Yaks airfix scorpion light tank in 1/76

[yak face]

Jeez mucker, just what is Helen going to do without her nail stuff - presuming it is hers....... !

No its all mine darling!:blow-kiss::blow-kiss:

[Guest]

the front apron (?)

It’s the bottom plate of the floatation screen. The lights were originally underneath it because the folded-up screen rested on top of it; once it had been done away with, the lamps could move up on top of it.

[Fernando N]

Nice one Tony and a great looking paintjob on the little afv.:thumb2:

[Graeme C.]

Tony, it's looking good, cool camo.:smiling4:
I'll get my coat......:flushed:

[yak face]

Bit more progress , ive given the white another coat and it looks tons better , thanks Ian for the info. Ive also been adding the viewing ports from my trusty stock of holographic confetti and made a start on making the indicators/sidelights , where i will be using the caviar balls. The headlight mounts have been made from drilled plastic card and fixed under the apron , theyre not exactly standard but then again looking at lots of pics of actual machines i must have seen at least half a dozen different types so im not worried! cheers tony[ATTACH]327904[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327905[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327906[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327907[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327908[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327909[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327910[/ATTACH][ATTACH]327911[/ATTACH]

[papa 695]

That’s coming along very nicely Tony. Great work on the lights.

[Steve Jones]

Camos looking a lot better now Tony. Nice work on the coloured glass. Did you put some on your own nails while you were at it?:smiling5::smiling3:

[yak face]

Camos looking a lot better now Tony. Nice work on the coloured glass. Did you put some on your own nails while you were at it?:smiling5::smiling3:

Steve you wouldnt believe the amount of eye shadow / eye liner / nail stuff ive got and regularly use , on the models of course cheers tony

[yak face]

Ironic isnt it ? The recent cold weather had been preventing me from applying the rest of my arctic camo ! Anyway it warmed up enough yesterday to get in the shed. I finished applying the viewing ports and touched them up around the edges. The turret just needs aerials and the spotlight adding . The spotlight was a solid piece in the kit so i drilled it out and painted it with chrome paint

[yak face]

Well im calling this done . After a serious loss of mojo coupled with a lack of spare time has meant that ive not touched this for about four weeks. Ive added the sidelights and indicators and the finishing touches to the turret (aerials , spotlight and machine gun on the mantlet ), added the exhaust and painted the tools . Heres a couple of pics to finish this thread off and I'll try and get some proper ones done on a 'completed' thread tomorrow. Thanks to anyone whos been watching , cheers tony

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Nice job.

[papa 695]

Very nice work Tony, there not the biggest of kits in 1/35, so at 1/72 it’s tiny.

[Guest]

I put one of the AFV Club 1/35 scale ones next to a long wheelbase Land Rover in the same scale once, and the two are pretty much the same length and width.

[Steve Jones]

A terrific build Tony. Looking forward to seeing some more pictures. What's next on the bench??