I’m just getting to the interesting bits now. I started the tracks a couple of days ago. They’re Accurate Armour. I have them assembled and base coated. I started weathering them today. I also gave the hull and turret their washes today as well. The pics are of the tank before I started the weathering.
I’ll update once I’ve gotten more of the weathering done.
looks like a great start buff!! nice smooth looking paint job fella. later.
Looks good so far. Keep us posted.
Looking good so far, keep us posted on your progress!
wow looks good.
joe
Ah, summer in Montreal…time off as a teacher, beautiful builds, promise of a good Habs season to come…Good work , mon ami.
looks really good so far, keep it up
Looking good northern neighbor.
Very nice. Thanks for posting the progress pictures.
mark956
Thanks to all for the kind words. I checked the results of the washes this morning and it looks good so far. I’ll update after MTD.
I have my doubts. It doesn’t look good for any hockey right now [:(!]. I hope I’m wrong.
Looks good Buff. keep us posted. semper fi, mike
Looking good, Buff [tup]
How are those accurate armor tracks treating you ?
[:D] looks great,i like your holddown clamp[:D]
gdarwin[roy]
Not too bad so far. They went together ok. I had to cut one of the lengths to get the right number of links, and that wasn’t much fun. Cutting them so that I didn’t cut off the end connectors was tricky, and I sliced open my finger too! I test fitted them along the return rollers and road wheels, and while the road wheels fit well, the track guides were a little too close together for the the return rollers. I may have to sand down the rollers to make the tracks fit. I tried forming one set around the idler, and it was dead easy. I hope to have them on by the end of next week. If you have any pointers, believe me, I’m all ears!
Buff,
Hair dryer is definetly the way - it’s a little tougher if the suspension moves
If you get into trouble - glue the tracks to the road wheels and form from there
Allied tracks - a little tougher - no sag
Sounds like you are off to a good start (except for the slash)
Those decals snuggled down nice by the looks Buff. Looking forward to seeing the weathering results. Good luck with the tracks.
Very Cool buff, I like that. The Fireflys are a favorite of mine. The just look so neat with that long barrel… They have that “I’ve had enough of this crap” look to them!
Keep painting pal
That green looks great. What shade is it?
It’s Tamiya’s Japanes Army Green, XF-13, preshaded with black.
Jim, thanks for the tips. I’m hoping they will go on ok.
Nice work buff. Like the shade of green.
Keep well.
Craig