British Sherman Mk.III Dragon 1/35

[Guest]

Hy everybody...

Here is my new project... As you already saw: British Sherman Mk.III-Sicily battlefield

I put Mr surfacer 1000 on and preshading is done, as well:

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[tr1ckey66]

I can already tell that this is going to be a nice model.

Great prep work and looking forward to seeing this progress.

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

Here is some progress. Hope you like it.

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[Guest]

Nobody's complaining, so the conclusion is that there is nothing wrong with my work

Here is some progress:

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[Ian M]

I said nothing 'cause it's better than my one :-/

I like the colour variation you have got into the ground colour, looks nicely aged. What paint did you use?

Where you as surprised as I was at the amount of bits left in the box when you where done building? Should come in handy for the odd diorama.

Ian M

[tr1ckey66]

You're doing a great job. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Cheers

P

[Guest]

Fantastic work, looking real good.

Andy

[Guest]

I said nothing 'cause it's better than my one :-/I like the colour variation you have got into the ground colour, looks nicely aged. What paint did you use?

Where you as surprised as I was at the amount of bits left in the box when you where done building? Should come in handy for the odd diorama.

Ian M

I used the colors as it's listed in instructions. So, Model Master 1706 sand and 1723 gunship grey. In the instructions they called it Tan and Field grey. Yes, I was surprised whit amount of "extra" parts the first time I did Dragon model. Very surprised You could assamble some What if model from it ))

Anyway, I am glad that you like it, guys

I am planning to put some filter on to menage it look like faded and burned by the sun. This model will represent vehicle that fought in Sicily, 1943.

[Guest]

Some work I have been doing for the last couple of days. Gloss varnish and decals are apllied.

I used two-component finishing car varnish and I am thrilled with the result. Only two thin coats and it is shining like a disco ball

One of croatian modellers tested this car varnish with anything you can imagine and nothing can damage it. Not even nitro. This is very important thing to know, because:

a) your model is fully protected

b) you cannot fix any painting mistakes.

The second step was decals. Everything was just fine untill I noticed that I am missing one decal. But I didn't lose it. Dragon didn't put it in the box. So, I have one red-white-stripe decal too few (last picture) , but one "38" decal too many. I was very surprised and dissapointed with this. After consulting croatian modellers I decided to paint the missing decal. The problem is that I have to guess the shade of the red color. If you have any suggestions, I would like to hear it.

I would like to separate the pictures in two attachments segments, but I don't know how to. So, that is my second question.

Pictures (and please answer about red color and separating the pictures):

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[Guest]

Noone knows? :darn::noidea:

[Ian M]

Hi Pilot (come on own ups whats your real name)?

Only just seen the last two posts.

Sounds odd that there was a decal missing. What ever. I would guess that they used Insignia red but not 100% on that. If you are worried about a match problem, If it was me I would paint them all so that there is no problem finding the right match, and for mear mortals such as us red is a paint to match.

Clive is looking great by the way and I am a tiny bit envious that mine did not come out as well!!! lol

Ian M

[Guest]

Hy guys.

Here is a bit of progress. I did some weathering on my sherman. I think that this is enough. A coat of dust (pigments) will be applied and just a few new scratches after that.

Hope you like it and I would like to hear your opinion.

Cheers, Ljubo...

EDIT: Red-white insignias have been painted, because of losing one decal

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[Ian M]

That looking very good. You made a good job of painting those red and white markings!

I will look forwards to seeing it with the tracks on but it is looking very nice already.

Ian M

[Guest]

As I said: the dust

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[Guest]

looks great with the dust added. should come together nicely with the wheels and track added.