorrow.

Thanks for looking in.
Fernando

[papa 695]

Great work Fernando

[Mickc1440]

That's looking really nice, all that extra work was definitely worth it.

[Steve Jones]

Great attention to detail Fernando. A very nice finish as well. The tinting has come out well. Looking forward to seeing the final pics.