more work on the hull… the hatches are a multi-part assembly but build up really nice. Also done the side skirts, think I need to paint the wheels/lower hull/tracks (still think there is 1 too many link as well) soon then add the side skirts before the digital scheme (on this, I have primed up a plastic tub to allow me to trial the colour scheme - think the NATO green is too dark so need to see (plan to fade each colour as I go rather than at the end when all painted)…
wahoo… primer on. Next step will be portland stone on the lower hull & wheels (allowing side skirts to be glued on ahead of full digital scheme… as said, this is 100% what-if scheme
first colour of digital scheme - Khaki Green no 4 (and faded with a touch of light grey)… really nice base, next up slate grey I believe - probably a few weeks for that as
I see the issue and it will cause soft edges, surely. As an advice, I was repainting with airbrush a 1/43 die-cast Toyota Land Cruiser model, fully assembled (the owner is my boss and he wanted to have the vehicle model in a different color). It is a toy basically and disassembly was clearly impossible. I had to mask off all decals, windows and lights to ensure no paint on them. I used Tamiya yellow and it did stick very well over the smallest index-lamps and other bumpy surfaces, too. These features are very small in this scale. So I would recommend to stop now and give a try to such masking tapes from Japan (Tamiya-Gunze-Hasegawa, whichever, those guys are striving for excellence in modelling tools). Otherwie you will have to hand-brush many places (which is sometimes easy but mostly hardwork.
yeah considered that… you are right, think I will stop and get some tamiya tape - have 1cm but would need to join too many parts together to get something decent…the one advantage of the vinyl sheet is that I can print on the back having designed “shapes” on PC then cut out…
changed it… switched to tamiya tape (1cm)… big parts are 5mm x 5mm and then a few smaller 2mm x 2mm… squares are bigger but think this is better (especially in terms of sticking to the kit - vinyl just wasnt adhering
Looks good @robw_uk. I actually liked it in just the black primer, it looks very mean and moody like that. The digi cam and the masking looks nice as well. I would like to try this style of cam on a Chally 2 so will be keeping tabs on how this looks ---- no pressure lol
thanks both… i liked the look in the Khaki actually… almost stopped myself moving on to the next phase (well I haven’t actually started the paint so still could - but want to see what it is like (no decals so can always repaint))
Silver grey now added… all masked up for final Portland Stone and reveal tomorrow… thinking of masking white & red stripes on the front (a la Matilda) and using one of the name decals from the Tamiya kit to give it that "what if the British Army had Terminators and a war in the desert)…
