Did this OOTB, as usual all comments are welcome
love the mud! Looks my Ramcharger used to. [:D]
Looks like the barrel is twisted a little or is it the pic? Also there appears to be too much black on the barrel
But I am not too familiar with how much the barrel of these would have “charred”.
Other than those two things it looks real good.
The barrel might be a little off, I didnt reallt notice, except for where the end attaches. I may lighten up the black area a little, wasnt really sure if it was to much or not, didnt have a reference one:-(
Didn’t you get taught to clean up after yourself … look at the filth … it’s everywhere … gotta love it !!!
How did you like the build? I’ve been thinking about getting this kit, what’s it like?
Couple of small critiques … Derek has already noted the muzzle brake and charring. A little grime inside the turret would really set this kit off. If it got that dirty outside, you can bet the boys dragged the mud in with them. The other thing is the ammo box on the .50 … should be O.D. like the Hellcat.
Otherwise a nice build, thanks for sharing.
Looks good and dirty miller.I don’t see anything that’s not been pointed out. Thanks for showing us.
Sherm, I enjoyed the build, wasn’t to hard except for the gaps at the front and the back of the hull when I put them together, had to use putty to fix it but it wnet pretty well. I will change the color on the ammo box, and will have to lighten the barrel a little bit, but it was fun and I am learning about mud for sure:-)
I forgot to ask miller ,but how did you go about mixng the mud?
Nice job Miller. Did you do the indy tracks or the vinyl? I just got one recently, looks like an easy build.
:It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee
Nice build! Love the mud.
demono69
Actually the mud is Floquil paint mixed with some baking soda (Thanks FSM), Tigerman I used the Vinyl tracks, although reviews said they were still I found them easier to do and they do look good, at least to me:-)
Forgot the paint is Mud paint:-)
Nice one, miller.
Keep on posting.
Miller, do you have an airbrush? If so, next time, you could try first putting a ‘dusting’ of an ‘Dark Earth’ color first onto the wheels, tracks and lower parts of the hull, then add your mud mix. As you have it, there’s a equal amount of ‘muddying’ onto the the bottom and top of the hull, and that is a bit weird (to me anyway). On your model, you should not be able to see any green paint on the lower parts of the tank. Other than that, and what other have said before (tip of the gun and the clean inside), it looks like a great build. And I’m sure you had plenty of fun doing it. More please!
Nice Miller,
Great mud - great stowage, too
Looks good Miller! The only thing I noticed that hasn’t been pointed out is the tools on the back look a bit too clean too. Really good build though! I like the look of the mud on there, it looks really convincing. Keep up the good work!! [:D]
Eric
NICE JOB!! Looks great. Yes, I’d lighten up the black at the end of the main gun a bit… I’ve only seen blackened muzzle brakes on actual vehicles (M109’s and M48’s) The black usually doesn’t extend much past the immediate area of the baffles on the brake itself.
I’ve fired main guns often enough to get a hot tube and a cook off, which means the chamber was getting pretty hot, but the paint was never blackened on the tube. AND if there’s no muzzle brake, the carbon doesn’t extend past the very end of the tube.
However, [;)] constant cleaning of the main gun will darken the paint a shade or so darker and will often gloss up to a sheen IF the crew insists on oiling its length.
Ron.
DJModels, thanks for the tip, I will do that next time, and I do have an airbrush (2 in fact) and the same thought occured to me but I was unsure how to deal with it:-) I am learning about muzzle blackening for sure…
Looking real good Miller41. I just love the mud.
I agree GREAT mud! I tracked a lot of mud in my time, so the insides of a gun gets pretty dirty. Especially on edges and seats where a crewman is standing at a .50 cal. By the way we never saw a muzzle brake get that dirty in my units. Although the newer powder is cleaner burning. Even when we had a “blow-by”. Great job. I wish I was that good!
Nice job!
Gotta love a verteran armor piece like that!