A few filters and pin washes have now been applied as well as a matt varnish. So far so good, the next stages will be adding some mud and dust effects and perhaps some built up mud on the running gear. Not forgetting of course to sort the tracks out.
A start has been made on the detail painting with the tools all done. I also used the AK gunmetal marker for the road wheels before giving the model a coat of satin varnish. Next the decals have now been applied. They went down very well and add a nice bit of interest to the model.
I've now got the model sprayed up with it's camo pattern. It's not as interesting as some of the patterns seen on other tanks but I'm just going with the kit suggestion for an easy time. Tamiya XF-58 olive green and XF-9 hull red are the main colours used. As usual I faded them with XF-15 flat flesh for the green and XF-64 red brown for the hull red.
Well that's the model all primed with Mr surfacer black primer and a brown primer for the tracks. The primer has really popped the detail on the figures.
Well the build has progressed really well with it now almost finished apart from adding a tarp and perhaps a wooden crate on the rear trench skid. Again detail is excellent throughout the kit and just a small bit of work is needed on a few mold seams. A quick scrape with the scalpel and some stippled tamiya extra thin adds just the right texture and hides those areas.
The Dynamo figures are also extremely well printed. The uniform details are awesome and I'm really looking forward to painting them up.
Swift progress on this little gem with the track runs sorted. They can be removed carefully for painting later as well. The cast areas have a very nice texture which should show up during painting and weathering. As you can see two handles on the engine deck covers have been added, I think this is pretty much all that needs adding detail wise.
Looking for another quick and easy build I have cracked open the recently acquired Tamiya H39 French light tank. I also have an excellent set of two figures from Dynamo models which should work perfectly for the scene I have in mind.
The model is yet another superb release from Tamiya. The detail is excellent and so far the fit of parts is flawless. Also again there is not much to improve on apart from a couple of handles on the engine deck covers.
A small tamiya base is the perfect size to display the finished model. I used some plaster followed by fine sand & gravel to add the groundwork followed by static grass and carved plants from stretched sprue. Once all cured overnight the whole base had a black primer coat followed by tamiya colours for the earth and grass.
Nothing fancy or complicated just something to show the model in a realistic way. I'm so happy with the result I may go for another simple tamiya kit next and just enjoy building and painting without lots of extras and scratch building for a change.
With the final weathering done on the running gear and tracks then final assembly before painting the figure the little panzer is now all done. I really enjoyed this little kit, everything fitted perfectly and the detail on the model is excellent. Now I will make up a small base to finish the project off.
Ater giving the model a coat of matt varnish I've begun to add some dust effects to the hull and running gear using some AK gouaches. This is the first time using them and so far I'm getting some good results. As they are acrylic based they can be thinned with water and also reactivated with water so they're easy to remove if needed.
