And still getting used to posting photos after all these years on the site

Keith

Hi guys, Here are some pictures of my Churchill, himself a tank even though it is a bit nasty, I like it more and more.










Paweł

Nice to see some progress on here, good work lads. Inspired me to post an update:

Got my base coats on, went for a slightly 'modular approach' over emphasising the highlights. All sprayed with Tamiya acrylics (in mixes I can't remember the ratios of sorry!)

The tank:




The Bridge:


Together:




Tracks:


All Together:

Some cracking builds here folks, I never got OOB.

Nice work guys.

Al

I almost have my bench set up, so I'll throw my Churchill in the ring. It will be a OOB Croc that I was going to use for an AVRE conversion, but some company is making them now!

Finally got my A into G and got my Churchill built and now the grand-kids have been returned to parents I should be able to get some painting done.







cheers
David

My order just came in today. Startup pic:



Cheers,

Tat

Dave like the look of that new AFV kit will be following to see what you make of it.

Keith

Does that come with an aluminum barrel David?


It looks AWESOME!









Jeff

Certainly does!

Always liked the look of this beast and now there is a styrene kit out I'll have to get it on my to-do list!

James

Many gents thanks for the comments.

The aluminium barrel is the only option with the kit and it even has rifling in it I have just got a set of AFV Club workable track to replace the rubber bands, something to do over the next few nights before I start the painting.

cheers
David

Hello,

First time ever to build a Churchill. I chose braille scale thinking that less parts = less complications thus have an easy quick build.

Comes the mistake:



I thought the upper plate was a bad fit and that it should have lain flushed on the turret structure. Surely enough the references I have later checked indicated that I should have left it alone!


There goes my quick, one-session build. I sat there musing what to do next. After a day, I decided to try a fix:





I've re-scribed the outline with a #11 blade, and sanded down the outer edges to "raise" the plate. Seems to have worked.


I then moved on to build the hull tub and road wheels. This part also got me stumped for a while. For those building the Dragon #7510 kit -- the instructions have it wrong. For the drive sprockets it should be A24 + A27, and A25 + A28. For the parts that had the external road wheeels molded (B1 and B2) -- the installation should be the other way around not as what is stated in the instructions.

Next to tackle were the DS tracks -- never worked on DS before so I decided to google it up and see how it gets installed. Happy to have read that it does not need any special adhesive, but one just has to be careful not to use too much.

Instead of first gluing the ends and installing it, I found it easier to lay it on in stages and just wrap it around:



And yes, the Tamiya Thin Cement holds it quite nicely!

More to come.

Cheers,

Tat

Hey Tat,

Nice work, good to see someone else tackling the smaller scale.
Something you may want to check out are those periscopes - they are sitting too high by the looks of things.

However, moulding quality etc. looks a lot better than my old Airfix kit.

Cheers,

James

Ok guys might as well put some more progress up.

I have varnished the base and painted the edges black, so this one is ready for mounting now (although not sure what I'll use to fix it - open to ideas here!

I wish more companies made transfers for their kits that could be used as name plates for mounting the models, also would be great to be included in PE sets like Tamiya did for their 1/35 Challenger 2. I think it allows for a nice presentation piece which would be much cheaper than having to get one made up.



Also have progressed my painting, after spraying highlights I used some thinned humbrol enamels to brush paint highlights. Wouldn't go as far to say this is the colour modulation technique or anything, put for a small vehicle I wanted to over emphasise the highlights, hopefully will blend in nicely with subsequent weathering...









and a more detailed view:



Here's a pic of the bridge after applying a thin oil wash, shows here I'm heading with the look of the build:



That's all for now, look forward to any feedback.

Cheers,

James

Outstanding work sir very well done

Sascha(Ironowl)

If that's directed at me then thank you very much Sascha!

Cheers,

James

Thanks James. My compliments to your painting -- I like it.

Indeed I find the periscopes' heights odd but that's how it settles in the kit. The box art reflect it as well. Actual pics don't seem to be the case so I've made the adjustments to have it sit lower.

Almost done with the build, save for the rear track guards:





It was my first try on DS tracks -- seems to be a good material to work on. As I am a slob with super glue, I was quite relieved it did not need such, or any special adhesive for that matter. Happy to be able to depict some sag:





Almost forgot -- I still need to put in the exhaust pipe. Will need to cut the kit-supplied part though, as I intend to finish this Churchill as a beute.



All the beute pics I've seen do not have a view as to how long the extended pipes were retained so I will have to make a guess on this.



Till next update.

Cheers,

Tat

Thanks Tat,

Nice work! Looks like that kit goes together well and the DS tracks look great.

Interesting subject vehicle - good choice. Is it likely to be dunklegrau or bronze green?

James

Thanks James. I would think the Germans following the Dieppe Raid would still have very much the resources or say luxury of repainting these captured Churchills to their 1942 standards -- thus I'd go for dunkelgrau here. Cheers, Tat

My attempt on depicting damage to the rear fender guards.



I have also cut down the exhaust pipes. More a guess, having no references on hand.




Build phase complete. Waiting for good weather to get started on some warpaint.



Cheers,

Tat

well I was fixing to start the Mk VII and took the start pic and started checking the parts when it dawned on me that I had two sections that were Identical. no road wheels and well put it this way half the tank is not in the box turret and upper and lower accounted for, but two main guns any who am gonna have to figure out what to do next any Ideas ? this is the first time I have ever had this happen so other than buying another kit not sure what im gonna do.

Sascha(ironowl)

I'm considering this build complete! I may put this in a diorama later but that won't be for a while.

Happy Modelling!

Nice builds going on here Congrats to those who have finished already and just a friendly reminder to post your finished build photos in the gallery as well. as for my Churchill issues well lets just say the wife surprised me by ordering me another kit so I should be starting soon.

Sascha(ironowl)

Greetings all, some progress on my 3-inch Gun Carrier, a couple of licks of paint S.C.C. No.2 (brown) and S.C.C. No. 1A (very dark brown), Mike Starmers recipes using Tamiya paints.







Now on to the markings, just WD numbers and weathering.

cheers
David

everybodys Kits are looking very good



Heres my kit

Sascha(Ironowl)