Quick update on the BA-10
Fresh off the airbrush. Black primer then Tamiya 3-1 JA green/Buff. Thought I'd give this mix a try to see how it looked. Kinda gives it a washed out appearance. Will change quite a bit with washes/weathering. Really happy with the Archer Rivets. They blended right it.

Great progress Patrick. I like the shade of green. I hope to get motivated to model this weekend

hello, here is a little more
steph

Too many targets in this thread lately!

Only joking guys!

Time to share some progress!


A second round of PSR, and the addition of the wing strengthening plates from the Tamiya detailing set


Following a 2nd coat of primer, I pre-shaded the model, then added the first layer of camo, in this case FS36375 (White Ensign paint)


My airbrush skills aren't good enough to spray freehand, so I prefer to use blu-tac masks - in the process of applying them here.


Last night was a layer of FS36231 (Humbrol)


Later today I will be applying the FS36081. I'm not too bothered if I don't get a perfect paint job, these birds are quite tatty and weathered, with lots of touch ups.

Slowly getting it done! The story so far. Really only some decalling, painting and weathering, and addition of an antenna to do, and it's finished. it's not perfect by any means - there's lots wrong with it - it was a cursed build for me from the start, but I'll see it through whatever! Suppose it could have been a lot worse!

Good progress guys. I'm going ahead and starting a second build for the campaign because the Stalingrad dio is driving me crazy. Here's the Tamiya late Jagdpanther G2.

Wow, you build that Jag all in one sitting? I really love the looks of those things. Think I will have to pick one up while I still can. What paintjob you thinking of?

OOB goes really nice with Tamiya and I've built the Panther and Ersatz before so I kinda know how it goes together

I sorta have a general camo idea in my mind. I think this is it for today:

I don't sign on for a few days, and lo and behold, everyone has made such progress. I love it when painting starts, everything starts to come together.

Patrick, I especially like your BA-10, it's a great looking and unusual build.

Steph, I had tried to put some interior in my Tamiya M4, so I really liked what you have done with yours.

Thanks, that's one of the reasons I built it is that you don't see it often. Its a bit of work, but I knew what to expect after building their GAZ truck with the Maxims in the back.

hello, thank you Waikong ,the kit BAINDAI reproduced fairly well inside the turret and cockpit. Patrick BA10 your very beautiful. Here are a few more. your comments are welcome;
steph

Steph - the tracks look great and the dirt is convincing. I think you've proved Bandai can stand next to the best.

hello, thank you Greg. I have been surprised by the smoothness of BANDAI kits (I still have the M4A1 76mm). too bad they are hard to find. steph

Thank you for the compliment on the BA-10.
Couple of observations on your M4.
Try and get some additional dirt up on the tracks that go under the sponsons. It might just be the light, but it looks as if the top run of track is clean.
A quick easy upgrade on any M4 kit is to replace the headlight guards with flat wire or strip. Everyone from Bandai to Tamiya molds them way too thick while Hobby Boss gives them to you in photoetch. You can take copper wire or better, electrical solder and roll it flat. This will give you some thin metal strips that you can form to the correct shape. It really spruces up these kits.
Looks like you did a great job on the build. How easy did it go together? I have built one Bandai kit (the Valentine) and it was less than easy, but I loved the result.

My camo attempt. Not really happy with the Tamiya brown but with weathering it should blend better (I hope). or re-do

hello, thank you for your comment PATRICK. GREG I like your jadgpanther. here is my kit and I will say it is finished. thank you for this campaign GREG, if you made ​​a 4th campaign relied on me.
steph

Hi Steph. Congrats on finishing the Sherman! I think you have done a great job with it

Feel free to do a second build if you don't want to wait until Campaign 4

Cheers

Kit arrived in the mail a couple of days ago, and hope to get start building it soon.

Hi thomas. Be sure to check out Steve Zaloga's build log on the discussion forum on track48.com. amazing!

Now I have a pc again I can post the progress on my Tiger ....

The first shot is shown with my 1/72nd version and I'm going to apply the same finish, hopefully



The next are build and base coat shots. The last has the top IR gear removed to save damaging it during painting handling. Plus I'm not sure whether to mount it as slaved to the gun sight or as a free standing pintle MG mount. The latter would allow a bit more room to fit a decent TC figure but I'm not sure yet .....

Great to see the old Bandai stuff Steph. I've done a few in the past and still have some in my stash to do ...

Have finally found the time to put some paint and decals on my KV-1.

Brent - some interesting re-working on the king tiger features. A deadly beast there. I like the camo on the mini version


John - the kv decals are awesome. Weather that puppy well.

Update on the BA-10. Decaled, washed, and dirtied up. I seem to have lost all of the contrast from the tires to the wheels. Not quite sure what I am going to do with that at the moment. Headlights look a little too bright also. Not to far to go now to finish it up.