This will be my first attempt at an AFV since coming back to the hobby. I’ll be looking for suggestions etc. from those more experienced AFV builders on here, if they are willing 
Anyway, I picked this kit up from ebay for £30, which i though wasn’t bad. The box is a bit battered and a few pieces had come off of the sprues in thier bags. The decals are yellow but its all there. I am going to attempt an Israerli version in Dark Yellow. I Know that their current vehicles are painted Yellow-Grey, but I don’t think that the early Centurions were done in that colour. I’m happy to be corrected by those more knowledgable.
These first few shots are from the internal turret detail. The light grey is just Vajello grey primer sprayed liberally and dry brushed with tamiya metallic grey XF56. The chipping was applied by hand with a very fine brush, dabbing on MC214 Dark Iron from Mr.MetalColor. A Mix of Dark And Rust wash was applied.
The light grey primer sprayed over the Mid Grey-Blue Plastic showing the contrast.
The shell cases were sprayed with MC217 Mr.MetalColor Gold.
Images showing the bits before they are all hidden:(
The Ammo Boxes were Sprayed with Mr.MetalColor Stainless Steel.
Turret Base with seat, the cushion was coloured dark green and gently weathered with Tamiya weathering powder/paste ‘Sand’.
Box edges chipped with Dark Iron.
The Main Gun Breach component
Turret Gearbox and commanders seat.
Here is an update on the turret internals. Most of the ‘innards’ have been welded to the turret ring. Feel free to comment if you wish.
The interior of the turret is now complete. The main issue was poorly fitting turret halves which necessitated a bit of filling with Vallejo white filler and some sanding.:rolleyes:
A couple of points of interest - The radio pack face was sprayed with buffable Dark Iron and when dry, I rubbed my finger over it to shine the protrusions. The white dials and small needles were painted and and then a drop of Krystal Clear added, which when dry gave me a nice glass face effect.
The completed the turret.
It was airbrushed with a base coat of Vallejo grey primer. A graded coat of dark brown was added to the shadow areas underneath with a gradual fade to the grey undercoat at the top highlight areas.
A preshade of matt black was then applied around all of the edges and join lines. Heavily thinned dark yellow was then sprayed in 4 applications to build up the effect that I wanted. Once dried I brush washed the whole thing with a ‘grime’ clay wash and removed it in such a way to allow it to sit in the recesses and leave some dirt streaking. Chipping was then applied by hand using a teeny weeny (technical term) brush and some dark iron paint.
The track pieces were airbrushed with buffable dark iron and when dry, the high spots were buffed. Rust pigment was brushed into the crevises (Ooo-err Missus):eek:
The cable on the cable drum is just weathered fuse wire wrapped around.
The whole lot was then dry brushed with Tamiya weathering light sand to highlight the edges.
Coats of matt varnish were applied in different amounts to different areas to give a variation in ‘Mattness’ (I’m sure that’s not a real word) 
I made some camo netting to scale and coloured it in desert shades. The retaining straps were made of lead wire which I rolled flat with a bottle of tamiya XF-1 and then shaped the straps around the netting and barrel. They were glued at the bottom with Gator Glue and painted in Dark Yellow. I think this adds a touch more realisms to the stark barrel.
Comments welcome…
Thanks for looking, I’m alwys open to observations and comments.