Cruising around in my A9 CS

[adt70hk]

Scottie

Coming on very nicely indeed. Like the camo effect even if according to Jakko is a bit dark.

It looks very good indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

[RonGlass]

John,
Ron is right it's strips of Tamyia masking tape dusted with talc to allow it to be passed through the PE buckle. No spiders just a lot of swearing lol.

No spiders around this place Paul, John's torched them all by now

[papa 695]

Looking very good in the war paint Paul.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Scottie. As to the colours, not sure what period you are going for, but that looks accurate for a late 1941 SCC2 number 2/ Dark Tarmak number 4 disruptive pattern. Like this…


These colours replaced the original khaki green 3 and dark green G4 disruptive pattern from late 1941. This is the end of the A9 lifespan, but could have been seen…..the original pre 1941 scheme looked something like this….

Hope this helps…
Cheers
Tim

[BattleshipBob]

You must have X ray vision Paul lol

[scottie3158]

Scottie

Coming on very nicely indeed. Like the camo effect even if according to Jakko is a bit dark.

It looks very good indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

Cheers mate, as everyone knows I have never been historically accurate.

No spiders around this place Paul, John's torched them all by now

No spiders just eye strain and a shaking hand.

Looking very good in the war paint Paul.

Ian, thanks mate now the fun part, weathering.

Looks great Scottie. As to the colours, not sure what period you are going for, but that looks accurate for a late 1941 SCC2 number 2/ Dark Tarmak number 4 disruptive pattern. Like this…
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These colours replaced the original khaki green 3 and dark green G4 disruptive pattern from late 1941. This is the end of the A9 lifespan, but could have been seen…..the original pre 1941 scheme looked something like this….
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Hope this helps…
Cheers
Tim

Cheers Tim, I will have to check which vehicle I am representing. As I said to Andrew I have never been to worried about historical accuracy as long as it's not outrageously wrong.

You must have X ray vision Paul lol

Bob, now wouldn't that be cool.

[adt70hk]

Cheers mate, as everyone knows I have never been historically accurate.

A man after my own heart..... You should see some of my builds!

[Graeme C.]

The Paint looks good to me Paul.

[Mini Me]

Well Scottie, I must say you are doing yourself proud Sir........I "Cruised" through this thread and am amazed at the thought and effort you have put into this build. I'll continue to hang out in the back and see how this goes from here. :thumb2: Rick H.

[Steve Jones]

When you do your oil dot method you can change the green to whatever your happy with mate. I do like the spare track additions. Great imagination my friend.

I'm sure you already have this but here is a quick reminder

Colour Sceme

[scottie3158]

A man after my own heart..... You should see some of my builds!

I think it is to easy to get hung up about every thing that should be. For myself I just like to enjoy the build and end up with a hopefully fair representation of what it is supposed to be.

The Paint looks good to me Paul.

Thanks Graeme, that's good enough for me.

Well Scottie, I must say you are doing yourself proud Sir........I "Cruised" through this thread and am amazed at the thought and effort you have put into this build. I'll continue to hang out in the back and see how this goes from here. :thumb2: Rick H.

Rick, very kind of you to say mate.

When you do your oil dot method you can change the green to whatever your happy with mate. I do like the spare track additions. Great imagination my friend.

I'm sure you already have this but here is a quick reminder

Colour Sceme

Steve, thanks mate. That was a very useful link and is safely saved for future reference.

[Isitme]

Thanks Jakko. I did just use black green first but it didn't look right or as dark as the box illustration, so I darkened it down with Mark black. It is still green but as you say it could be to dark now.

Once you get a wash on the green it will take it down to the right shade, I find the paint offered by the manufacturers for models to be a hit and miss affair. As it sits now, I would leave well enough alone. Remember back then if it said green on the tin, that is what the squaddies used... even we did that when touching up our vehicles in the late '60 and 70's..
Mike.

[scottie3158]

Once you get a wash on the green it will take it down to the right shade, I find the paint offered by the manufacturers for models to be a hit and miss affair. As it sits now, I would leave well enough alone. Remember back then if it said green on the tin, that is what the squaddies used... even we did that when touching up our vehicles in the late '60 and 70's..
Mike.

Cheers Mike, The matt varnish also lightens the overall finish. The same applied in the 80's as well mate. And if you wanted the paint to look good for a parade it got an oil/kerosene wash.

[scottie3158]

The body work is nearly done, a final dusting will be done when I decide on a base. I don't want it to be to mucky and it wouldn't be that chipped or damaged as it didn't survive long.



The wheels look a bit out of line in the picture but they are not fixed yet.









cheers for looking comments or advice welcome.

Scottie

[Strenko J]

Paul,

I apologize for not commenting on this during the course of your build... haven't been on the site for pretty much of this summer...having said that... this is Fantastic work all along the way and of course icing on the cake comes along with your superb paint job. Well Done..you never disappoint :thumb2: