Wow, hat a great looking model. Whatever the paint actually is supposed to be, it looks great how yo’ve done it!
That interior is just gorgeous! I love the colors, which “feel” so right. Look forward to seeing the exterior get painted.
Phenomonal colors, shading and highlites
Very realistic. Great use of color and shading!
Thanks dudes…
I figured I’d stop in and show where I’m at with this. I added the roof and commander’s post. Fortunately I was able to leave some hatches and such open so a little can be seen in there.
I turned my attention to the gun sponsons (correct word?). Again, I painted everything but I didn’t ger crazy with it. The guns were very nicely detailed.
Both together…
The gun batteries were added and fit perfectly. As a matter of fact, I haven’t need one drop of putty on this turkey so far. I decided to display the doors open so a little of the inside will be seen. Too bad you’ll need a flashlight.
I added the photoetch “louvers” which fit great too…
Now the tank is essentially built, it’s time for paint. A guy on YouTube primers his tanks with XF-69 NATO Black to assist in shadowing effects later. I followed suit.
I just started building the tracks, which will take a while. Almost time to decide how to paint it. Back to You Tube videos…
Nice looking build. does this have decals for Russian Civil War, Reds, Whites, Freikorps?
Thanks! It comes with two options. The box art subject and a green one. I will be building the box art subject. I really don’t know much about these and just started researching armor in general. If this turns out halfway decent I will probably build more. Maybe a Sherman tank.
That come together really well. Its a pity the inside will be so hardto see.
I’m curious, as your getting a lot of help from youtube, are you planning on going the modulation route or will you be going for a realistic look.
Love how she’s coming!
And yeah it’s sponsons. If I remember correctly they could be unbolted and then replaced inside out so they fit inside the tank to narrow the hull for transport on railway flatcars.
I’d love to see you work your magic on a Sherman!
After seeing what ths kit looks like, may have to get one. Our club is doing a WWI theme build.
Now you are just about making me add another nightmare to the dream schedule.
As usual for your builds, another beautiful build job.
I think it’s safe to say that this is going to end up being a gorgeous build. I don’t actually know very much about the Mark V (though I now know the Meng kit is certainly the way to go) but I’ve always thought it was an awesome looking tank, and yours is thus far living up to the hype.
Thanks everyone.
I guess realistic. I was considering buying the AK Interactive Modulation set for British WWI Armor, but in the end I didn’t feel like spending the $30.00 for it, especially for a one time build. I decided to stick with what I know for the painting, mixing my own with Tamiya paints. So let’s segue into this. It’s my understanding these were a brown khaki color with a hint of green. I found a formula online with half XF-52 Flat Earth, half XF-55 Deck Tan, which is apparently Tamiya’s recommendation in their kits of this subject. I used it then added some XF-26 Deep Green. I thought it was too sandy colored, so I added some XF-49 Khaki. This is what it looks like.
Again I reverted back to what I know. I added some streaking by adding XF-2 Flat White to the concoction. This was done randomly. I faded the upper surfaces too.
I’m fairly please so far. I do plan to try the AK Dark Brown pin wash and perhaps their streaking fluid on this turkey later. I was going to paint in the red and white striped areas but I ran out of time. I’ll do that in the next session.
I have been putting it off, but I suppose I need to build the tracks soon. I plan to weather them, but I will likely forego mudding them up. I have yet to find a tutorial on muddy tracks that I like. They all seem to be way overdone.
Very nice!
Glad to hear that lawdog, i was worried you might be swayed by those who seem to push the idea that modulation and realisim are the same thing.
Thats coming out really well. I have no idea on the colour of WW1 armour, but that looks good to me. Good plan for the tracks as well. If the ground is really wet and muddy, it would largley fall away as the tracks come round. What you would have is mud splattered higher up on the hull, but that depends if you want to go for the just about to go into action look or the its just been across no mans land look.
Looks great! You’ve captured the industrial steam-punk look of the thing very well.
Looking forward to more.
Excellent work! I have this one in the stash, and I built the Meng Ft-17, which was fantastic. That was the first tank I’ve built since I was 15 and could only afford the older Tamiya kits from the 70s and 80s and the occasional new Dragon kit.
I saw a build in Meng AFV Modeler where a guy built this in a during construction diorama to show off the interior. I think those open hatches wil help make it visible, and your drybrushing sure sets off the details.
-BD-
amazing just wish you could see more of the inside detail when it’s all done.
Thanks guys, yeah, that’s why I decided to open a few hatches. Maybe a little will be seen.
I got some more painting in last night. I started by hand painting the exhaust pipe in XF-64 Red Brown then drybrushed it a little with silver. It was time to add the distinctive red and white stripes to the tank. I decided I was going to weather these heavily to show some of the paint wearing off. Enter AK Worn effects…
It’s my understanding this stuff is the same as the hairspray technique. I sprayed a few coats of this in the area where the red and white will go then taped them off for spraying. Once done painting, I wet an old Testor’s paint brush and began rubbing the paint. Here’s the result and I’m fairly pleased.
Now the rest of the tank…
I switched my attention to the trench “crib” device. It looks like a medival torture chamber, or perhaps something from the Saw movie series.
Anyway, I digress, I saw a sweet tutorial on YouTube about painting tank tool handles, namely shoves and axes, to look like wood. It seemed easy enough and looked like wood to me when done. I gave it a try.
First, I sprayed the metal braces with Alclad Steel. I then hand painted the “wooden” parts in XF-59 Desert Yellow, which proved challenging as it as hard to get the inner sides in between the metal braces. I managed. I’m still not sure what color to paint the single beam with the chain attached. I may go a darker brown…or I may not. I’m also still trying to figure out where the chain is supposed to go. The instructions are no road map here.
I then used the Tamiya Panel Line Accent (Brown) which I recent procured from ebay. It is essentially an enamel wash with a sweet applicator in the bottle. Anyways, as it started to dry, I took an old Testor’s cheapie paint brush and dragged it across the semi-wet wash to simulate grain. I was pleased with the effect. I’ll be darn it looks like wood…
I sprayed a few coats of Alclad Aqua Gloss (acrylic) then added the decals…all six of them…lol. Just checkin’ it out with the trench crossing “crib” on top. Not too Shabby…
Next I will do my first attempt at an enamel pin wash then work on painting and weathering the tracks. I’m still watching some techniques on that. I don’t particularly want to mud them up on this model…baby steps…
Thats looking amazing. really nicejob on the chipping, that stuff seems to work a treat. Andi dolike thw look of the wood. I usually use oil paints over Tamiya desert or buff. I might have to try that with some AK enamel wash.
Never seen a fascine like that before, i take it it camewith the kit.
The chipping and wear look perfect and love the wood grain. I’m going to have to pick up some of that Tamiya panel line accent and try it myself.