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In color. Over a light shot of dark green I hit it with Vallejo desert tan followed by a very light coat of Tamiya sand.
IMG_4509 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_4508 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
The dozer assembly has less of the light sand, and the face of the blade is black, ready for some Rub 'n Buff silver before weathering.
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Great colouring Russ.
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Decals are on, copying the markings on a museum vehicle as best possible.
Clear next, then detail painting and weathering.
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I was going all-out on this model, thinking I could have it ready for a local IPMS deal today, but Thursday night (very late) I was just staring at it and thinking I had so much to do still and I was getting cross-eyed, so I pulled up and took a break. This is where I am now, dozer on, basic weathering done but still a lot of small bits to add, and zip for stowage. I really want to stow this thing up like a chuck wagon…
IMG_4515 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_4514 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
Sorry for the cluttered background, but it’s very representative of where my head was at the time.
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It may not be exactly where you need it to be Russ, but its looking pretty damn good … dozer looks great and that basic weathering is a nice base to work on to fine tune it.
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I have been slow to complete my Mk2B build, but i have been putting it together, albeit slowly…
The lower hull is complete for the most part, primed in mahogany primer from Mr. Hobby. I want to add the belly plate and battering ram sold by legend, but don’t know if both will fit together. I’ll figure it out. The tracks are R-Model metal tracks, painted and sanded slightly to show bare metal.
Turret work was painless, although I made a slight boo-boo with one of the persicopes, so with a little surgery and sanding, i was able to put the correct one… Then i did another boobo, this time with the armored box around the tank’s thermal sight; glued one of the sides askew and now, the box looks jacked up. Too late for correcting it, so i’m letting it as-is.
This is how it stands at the moment. hard to keep track of my builds, with so many others on the bench.
I want to add the anti-slip, but after purchasing the anti-slip kit from AK Interactive, the bottle holding the glue broke and I only have the sand. Anyone knows how to dilute regular plastic cement? I have some Tamiya plastic cement (the orange capped bottle), figure I could find a way to dilute it and use that to apply the textue. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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You can use clear acrylic varnish instead of glue, I used it on my Puma, as regular glue don’t work with resin surface. You can also wash the surface using acrylic thinner if you are not satisfied with the effect and do it again.
Actually, it is not resin, it’s regular plastic. 
It looks awfully light because I had to modify the picture in order to show the lower hull details, all of it which is primed in Mr. Hobby Mahogany Brown primer.
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I’ve used Tamiya Clear Flat to get AK anti-slip to stick. I could not figure out how to work with the AK glue. It was globby and dried stupid fast. Clear flat goes on smooth and you have time to apply the texture.
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I will have to try that. I’ll practice on some sheet styrene before I fully commit to the upper hull and turret. I’m afraid to eff it up. Pray for me. 
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I know, but it work with plastic too 
Tamiya clear flat is the same method as clear acrylic varnish
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Do you thin it or do you use it straight out of the bottle?
I use it straight from the bottle and use flat brush to apply on model surfaces.
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I have plenty of it, I will try that and post my results.
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Added the rear bustle rack to the build, along with the top glacial plate.
Everything fits in place awesomely.
Still a few more details to go, but so far, so good. 
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Looking very nice … You should be happy with that 
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More weathering done, this time area and pin washes.
IMG_4523 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_4524 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
There’s a lot of small detail items on this thing and I really want to make them pop. Lately I’ve been going easy on contrasting things but I’m headed the other way here.
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Nicely done anti-slip surface, Raynier! 
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