Thank you James!! Plenty more destruction to go and then I can move into laying some color and plenty of weathering to this one!!!

As I said on MSC....this is getting real interesting!!

LOL...Thanks again Bob!! Appreciate you swinging by both places too!! I am at the point I WANT TO PAINT IT!! So, if I am lucky I will start picking up the build pace soon!!

psssst...

(Rob's cheating)





Not!!

Quick update. Got the tracks glued up and a dry run on the base.

That base fits like a glove! Looking good Rob.

Great showing Rob!!! The base is sweet!! In the home stretch now!!!


With any luck I will get the bulk finished on mine in the next day or so and get into some paint!!! Should have an update soon!

Here is where mine stands at the moment....

I attacked the pea shooter last night. I must say I like the detail on the gun itself, however little to none of this will be seen when done.



From thins angle, maybe. I seen a shot from the museum that the gun shows, so the interior will get some paint all around.





The butt.....





Tonight I should finish the plastic damage all around. I stumbled across one picture I had not seen before of this tank being brought back...that make 4 after she got owned by the good guys...anyway it was taken by a trailing vehicle from behind....this opened a couple doors for a 'little' damage on the rear right fender that was obscured in other pics.

Thanks again for hanging around!!!

That's coming together now, T. I need to get over to France to see it for real.

Thanks Bob!! WOuldn't mind that myself!! Couple days there just looking around and taking pics in the museum alone!!

I'm back again. Just got to the bench 45 min ago and thought I would show a quick sbs to explain the reason for the dust streaks on the sides. Since the tank was in this position before whatever house or building came down it would have been covered in debris. This also explains why I sand the tank into the base.
A pic of the front of the tank I did first and is some what dry now.



Instead of using just earth I ground up some brick cement and plaster to an almost powder being sure to leave some bits. A small amount was also mixed with light earth.



I first applied some of the earth, brick mix.



Then came some of the AK sand and gravel fixer applied with sparingly, don't want to soak the model.



While still wet I applied more of the powder and bits, adding some brick color here and there.



After that some light earth/dust pigments from AK.



Now the model is set aside to dry, then some final dust pigments where needed.





Will give the base the same treatment and maybe add some detail bits. Need to get this one done before the Zombies get here.. ;D ;D
Should have this wrapped up tonight....and not bad for 2 1/2 weeks work.

that's cool, Rob!

Rob, did you add anything like Future after adding the dirt/plaster/brick cement? I assume not but I figured I should ask for future reference anyways.

Nope, only the AK Interactive Gravel & Sand fixer. I have to let it all dry to see if it needs more light dust pigments

Great stuff!! Thanks for the SBS.

Beside touching up things like the rear light, I am calling this one done. I have added an SBS and more images on my website. www.scratchmod.com

Marvelous work on this Rob...she is a real beauty!!! Layout is superb as all the dirt and rubble and painting!! Gonna be a hard act to follow!!

I know Rob has made a tremendous effort and all but finished his 1/2 of the L/70 part of this Duel...pictures to follow soon I am sure. I will take the time now to move my end along!!!

I spent some time yesterday playing with some fiddly shinny pieces.







Took a couple minutes to get all those wheels ready for some paint too!!



I am hoping to sneak in and out of the cave today and pretty much get this one ready for the booth...then sit down and make up some tracks!!!

Thanks for having a peek!!!

Excellent finish Rob, and another great tutorial!

Todd, do you ever sleep? Great progress on this one, looking forward to seeing you slap some paint on

uuuuuhhhhh....progress! The PE looks good T. Man, I hate those little tie downs! You've done a great job keeping them lined up around the tank.

Thanks James!!! LOL... I do get to sleep from time to time!!! Yet something is always calling me to the bench!!!

Thank you Bob!! Those little bit are tough to place and keep lined up. Making some progress again today...will have another update soon I think!! I would love to get this into the booth tonight for some "Prime-time"!!!

Thanks Bob, James and T.

Man now I feel the pressure to get the Part II of this duel going...the StuG III. I have an idea for the painting of the StuG, but not the setting and base yet.

Again....no moss on the rolling stone!!

A quick update, as I will be heading back to the cave to hit this around a bit more tonight!!!

Wheels..........primed!




Everything on......for the moment!!! ::)





I would have had this update a bit sooner but I actually ran across another pic while trolling for something. Confirmed a couple thoughts but added some light to a couple more...which I needed to adjust.

Now...she sit in Prime Time!!!





So, I will head down and slap some of the AK German Red Primer in a moment!!! Hope to be back with some more later on!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Sooo... will this be at Wings and Wheels next year?

Hi Conor!! I would think there is a possibility...depends on how happy I am with the outcome!!!

Told ya....not waiting!!

A little German Red Oxide Primer set try out. I picked this up a while back and figured I would give it a whirl as I am waiting for the 1945 German Colors Set to come in!!







No, I did not need to do all this work for the under coat.....it was fun though and as a bonus if and when I chip back some section I will have some interesting color tones underneath showing the primer....maybe!!

As always....thanks for tuning in!!