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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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sabredog
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Western Australia, Australia
Joined: July 22, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 07:45 PM UTC
Finally got around to taking some images of this build, built late last year.

Jan Etal's build log is the best to see how he corrected some of the kit omissions, which I decided not to rectify.

So here are the pics.

Kit was painted with Vallejo paints followed by fading and washes using oils. Pastels completed the weathering.






Cheers

Mike
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Sachsen, Germany
Joined: November 28, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 08:35 PM UTC
Nice looking dio!
I like the smooth weathering of the vehicle and the landscape.

I also built a dio with some grass-patches... but now they are covered with snow.

greetings...
Soeren
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Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 08:12 PM UTC
This was the first base I used Silfor Karst grass tufts on. They are an excellent way of adding some height to groundwork.
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Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 07:08 AM UTC
Been kind of busy and missed this one. Excellent job, Michael. I know what it's like to try to get life from a mono colour vehicle let alone working around this kits inherent gremlins.

Cheers,
Jan
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Posted: Monday, June 28, 2010 - 05:36 PM UTC
Michael,

Like Jan, I missed this one too. Looks right at home on the groundwork. I also agree with Jan that you did an excellent job.

-Eddy
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