discussion 1/35 Tamiya Churchill Mk.VII

[MattSki213]

Hi All
Just finished my first British tank
Kit was nice and clean to build not really big problems, rubber tracks ware easy to glue together, that was something that I remembered from old old times was a problem
Any comments and advises will be appreciated.

Thanks
Matt
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[Tim Marlow]

Fantastic job. Weathering in particular is spot on! Nice one Matt, what’s next?

 

[Fernando N]

Looks great Matt, love the weathering and tonal variation in the single colour scheme :thumb2: :thumb2: .

 

[MattSki213]

Thanks Tim, hard to say what's next was thinking about Sd.Kfz 251 looks challenging with all inside.

 

[MattSki213]

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

rubber tracks ware easy to glue together, that was something that I remembered from old old times was a problem

Most modern one-piece tracks can be glued together, the old ones needed to be riveted with a heated screwdriver because they couldn’t be glued at all. However, my experience is that the old-style track is pretty much indestructible while the glueable ones have a tendency to break near the glue joint after some years I hope yours don’t

 

[adt70hk]

Matt

Looking really good indeed!

Nice to see something with 6th Gds Tank Brigade markings too!! All of my son's Churchill's are marked up from that formation and I've not seen it much on forums.

ATB

Andrew

 

[MattSki213]

Most modern one-piece tracks can be glued together, the old ones needed to be riveted with a heated screwdriver because they couldn’t be glued at all. However, my experience is that the old-style track is pretty much indestructible while the glueable ones have a tendency to break near the glue joint after some years I hope yours don’t

Hi thanks will remember about that. Hopefully my will stay on, I used glue, stapler and glue then to the hull where I could not see them

 

[MattSki213]

Matt

Looking really good indeed!

Nice to see something with 6th Gds Tank Brigade markings too!! All of my son's Churchill's are marked up from that formation and I've not seen it much on forums.

ATB

Andrew

Thanks Andrew, is there any place I can see your son's art.

Thanks
Matt

 

[Steve Jones]

A wonderful build Matt. The weathering has turned out really well. You must be pleased with the finish

 

[MattSki213]

A wonderful build Matt. The weathering has turned out really well. You must be pleased with the finish

Thanks Steve.
Still learning lol, especially figures and weathering but must say finished product is better then I was expecting lol.

 

[mrtintheweb]

Really nice finish. I hope I can get even 75% as good as that! Totally undecided on what I want to do next but know I want to do a WW2 British tank (European campaign) to face off the Panzer IV I’m 75% finished.

T

 

[MattSki213]

Really nice finish. I hope I can get even 75% as good as that! Totally undecided on what I want to do next but know I want to do a WW2 British tank (European campaign) to face off the Panzer IV I’m 75% finished.

T

Hi thanks.
I think Churchill will be nice choice to face panzer IV. Let me know when you finish your panzer so I can take a look and learn something.

 

[Richard48]

Lovely Churchill.Really great finish.Well done.
Richard.

 

[MattSki213]

Lovely Churchill.Really great finish.Well done.
Richard.

Thanks Richard.

 

[mrtintheweb]

Hi thanks.
I think Churchill will be a nice choice to face panzer IV. Let me know when you finish your panzer so I can take a look and learn something.

I've added to the under-construction thread. Once I get the rest of the pics off my phone I will add in more stages. But it's going to be a far cry from the quality of your Churchill. I already made two minor errors due to vague instructions being misleading. Nothing major, but a little frustrating.

 

[papa 695]

Just seen this, and what a great build. It looks fantastic.

 

[MattSki213]

Just seen this, and what a great build. It looks fantastic.

Thank you.