Saddam’s Brolly

[Steve Jones]

Ditto. It's been a joy watching this come together Alistair. Good luck with the wet stuff

[Guest]

Very nice-looking vehicle and model like this. You’re certainly turning a mediocre model into a very good one.

[Road of Bones]

Si, Steve, Jakko- most kind of you chaps!

I broke it all down for paint, and mounted all the bits on sticks. I PVA’d the hull to a stand made out of an old CD stacker so I didn’t have to handle it again too:

Ready to prime...

...primed! Now we’re in stealth mode...
According to my main reference (a build in Rinaldi’s Tankart 3 book), the base colour is a straight 1:1 mix of XF1 white and XF15 flesh, which gives a sort of Iraqi B&Q magnolia:

You can make out where the black primer has acted as a preshade in this view. The gun & wheels got the treatment too:

I sprayed the wheels using a mask, so the rubber tyres stayed in the primer colour.
Next episode...weathering!

Alistair☠️

[Steve Jones]

Niiiice!

[Guest]

That will work, wife says thats the colour she wants in the hallway, I said black! ears are still ringing....
Mike.

[Road of Bones]

Ok then, time for the next chapter...paint & weathering!

I used a sponge to dab on some scratches around the hull behind the running gear, as a couple of pics I’d seen of these vehicles indicated that the tracks either rubbed on the hull during running, or threw up a lot of crap that scoured the paintwork:

I also used some Liquid pigments Colonial Sand to cake some sand & dust around the suspension. Next up, I used the Fruils tracks to wear away the paint on the horns of the metal sprockets to get a more authentic wear pattern (enhanced with a bit of scalpel scraping too):

After adding the rest of the running gear, I gave the hull a pin wash with dark brown enamel wash:



In the next instalment, chipping, pigments and stains!

Thanks for looking,

Alistair☠️

[yak face]

Been watching this from afar Alistair , amazing scratching and attention to detail , superb skills . It’s looking great now , cheers tony

[scottie3158]

Al,
Just caught up with this again. Stunning work on all the additions and paint work.

[Jim R]

Hi Alistair
That paint job looks great and the black base was a really successful idea. Love the scratches/wear caused by the tracks. Attention to detail like that makes this extra special.
Jim

[Steven000]

Amazing work Alistair, looks very nice :thumb2:

[Road of Bones]

Tony- watching from afar? We’re in the same city! :smiling2:
Jim- you know how addictive that detailing can get! :nerd:
Scottie, Steven- many thanks gents!

Pushing on then...
I used a couple of AK enamel washes to create streaks and a bit of rusting. Seeing as the hulls of these vehicles are predominantly Aluminium, the rust can only really be present on the steelwork, but water runoff can streak rust down the sides:

I also scraped a black pastel chalk with a blade to get diesel soot for the exhaust flaps. After some reflection (and a bit of advice from another moggle) I decided the streaks were a bit heavy-handed, so I toned them down with a little thinner:

Obviously, the armament required similar treatment:


I sponge-chipped the ammo cans with a little aluminium, and burnished the seat pans with some pencil graphite dust. I took the view that the guns would not have been assiduously maintained leading up to the fall of Baghdad, so they got a light rust wash too.

More soon- thanks for looking chaps!
Alistair☠️

[minitnkr]

Up to your usual standards. Beautyiful scratchery. PaulE

[Steve Jones]

Nice to see you using reference photos for your weathering work. It certainly is coming along a treat. Great stuff

[Jim R]

Hi Alistair
Seriously good stuff going on. Weathering can make or break a model. Your's is realistic, reflects the conditions and is 'in scale'.
Jim

[Road of Bones]

Paul, Steve, Jim- thanks guys!
Time for the next instalment then gents...weathering continued!

I used my standard sponge-chipping method on this thing, using a combination of Russian Green (the colour it would have been supplied in), black-brown and a little aluminium to add scratches and chips on the corners and raised parts. I then scraped the tip of a 2B pencil with a scalpel to get a pile of graphite dust, which I then used to burnish more of the working parts, such as the hinges, handles and hatches:




The tracks got a clean in acetone, and then a dunking in this burnishing fluid (other brands are available):

I then used a bit of wet ‘n dry to scuff the cleats and guide horns to show a little wear:

to be continued...