Emhar 1/72 british MK IV tank

[The Migrant]

Looks really good, Alan

[Alan 45]

Cheers Mike I appreciate that

Hello,I found your build thread on the Emhar Male tank, I am just finishing off putting together the female one but I'm not sure of the colours. I found a conversion for the FS codes but I only have Tamiya and Humbrol and none of them match the codes they use (FS 16118, 10219, 10118 and 14187) I am going to do the German version.

The notes say just a basic battleship grey on most, the Germans then used grey on the captured ones with some camouflage used but not having much joy. Once built I can leave it until I get the right ones. Also, what colour would the tracks be? You said a steel grey so I was thinking something like a gunmetal grey then dry brush with silver/black and rust before some mud.

It is a neat little kit and pretty much completed it in a few hours yesterday.

Neil

the colours of these first tanks are unclear even bovington tank museum can't be sure of the exact colours , I painted mine in a nato olive but I've seen them in olive drab, khaki , dark green, so I personally wouldn't worry too much about it but

I painted my tracks in Vallejo oily steel then added a rust pigment wash and let that dry before giving it a dry brush of oily steel again

[papa 695]

I don't know how I missed this one first time around Alan, a very nice build I did the Airfix one for the captured GB

[Alan 45]

I don't know how I missed this one first time around Alan, a very nice build I did the Airfix one for the captured GB

Cheers Ian appreciate it , It didn't stay on the recent posts for long so blink and you would have missed it

[Guest]

Nice work Alan, that looks just right by the way nice work on the paint and the tracks.

scott