Churchill...

[Guest]

Final update.
The build is now over and the model is finally on its tracks. Have been a bit busy doing diy stuff with the next door neighbour, 20 tons of topsoil to dispose off, fences to paint, old tree roots to dispose of, and now one damaged forfinger, and yes it is on the good hand, so it is strapped up to the next finger - this is when you really know who your friends are..... think about it.
What is for the future, I have a couple in the stash I want to get on with/finish, plus yet another bridgelayer which will be for the nationals next year, but more of these later when the builds start and the finger recovers.
So for the final pics - I give you....
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And that is it for this build - it may go onto a base a bit later once the idea is formulated. Once again many thanks for joining in and posting your likes and comments.
Cheers, Mike.

[papa 695]

Sorry Mike just seen this great build.

[JR]

Fantastic, Mike.
Are those tracks metal, because they certainly look it.
Look fwd to seeing it next year !

As for DIY with your neighbor, and your finger being strapped up that is quite enough information.!:surprised::surprised::surprised::sur prised::flushed::smiling::tongue-out3:.

[stillp]

It's all good, but those tracks are seriously impressive Mike.
Pete

[Guest]

Sorry Mike just seen this great build.

Ian,
Never too late, nothing exciting in the build as everything went to plan - almost.
Cheers, Mike

[Guest]

John & Pete,
The tracks are the AFV Club offering, easy to assemble once you get into the rythm. They were then sprayed MIG 2007 Tracks Primer, this was followed random sprays of three shades of rust, once dry I masked off the areas that I did not want in natural metal and then sprayed these areas Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium. Once dried the sprayed areas were given a dusting of Gunmetal pigments brushed in with a short hair brush. Weathering then took over once the masking had been completed and a coat of satin varnish applied and left for about 24 hours. I mixed up a batch of European Dust, Raw Umber, Concrete, Ashes and Panzer Grey pigments to give me the greyish earth mix I wanted, into this went some of my 'brush wash' which is just washing up liquid/clean water to make a liquid past, and brushed on where needed. This was followed by a diluted brown acrylic and left to dry. The pigments were then lightly brushed to take away some of the dry pigments and that is what you have left. The odd bits of track were cut off from each length as you cannot see them, so why fight with the full length.
John, it could possibly be at the nationals, if I can get the base idea into reality, but we shall see.
Cheers, Mike.

[JR]

John & Pete,
The tracks are the AFV Club offering, easy to assemble once you get into the rythm. They were then sprayed MIG 2007 Tracks Primer, this was followed random sprays of three shades of rust, once dry I masked off the areas that I did not want in natural metal and then sprayed these areas Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium. Once dried the sprayed areas were given a dusting of Gunmetal pigments brushed in with a short hair brush. Weathering then took over once the masking had been completed and a coat of satin varnish applied and left for about 24 hours. I mixed up a batch of European Dust, Raw Umber, Concrete, Ashes and Panzer Grey pigments to give me the greyish earth mix I wanted, into this went some of my 'brush wash' which is just washing up liquid/clean water to make a liquid past, and brushed on where needed. This was followed by a diluted brown acrylic and left to dry. The pigments were then lightly brushed to take away some of the dry pigments and that is what you have left. The odd bits of track were cut off from each length as you cannot see them, so why fight with the full length.
John, it could possibly be at the nationals, if I can get the base idea into reality, but we shall see.
Cheers, Mike.

Wow well it worked. Thanks for explanation.

[Guest]

Wow well it worked. Thanks for explanation.

John,
No problem.
Mike

[Jim R]

Hi Mike
A real quality result. Shows what skill you have.
Jim

[Mr Bowcat]

Really, really nice Mike.

[Fernando N]

Superb result Mike :thumb2: :thumb2: .

[Guest]

Update,
Since the last post of the 'finished' item, I forgot to show the progress...
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Commander during painting.

[colin m]

This is looking really good. Figures, I'm always a touch jealous of you chaps that can paint figures !

[scottie3158]

Mike,
That's a cracking build and a nice looking figure.

[Guest]

This is looking really good. Figures, I'm always a touch jealous of you chaps that can paint figures !

Hi Colin,
I used to paint a lot, mainly Napoleonics some years ago, and all in oils. And despite the great tutorial by Peter Day on this forum and all the other tutorials online I still cannot paint in acrylics as far as figures are concerned... So you are not on your own in your jealousy.
Mike.