Here are a few pictures of my latest project ..it's Dragons Elephant with zimmerit...basic painting is done and most of the weathering on the wheels and tracks was completed before putting the fenders on...So let me know (good or bad) what you think....










Rick

What a beast, looks great. can't wait to see the weathering complete.

Well Rick since you ask.
You might want to consider sending that to me and starting over on another one.
Then again you might not.

How you doin my friend? I think you can finish her up cause I don't see any reason not to.

Nice job
Tony the Mutt

Thanks guys ..hey Tony ,haven't seen you around much on the other site ..Hope you're still building away as much as you used to..keep in touch bud!

Rick

Looks really good,looks like the Aberdeen Elefant

Looks great Richard ... the perfect canvass for weathering. The metal effects stand out nicely as they are ... whichs adds some contrast to the flat camo. Looking forward to seeing this dirtied up!!

Great looking build and great painting and Zimmerite application . Can I ask what tool and putty you used please.
Great work looking forward to seeing more from you . Thanks

That's a beauty. Looks spot on. Waiting to see how you do the weathering. Sometimes, less is more.

Richard, you did an outstanding job with the zimmerit, way better then I will ever be able to do, but it looks so good that it looks like it just came out of the show room Maybe but a nick in it in a couple of spot or bypass the weathering and show it rolling out of the factory Great jop love the camo too

Thanks for the comments ,,,,I can`t take credit for the zimmerit ...this is the zimmerited kit from dragon...I might scrape off a few spots here and there ..

Rick

Just a little update... I found the zimmerit a bit too nice,so I scraped off a bit here and there and painted the scars using deck tan and hull red ...this will all get toned down during the weathering ... Let me know what you think..















Rick

Very nice. The damaged zimmerit is really affective. Did you just scrape it off with a blade?

Hi Albert ..Yeah I just used a #17 exacto blade and slowly removed to zimmerit being careful not to go too deep. Quite easy to do ..

Rick

More pictures!!! I've done most of the chipping both on the metal parts and I've started a bit on the zimmerit using the deck tan color to show paint worn off here and there...
all comment welcome as usual..






















Rick

Weathering seems perfect to me.

Well I added a few more scratches to the corners and also added some lighter yellow to some of the scratches to show just worn paint ..Then It was gloss coated with future ,deacals were added ,another coat of Future..,washes ..flat coat and this is what I've got so far..
Comments always welcome ...(as usual) :lol:


















Rick

Looks great to me. I am ready to try chipping and some scratches for the first time and your project has given me some inspiration.

You did say "so far". What's next on your beast?

Richard, outstanding job there, it don't have the showroom look any more
The chipped up Zimm looks great and the paint chipping is assume, I can never get that right whenever I try that

Very nice Richard, I plan to tackle that beast some day.
I love the weathering very nice, the tracks look great too. I have a question what color paint did you use for the dark chipping?
My only criticism is that the decals need to be faded and chipped to match the rest of the tank.

Great job, one of the best elephants I've seen.

Thanks for the kind words guys ...Nathan I used Model Color`s Black Grey for the chipping.. And as for the decals ..well that`s where I`m at ..The next stage is another filter to blend in the decals and then some oil dot streaking on the sides without the zimmerit..
more pictures soon..

Rick