The major parts put together temporarily, just to give an idea of what the model will look like when finished:
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Here’s the interior, not complete yet but getting there:
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The radio and 37 mm ammunition rack to the left of the driver:
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I painted the projectiles of all the rounds blue, to indicate target practice ammunition, because this will be a model of a very early tank somewhere in the USA, not in combat in North Africa. For the brass parts, I used Games Workshop Redemptor Armour, which is a brass colour that covers well; when dry, I added a coat of GW Chestnut Ink, which is red-brown, and the drybrushed with a gold colour from Army Painter. I quite like the resulting effect, not too bright and shiny but still a good metal colour.
MiniArt would have you paint the radio black, but the real thing was olive drab with black panels and white surrounds to them, plus natural metal knobs, jacks, etc. I did this by first painting the radio OD, then making the panels black and adding the white once that was dry. Finally, I touched up the OD where white had gone onto it — this is far easier than trying to paint the white neatly in only the areas it is supposed to go.
In place in the hull:
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After taking the photos, I glued the 37 mm gun into the turret and added its elevation mechanism and stabiliser, still unpainted:
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You need to pay a lot of attention to where and how the parts for the stabiliser fit, because it’s not very clear from the instructions or by looking at the parts themselves.
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Here’s the interior, not complete yet but getting there:
[ATTACH]416923[/ATTACH][ATTACH]416924[/ATTACH]
The radio and 37 mm ammunition rack to the left of the driver:
[ATTACH]416925[/ATTACH]
I painted the projectiles of all the rounds blue, to indicate target practice ammunition, because this will be a model of a very early tank somewhere in the USA, not in combat in North Africa. For the brass parts, I used Games Workshop Redemptor Armour, which is a brass colour that covers well; when dry, I added a coat of GW Chestnut Ink, which is red-brown, and the drybrushed with a gold colour from Army Painter. I quite like the resulting effect, not too bright and shiny but still a good metal colour.
MiniArt would have you paint the radio black, but the real thing was olive drab with black panels and white surrounds to them, plus natural metal knobs, jacks, etc. I did this by first painting the radio OD, then making the panels black and adding the white once that was dry. Finally, I touched up the OD where white had gone onto it — this is far easier than trying to paint the white neatly in only the areas it is supposed to go.
In place in the hull:
[ATTACH]416926[/ATTACH]
After taking the photos, I glued the 37 mm gun into the turret and added its elevation mechanism and stabiliser, still unpainted:
[ATTACH]416927[/ATTACH]
You need to pay a lot of attention to where and how the parts for the stabiliser fit, because it’s not very clear from the instructions or by looking at the parts themselves.
Painting the projectiles is something I couldn’t not do — this is the kind of detail that’s very easy to get right with just a little research, and in this case it adds a little colour to the interior. (Not that you’ll be able to see much of it, when the model is fully built, though.)
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