Photos @ http://matt24.fotopic.net/c596375.html
This is the Tamiya M-26 Pershing. I built it straight “box stock”. This is my 2nd try at weathering with oil paints. I also used pastels. I built it as an WWll early model which this kit is closest to. [I believe anyway.]
Any and all coments good or bad are highly valued.
A very good example of a very historic tank. Nice weathering, but take that talent and keep going with some Jerry cans and c-ration boxes and some barbed wire coils and maybe some empty brass. Since you built it “in service” as opposed to museum style, a few little details of daily tanker life would finish it up nicely.
A very nice build
well done. nice job all around. a very clean, solid build.
looks great matt!
Hey Matt,
Nice looking job [tup][tup]. Perhaps a bit of black inside the muzzle brake and some steel on the guide teeth. Great job on the “slightly weathered” look. Take a bow.
Joe
Good job!
Well Matt
I can only give you [tup][tup][tup][tup][tup] Thumbs outa 5 - Great build looks very nice!
Ken
Looks like a fine build. Been eyeing it myself. I like the subtle approach myself.
Very nice work Matt! I think you’ve got the oil paint technique down pretty good, the closeup shots in your pictures show a good blending of the oils on the tank surfaces and look very convincing. I tend to lean toward the more subtle weathering myself. You could add some loose gear to this build and it wouldnot needmuch of anything else in my opinion. Semper Fi, Mike
Nice build.[tup][tup] The weathering is pretty nice. It looks a bit used without being a mud brick.
Andy
Thanks for the kind words and feedback. The reason I built this the way I did is this is going to be a show dog in an upcoming AMPS contest, and later an IPMS contest. Our IPMS show has “Box Stock”, other than anntenas, decals, no parts other than came in the box. Yah I know, good excuse anyway.[;)].
Panther44, you got me on the guide teeth, I over looked that, although I never seem to get them subtle enough for my taste. Also good point on the muzzle break. I managed to eliminate the seam on the inside of the muzzle break, and did not go back to darken it a little. I’ll take care of that. Thanks again.
Great work Matt.
Great looking build Matt [tup][tup]. It gives the inspiration to dig mine out of the stash and do some work on it.
Darren
Nice work!
I’m a big fan of the “slightly weathered” look, so it’s OK by me!
I like it! Thanks for posting the pic.
i can never manage to keep my finished builds clean so i really enjoy seing other peoples and this one is great, very nice job
Thank you all for all the coments and feed back.
Great job Matt, thanks for sharing. Only one problem…Now I gotta get a Pershing!!![party]
[:D] it looks great,as was sayed above i would add c rats and jerry cans to your build,but it looks great.[:D]