Thank you Olivier

Hi all,
the build is complete. I added some details missing on the Tamiya kit. What bothers me the most is the engine deck that Tamiya have oversimplified.
I added some bits of plastic card to improve it but it still is not 100% accurate. For instance the wading rail is too large but it's too late to make a new one.

Here are the pictures.











I'd like any advise about a correct color for an GW1 Iraqi tank. I use the Tamiya range so I guess the base would be Desert Yellow plus something else.
TIA
Olivier

Well done Olivier, engine deck looks great

Regarding the pale sand color if I were you I'd use tamiya xf 57 buff

I imagine that you'll weather a lot your tank so starting from a light base would be perhaps better than having a darker base color (such as the xf 59)

Otherwise you could use xf 59 faded with a bit of white

My two cents anyway

Hi Olivier

it is a tight squeeze getting the wading rail to sit in between the air filter cover and the radiator torsion bar hinge... only thing i can add about your buyild is that there should be a notch cut out of the engine hatch plate where the fuel pipe inlet vent is located..

Andy

Hi Andy. Unfortunately as you probably know, in Tamiya kit there are a little space between the hinge and the hatches. Less than 1 mm. Correcting that flaw it would be rebuild the parte were are the engine hatches. I think that the tight sqeeze although is not perfect, is perhaps the best adjustment in my humble opinion

Thanks for the comment Andy. If I understand well what you mean about the notch cut out, you can see it on this picture.

Maybe it is not deep enough.

Mauro, you're certainly right about Buff being a good starting point. But I didn't intend to depict a battle-worn tank. The Enigma being a command tank, if I'm correct, I think it should have been well maintained.

Olivier

good job oliver
overall it looks very good.
Let see some paint

chris

olivier another great build I have one question did the kit come with the reservoir for the driver para-scope if so can you post the measurements for me I'm going to
build one for you T-62 thanks
dave

Thanks Dave.
Here are the reservoir dimensions :
length 15mm
height 3.5mm
width 1.8mm
tabs (on the side for the bolts) 1.2 x 1.2mm

Olivier

thanks this will help a lot olivier
dave

Hi all,
I finally put some paint on it. The shade is close to the Tamiya Buff. I brushed a filter of Sienna earth over the whole model before applying some Umber earth as pinwash.
The result is a bit too rusty considering my initial intent.
The tracks are not fully weathered yet. The exhaust still needs to be darkened and I'll apply some dust to show an operational tank but not a piece of scrap.











Olivier

Looks very good Olivier

Probably it would be perfect with a darker pin wash but is just my opinion

Congrats

man Olivier,
that's really nice! I'll second what Mauro said, maybe try 502ABT's 'shadow brown' you could also try to sprinkle on some darker dots with a greyish color via toothbrush to break up the surfaces even more. maybe some dark-yellow oil applications around the shadow areas could look good as well...

other than that I really like the rusty appearance, haven't seen many pics of these but the ones I've seen did look just like your model! thumbs up!

Cheers, Max

any other great build all i can say is wow
dave

SuPer great paint job
For me is a good paint job but I am not a super paint expert.
Chhers
Seb

Hi all,
here is the last batch of pictures and the final post on this Blog. The rest of the story can be read on my site.









Olivier

Well done Oliver......

Now it's simply perfect

Well done Olivier!

Olivier brilliant Enigma, only needs some real sand and a donkey :)

just kiddin', it's cool on it's own!