Thank you John. Dreading tackling the figure and stowage painting.
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True. They leave factory painted foam-green, but crews usually repaint them in vehicle color during scheduled maintenance.
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I know, I invariably end up almost repainting the whole tank after I’ve painted the stowage lol… I bought set of small fine tipped brushes for that very reason…
Israel, what are the 2 small cylindrical things behind the Comd cupola and slightly to the right… And would they also be vehicle colour ?
Try slipping thin slivers of plasticard (food packaging is a good source of material) under handles and similar stowed items. Any spills and shaky brush actions are caught by the plastic sheet.
The edge between tool/stowage/whatever and fasteners/holders/clips are then the only areas you need to worry about
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Tracks are done and on, as are the side skirts.
Quite pleased with how the tracks turned out, and once they get the sand pigments and the dust wash added I think they will be looking ok.
Also added a wooden stowage box to the front right fender in front the bin, used some rope coloured cotton thread to represent a thinnish bit of rope.
I followed @Bison126 - Olivier’s guide on the tracks, Tamiya cold iron, then AK oily steel dry brushed on the inner links to show tyre wear, and on the outside edges. Also used a very small thinned down amount of MIG Track rust only to add some depth colour.
Israel, @ReluctantRenegade , do you think the crews would of over painted the reflectors on the rear mudguards ?
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Those are some really good looking tracks… and a very good looking tank!
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Thanks. The tracks are beautifuly cast and come with brass pins.
Cannisters holding smoke flares. They should be olive green, their mounts are painted in vehicle color.
BTW, this is a feature that remained practically unchanged for over 50 years now, you can even see them on Merkava Mk.4s.
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@ReluctantRenegade
Israel please can you tell me if the caps on the smoke dischargers either side of the turret are blue please?
Like this Magach:
No, they’re foam-green.
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Israel, thank you buddy, some excellent references there … Lucky that you’re in on this build …
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You’re welcome John, I’m glad to be assisting to your builds.
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John those tracks look spectacular!
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Thanks again Israel… Your knowledge and Nikos @gtdeath13 are making things a whole lot easier .
Thank Matt @SSGToms although, a has to go to @Bison126 for his recommendation and how he did his
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Amazing work @Johnnych01!
I managed to do a bit on my Shot Kal Dalet. There’s still a bit to go tho. (Tarps need to be repainted, the smoke launcher needs to be black, need to refine the mud and repaint the mg’s.)
What do yall think?
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Those are some really great looking Centurions!! like all of them
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