Greg; Nice work on the M36 Jackson and Crusader

Keith;
Nice progress on the M-10.

Here are a few progress pictures on the Mk III Valentine II. I need to do some work on the dark brown, the DOA paint did not cover as advertised or I did something wrong. Anyway I can fix it. I just wonder what I going to do with my M3 Stuart.




Ralph

Ralph, I would leave the brown as is. It would be applied over the tan and appears to be worn, in its current state. If you really need a reason to build a kit (this has never got in my way), submit it as a second build. Or, I believe there is a "light armor" campaign running or soon to start.

Great work everyone!

Matt & Ralph, the light tank campaign started about two and a half weeks ago.

After much time spent doing other things in real life and just being lazy, I finally got around to posting the pictures for my KV-1! If you happen to see some weird purplish splotches on the tank, that's because that was my attempt at making a weathering wash with some left over brown paint. The actual weathering's a bit heavier to cover that mess up. Anyways, here are the pictures.









Any comments or criticisms appreciated. ( Yes I know I need more lighting in my photos )

This has been a pretty active campaign!

Ralph - Looks like you're ready for final assembly. Nice job on the camo and decals

Mark - I like the dirty green of the KV. Have to admit that I've never seen spare links on one like that.

I need to get over this flu, I have too much model time on my hands lately lol

Matt;

Thanks, I was a little up set with the paint job because I am a little picky. But you are right it will look fine when I am done.

I was also thinking about the DOA Caunter scheme paints that will be going on the M3 Stuart. The M3 Suart was entered in the Light Tank campaign a few days ago. I'm going to finish the Valentine first before I take on the Stuart. Actually I can't wait to get started on it. Several bits of after market detail.

Next up for the Valentine are the Friul tracks,final assembly,and weathering.

Ralph

Greg:

I'm glad you like the green, it's actually an olive drab colour beneath all that mud instead of the sandy Russian green. As for the spare tracks, after having built the Academy Sherman and attaching every bit of stowage from that kit possible, seeing the blank turret just didn't seem right and there were two sets of tracks so I went ahead with my usual disregard for historical accuracy. (see my tiger kit and you'll see what I mean by disregard for historical accuracy)

Also, nice work on the crusader. I like the dark streaks against the light base colour.

Good afternoon all, I just signed up for this campign today so I'm a bit behind the power curve, but am 70% through the old Tamyia M8 HMC that I started on 1 Jan. I'll be sure to get some inprogress photos that I have up on the net within a day or two.

Talk to you later.

Kevin

Ok, lets try this again. Here are two photos that show my current progress on my old Tamyia M8 HMC. The first photo shows the vehicle with the AFV tracks in place and ready for paint.


This photo show the progression a bit better. Now the M8 has the hull interior painted, a black primer on followed by the OD.


Now its on to the detail painting.

thanks

Kevin

Hmmm. Anyone know why my photos turned out so small in the last post? I'm not a pro here so if anyone can tell me why, I'd appreciate that.

thanks.

Kevin: What site are you using to store your photos?

Kevin - sometimes you need to copy the pic address when the pic is in it's enlarged state vs. the small window pic. Just my experience HTW

Check out this thread. It shows how to post photos from the Kitmaker Gallery to a thread.

TUTORIAL: Armorama Campaigns

Ha! I figured out where I was going wrong.





Thanks to all for the help.

Kevin

Kevin: I need to see more progress photos of your build.

Great work Everyone so far.!!

Matt,
Do you want to see some photos before the paint or after the base coat. I've been able to get some more painting done over the last two days, but will need to take some photos.

Let me know.

Kevin: Either, or, both

Matt,

Here are two additional pre-paint photos. The first one shows the plastic card stock added to fill in the empty sponsons left by Tamyia, the plastic stock above the drive sprocket in order to fill in the gap between the upper and lower hull. After I trimmed off the fender supports along the rear of the vehicle so the vehicle had the look I found in Zaloga's book, I had to add in some additional plastic stock to fill in the gap and support the upper hull. Plus, I added small cut out bits of plastic card to the back of each road wheel to represent wheels that had steel plate welded to the rear of the wheel I think in an attempt to add strength. A tedious process, but I think the end result will be worth the effort.

The problem with this kit is it was originally made in 1977 and it's the still being made on the original dyes. This makes for a kit that has a fair amount of flash, pin marks in bad spots (inside of turret) and ill fitting parts. Tamyia made this vehicle to accept batteries and a motor as well, so I also had to fill in the motor control holes in the bottom of the hull.



This photo shows a close up of the front end which illustrates the gap that I filled around the drive sprocket and the plastic stock that fills in the gap between the upper and lower hull. I even had to put in some white putty on the top of the boggies to fill in a massive gap left after the boggies were assembled.



This weekend was very productive so I'll take some photos tonight and get them posted soon. But, they will show the M8 HMC with most of the detail painting completed, decals on, protective clear coat on and some oil washes on.

Enjoy and let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks
Kevin

Evening all. I was able to get a few photos of my M8 in between all the other things that needed to be done tonight. I'm pushing hard now to get this completed before I start a home improvement project. Once I start the project here at the house, everything else will drop off until it's completed but these two photos show the current state of the state.

Everything is shiny due to the clear coat but that will go away in the final stages.





Comments welcomed. Thanks.

Kevin

Nice work, really like it.

Kevin

Just two WIP pics for now guys, almost done with the model now doing the motor installment, locating a proper spot inside the already cramped lower hull for this Futaba receiver box is tricky



Installation of the motor gears for the turret is also a challenge but I am hoping for the best - I mean I hope the turret turns properly in the correct direction



She should be done by the end of the month and should be doing trial runs by early Feb

little update

as usual I managed to lose a part, a return roller!

so I cruedly made one myself




once mounted noone will notice, I have a flat part on the rim, but that'll sitt nice with the track ontop

some pics front side and rear






greetz
Tha Pit