These baskets were fairly “fiddly” but with patience it is not that bad. Certainly no worse than the cargo-cage and the balls-on-chains. This is my limited experience that Meng is as good as Tamiya.
This (below) is from adding the darkest “olive” color I had into the dark recesses. There was a little left in the cup so I did a little aircraft-style panel lining, ha!
Excellent job Ed. Gotta get me one of these Merkavas ! The color you have mixed looks fine, eye balling it isn’t a bad idea. After weathering it won’t matter too much. Every pic I see of Israeli vehicles is different.
Nice work and yeah the Sinai Gray that you have a color chip of is definitely a little too stand out but it’s meant to be weathered to death unless you’re doing fresh out of factory and even then it’s the wrong color but it can be used can be used very well just you have to cover with other stuff to make it look right
I think one reason I struggled with the darkness is my primer. I like the black primer on aircraft, makes panel lining better/easier. The surfacer 1500 was sprayed from a can and I was horrified at the thickness, LOL. I always shoot with a lot of thinner, so the color is layered but still thin. I’m thinking some of the black is showing through.
At least I’ve learned to look at it under multiple lighting, and to wait a day of four before changing my mind and making changes. Slowing down is hard for me sometimes, but it pays off if I can do it.
I asked Robert Goldman which brand/ color was the closest to Sanai Gray and this is his response.
"Believe it or not. The color chips don’t lie it was always testors enamel Sinai Gray
Always.
You just add a drop of whatever to age it.
So base Sinai grey then a drop of thinners and a drop of french White and go within the panels then another drop and go within what you just did. It’s sorta an airbrush dry brush effect then just when you think you’ve ruined it you mist it watch the base coat
Thanks. I purposely left the APS covers off because the kit doesn’t give you the option of displaying them open or closed, only closed. There are loads of pictures of actual vehicles available that show the covers removed, so I did that.
I have heard that the IDF AFV Paint color has sometimes been referred to as “chameleon olive drab” since it seems to change tone as the daylight shifts.
It has to do with how much thinner they used to paint it in my day they even used diesel fuel because those painted in unit and not taking back to the shop