Great stuff going on here guys!!

Tony, Really sweet build and finish. Love the tools!!!

Randy

Paul thanks the base is just to show this build but still have a bit to add , tree and fence to the scene
Jesper the sandbags are from a legends set with a few touches of my own added will post some photos of the wires and rest of dio by the weekend hopefully

It's been a while, but I finally jumped back into my M7 build and got the sucker painted. I base coated it using Pollyscale OD, and since I wanted to model an M7 on Sicily, I got to add a camo color to a European M4 besides black. In this case I used Tamiya Desert Yellow with silly putty used for masking.


Once the camo was sprayed on, I noticed a couple of spots that could use a little color, so I brushed those in by hand, which I've found isn't too bad with Tamiya paints if it's thinned a little. After that I touched up a few spots of overspray then picked out various details using Vallejo paints more often than not. Once that was done I installed the bogies and declared basic painting done.




I left off the drive sprockets because I'm going to be using a set of AFV Club indie link tracks and want the sprockets workable during installation. Next up is adding markings, painting and installing the ammo tubes, and piling on some storage before weathering begins.

Nice Ed, it's good to see a multi-colored Priest

Hey that's great,another M7

Looking good
Tony the Mutt

@ Graham - thank for the Hybrid update - looks the part definately, after I finish the Oddball machine I'll be doing mine too

@ Ed - yes the Camo Priest looks good - thanks for posting ! Is that Bluetac or something else you;ve used for the masking ? Is it actually called "Silly Putty" ?

Keep posting guys, and more Campaigners are welcome, Join up, Join up !!!

Cheers

Paul

Paul: Indeed it is, it is a kids toy over here in the states that you can bounce around like a rubber ball or use to make reverse copies of printed materials by sticking it to the paper

Allright for my headlights I accidentally cut off the tops thinking it was just sprue. I have more headlights a guy gave me from his spares and they aren't as detailed as mine. I only need the tops from them I'm thinking if I pre-drill the top part from the bottom and the headlights I have on that would give the top more support when painting and if something touches them if I put brass rod in them. I'm in a dilemma with this as I'm thinking if they are headlights they should have a brass looking "light bulb" in them. If I drill down far enough and it shows the brass rod I use for my handles through the front clear part after painting wouldn't that look like a light bulb? Tell me your opinions and let me know how far fetched this sounds to you. Thanks for the help

Progress on my Pacific Sherman

looks good Tomo , mines painted just some pigment work and detail painting tomorrow.



cheers,
Graham

Jay: Using a rod to strengthen the smaller piece of the headlight isn't a bad idea. However I wouldn't try to put the rod in the headlight lens. The bulb would be far to small in this scale to really even see, and it comes from the back or the bottom (not sure what style of bucket they used) of the headlight bucket rather than the top. You may just want to use some of that Testors cement to melt the smaller piece onto the headlight bucket.

Thomo: Lookin good there mate!

Graham: Dang you build fast! That's a cool looking Firefly too with the two tone camo scheme

Ok, so do you think I should use both the rod and the testors cement to strengthen it? As you've said the bulb would be too little to see I can just pre-drill just enough to give it some structure. Thanks for you're help and I'll see what I can do once you've replied.

Cheers Jeremy

Next lot of paint.

on the tailights do I need to paint them a transparent red?

Straight flat or gloss red is fine

Hi folks,

Just signed up for this one, late recruit I know.

Inspired by the builds already in progress

Mine is the Academy M4A3 Dozer version.

Welcome aboard Keith ...Have fun with it!

Now that I did all that work on the tools I guess they need to be covered up.

That should be enough on the front, don't you agree

Comments Welcome
Tony the Mutt:)

I could do it like this and not cover those tools.=?????


Tony the Mutt

@ Tommo - good progress, now the fun starts Is the Camo paint Vallejo ?

@ Graham - Crikey !! Fast progress You work quickly !!

@ Keith - Welcome ! You can't have too many Dozer tanks in a Campaign

@ Tony - Stowage, Stowage and more Stowage...... As far as pacement goes, anything is possible as long as it makes sense and it isn't sitting in crazy positions. I think you should try to show off the tooling as best you can, some will have to covered if you are keen on having a huge amount of bits added

Cheers guys and good work !!

Paul

Hi Paul

Yup, Vallejo, good stuff for brushing on as you probably know. Looks like the Aussie uniform cam(current) hopefully the decals will tie it all together.

i think showing the pioneering tools is a better idea. they look too good to cover up.

Well.... I dend to tiffer I'd get your stowage in as originally planned and whatever is still showing of the tools is a bonus (a well-painted bonus) and put it down to a lesson for next time
I think the small pieces here and there is a more visual menace than having it stowed logically albeit covering some nice work. Depends on your point of view. Are you presenting a piece that has stowage placed logically and more accurately, or as a showcase of some nice detail work (if you ask the M7 crew, I'm sure they'd look at you funny that you thought the tools should be seen )
Hmm, I think I just made the same point three times in three sentences

Brad

Gday Paul , hmm na ya think LOL well i do like to get things done i love to see the end result and dont like waiting with all this new tech we got for weathering etc its fun playin with that stuff wish we had back 20 odd years ago, anyway she done couple hours this morning finished it off .




i figure it was following a bit close in convoy an got covered in crap now i got to find some diff bits of foam and try some chipping stuff the pigments are easy now so thats one more step closer.

@Tomo hey man that looks good like the colors tis a little diff from boring ol OD.

@Brad, man your keyboard got the same problem as mine i think your right if the stowage covers some tools albeit good ones its more in tune with how it was IMO.

cheers,
Graham

My M4A3E8 should be coming in early this week, I'll keep you guys posted.




That's a good question to ask Jay. The Testors cement will NOT adhere to the metal rod. The reason to use the Testors cement would be to fuse the pieces of plastic together in the absence of a strengthening rod. This should give you the same strength as using a slightly deeper rod with superglue.

And Thomo is right. Extending his thought further, the visible portions of the taillight lenses are going to be so small in this scale that transparency won't even be noticed. Opaque paint will give you better coverage.