Cruising around in my A9 CS

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent detail work as always. That tensioning spring is a thing of beauty!

[boatman]

HI Scottie well sorry i missed this as im not a tankie person but ive just looked right through your build an wow your build an the exrta bits like the springs an hingers on the turret an the copper handeles really set your work off an im really impressed keep goin an keep up your good work
an impressed chris

[Steve Jones]

Cheers Steve have you got any good pics of the search light on the

I'm afraid not. This is the best I can do for the support



This is the light



This is how I did the Bronco one

[scottie3158]

I'm afraid not. This is the best I can do for the support

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This is the light

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This is how I did the Bronco one

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cheers Steve, there the same pics I have. Your solution looks good to me. Many thanks for taking the time and responding.

[grumpa]

Up to your usual meticulous excellence, will be following your build as usual.
Carry on!

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[scottie3158]

Coming on very nicely indeed Paul.

Very well done indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

Cheers Andrew very kind of you.

Excellent detail work as always. That tensioning spring is a thing of beauty!

Tim, thanks mate, I had to add it as the kit plastic one was not very good at all.

HI Scottie well sorry i missed this as im not a tankie person but ive just looked right through your build an wow your build an the exrta bits like the springs an hingers on the turret an the copper handeles really set your work off an im really impressed keep goin an keep up your good work
an impressed chris

Chris many thanks mate. But the details on this pail compared with the details on your build.

Up to your usual meticulous excellence, will be following your build as usual.
Carry on!

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Jim, Good to see you mate and very kind of you to say.

[Guest]

Paul just having a look through, this caught my eye, what did you use as it looks like material ? Not the PE !
But the strap

Do you employ small spiders to do this ? :smiling3::nerd:

[RonGlass]

Paul just having a look through, this caught my eye, what did you use as it looks like material ? Not the PE !
But the strap
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Do you employ small spiders to do this ? :smiling3::nerd:

Im pretty sure it was Tamiya tape John (IIRC)

[scottie3158]

Paul just having a look through, this caught my eye, what did you use as it looks like material ? Not the PE !
But the strap
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Do you employ small spiders to do this ? :smiling3::nerd:

John,
Ron is right it's strips of Tamyia masking tape dusted with talc to allow it to be passed through the PE buckle. No spiders just a lot of swearing lol.

[scottie3158]

Im pretty sure it was Tamiya tape John (IIRC)

Well spotted Ron i like to use it for cloth straps.

[scottie3158]

Following a pre shade the main colours have been blocked in, the dark green is a bit of a guess as its black green and nato black mixed. Next will be a gloss coat ready for the next stages.





cheers
Scottie

[Guest]

I think the dark green looks too black — the model now looks like it’s a modern (1970s to present) British tank, rather than one from 1940. The real things were painted in Khaki Green G3 with Dark Green G4 over it, and going by the colour chips in one of Mike Starmer’s books on the subject, the contrast between the two was not all that great. He gives colour mixes for them as 5× Humbrol 155 Olive Drab + 1× Humbrol 10 Service Brown for khaki green, and 8× Revell 361 Olive Green + 1× Revell 8 Matt Black for the dark green.

[Guest]

Looking good Paul, thanks to you and Ron re the tape. Neat idea:nerd:

[scottie3158]

I think the dark green looks too black — the model now looks like it’s a modern (1970s to present) British tank, rather than one from 1940. The real things were painted in Khaki Green G3 with Dark Green G4 over it, and going by the colour chips in one of Mike Starmer’s books on the subject, the contrast between the two was not all that great. He gives colour mixes for them as 5× Humbrol 155 Olive Drab + 1× Humbrol 10 Service Brown for khaki green, and 8× Revell 361 Olive Green + 1× Revell 8 Matt Black for the dark green.

Thanks Jakko. I did just use black green first but it didn't look right or as dark as the box illustration, so I darkened it down with Mark black. It is still green but as you say it could be to dark now.

[scottie3158]

Looking good Paul, thanks to you and Ron re the tape. Neat idea:nerd:

No worries John. It works well you should try it.