Well here’s my next completed project 1/35 Tamiya Comet tank from 1944 basically D-Day you can tell it’s a D-Day version due to the exhaust cover on the back and the 5 pointed star on top of the tank to prevent it from being strafed by one of the marauding allied planes which by then had supremacy of the air also in the more modern versions it had a split cover in the early version such as in this one they were continuous
I had posted this post before on the previous forum, but it looks like it’s disappeared so I will post it again along with some pictures
For those, of you who are you looking for an armoured vehicle that goes together like the Tamiya Spitfire in 1/32 then this is the model for you the parts literally snapped together and just need a little bit of glue and they’re also cleverly engineered as they have separate tabs on each part which are different to each other, so you can’t put the same part in the wrong place other manufacturers need to follow this trend
The tracks are also a revelation to me anyway they comprise of two solid long centre sections which are glued to the wheels by means of tabs and then you just add the individual links to go round the idler wheel and the sprocket wheel absolutely brilliant although I can see a problem with people that want to pose the tank in a diorama which has uneven ground because there is no flexibility in the tracks
The model was painted using the hairy stick method this is the only way I’ve learnt to paint. I don’t own an airbrush and I’ve no intention of obtaining one present. We were taught how to paint shade at school using brushes so this is the method I’ve used ever since As at the time of my school there is no such thing as an airbrush or at least not the one available to general public they may well have had them in the large automotive manufacturers
I used Revell acrylic paint not the number one choice of everybody I know but I get on with them so I use them.
I had posted this post before on the previous forum, but it looks like it’s disappeared so I will post it again along with some pictures
For those, of you who are you looking for an armoured vehicle that goes together like the Tamiya Spitfire in 1/32 then this is the model for you the parts literally snapped together and just need a little bit of glue and they’re also cleverly engineered as they have separate tabs on each part which are different to each other, so you can’t put the same part in the wrong place other manufacturers need to follow this trend
The tracks are also a revelation to me anyway they comprise of two solid long centre sections which are glued to the wheels by means of tabs and then you just add the individual links to go round the idler wheel and the sprocket wheel absolutely brilliant although I can see a problem with people that want to pose the tank in a diorama which has uneven ground because there is no flexibility in the tracks
The model was painted using the hairy stick method this is the only way I’ve learnt to paint. I don’t own an airbrush and I’ve no intention of obtaining one present. We were taught how to paint shade at school using brushes so this is the method I’ve used ever since As at the time of my school there is no such thing as an airbrush or at least not the one available to general public they may well have had them in the large automotive manufacturers
I used Revell acrylic paint not the number one choice of everybody I know but I get on with them so I use them.
- The colours are mixed myself as the description said that it was a olive drab with a brown tinge. I believe there’s a special code for it that the military used. I can’t remember exactly what it is but you can look it up. It’s not difficult to find. The decals were finished off with with Microsol so that they adhered to the contours of the actual surface of the model, The final thing I want to add is the figures this is my first time figure painting and i’m afraid that the faces of these people look like they’ve been in a horror movie. It’s just gonna need a lot more practice before I get these correct. anyway enjoy Regards Colin
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