Whippet Mk. A, Emhar 1/35

[monica]

looking good Paul, you still can pick up the per-shading on it,well done

[PaulTRose]

some progress

gave it coat of kleer ready to put the decals on.................and changed my mind on some of them!!

seems a lot of these carried red/white markings in various places, no doubt as some kind of identification aid.......but i really didnt fancy putting the decals on. lots of rivets and other details mean i dont think they would settle down even with gallons of microsol, so i decided to try masking and painting. needs a second coat of red..

dont think it will matter if its too rough since i dont think it would have been applied too carefully for real.....and its going to get weathered and washed as well

[Alan 45]

That's a nice little tank you got there , anyone else notice the track skirts ? To me they have a very similar look to the Matilda

[Guest]

I think replace the decals and paint this zone, the tank will look much better

Nice!

[PaulTRose]

so its had a coat of kleer, decals added, white/red stripe added, another coat of kleer to seal it all

the kit comes with decals for various tanks, didnt want to do Ceaser 2 or Firefly which are two famous Whippets.............settled for Fanny Adams

next step is the tracks.......not sure how im going to tackle them, as they are vinyl and in 3 bits. think i shal try painting them, attach them and touch up

[PaulTRose]

the tracks left a bit to be desired......supposed to slot between the drive wheels and the outer sponson but the wheels a tad too big and the gap a tad too small, but the plan is to muddy this up so i hope it will get hidden

next plan is to put a wash on the tracks so they are not so shiney, oil filter on the tank, then a matt varnish to seal

[monica]

looking good Paul starting to like this little odd looking thing,

[flyjoe180]

Lovely work so far Paul.

[Guest]

Don't really build armour, but that looks great.

John

[PaulTRose]

its had a few days for the oils to dry off and im not too impressed, bit too brown for my liking and it hasnt streaked in the way i wanted, all my own fault due to poor technique. plan is to give a wash down with thinners and have another go tomorrow

[Guest]

I think work over a green surface is always very difficult. Looking good to me!

[PaulTRose]

second go and im more happy this time

used burnt umber and siennas again but instead of ochre i used a dark blue

going to leave it well alone for a while to dry off before moving on to the next step

[flyjoe180]

Your Whippet is looking good Paul.

[PaulTRose]

and finished.............

wanted to make it a bit muddy to reflect the conditions on the Western Front but didnt want to make it over the top muddy, which i dont think i would have been able to replicate anyway, beyond my skills. tried in the past and failed so didnt want to mess this up trying again

i used MiG pigments to create a mud slurry, then one of those Tamiya mud sticks to add just a bit of lumpy stuff

more pics in the finished thread

[Alan 45]

Now that looks really good Paul I love the faded weather paten you've give it

I think Monday I'm going to the LHS and get me the male and female tanks I saw today and have a bsh for the WWI ssig