Hello, it’s time for painting !
After a grey coat of Mr Surface 1000, I’ve painted the french colors NATO scheme with mixing Tamiya, Gunze and AK real colors. They came together witout any troubles.
I’ve mixed some pale sand in the second layer and add some light grey in the third to dim the shades.
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Very fine camo work you’ve done there.
Great job on that camo !
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here it is after some oil pin washes and a black/sepia wash. I’ve also started to paint some details and equipments.
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Really nice. Great colors and restrained weathering. 
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here it is waiting dust and mud !
Details and weatheing are finished, I also have the rubber parts of the tracks and the ground to do.
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An excellent model - well built, good stowage and well finished.
Fantastic paint finish on this- the colors and weathering come together beautifully.
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after a big summer breack it’s time to work !
a lot of work on the individual rubber soles that were too thick
For the mud I use various products and tries not to be too much
The tankers are from Djiti’s with minor modifications
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Very impressive 
Details and weathering is top notch !!
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I call it finished, though they are many things that could be better. But it was a great fun to build and I’m not so far from the rendering I had in mind.
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Very well done indeed; I’m a great fan of French armour (and the ancient Heller kits - as mentioned some time ago), but I really like this one. Excellent work.
If I have one observation it would be the lack of any antennae, but I appreciate that may be for storage reasons.
Well done!
Thanks for your comment ! For the antennae I ordered one from Master Model and waiting for it…
Nice, muddy beast Gil! Its a good paint finish and the weathering dusting upwards from the bottom is realistic looking.
Great looking finish! Your display base shows off the articulated suspension quite well. The figures and weathering really help bring this build to life. 
I have one of these and can’t wait to build it, Gil your work inspires!
Pretty cool idea - what infantry figures did you use?
They’re from Heller too; again, the only game in town for that period of the Cold War I wanted. I replaced the heads with ones from Hornet, although to be honest, the kit ones weren’t that bad, once the large dome-shaped helmets were installed. I actually think the Hornet ones were a little off.
I saw some late WW2 DML figures that looked the part (bazooka team) that I thought may have been what you used. I guess Heller makes sense though. Its a shame that the manufacturers (plastic) ignore Cold War figure sets… if you want WW2 German, you have a treasure trove… want Cold War German - forget about it.
It was this set:
I also have this set waiting in the wings:
I quite like them, but they are just about the only game in town for 60s/70s Cold War, which means I can tie them in with the AFV kits that have come into existence since, armoured cars in particular, or say, the AMX 13 series - of which, perversely, I use Heller versions such as this AMX 13:
Clearly I like making life difficult for myself!
