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Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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T55 Tiran
ferny152
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Joined: August 16, 2010
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 05:57 AM UTC
Hi all

Have just put the finishing touches on this,its the newly released Tamiya kit, with a few additions,all the barrels were replaced with items from RB models, and the horrible vinyl kit tracks were replaced with model kasten individual links.

Painted with tamiya acrylics mixed as per instructions. First time I have used colour modulation with any success. All the weathering was done with alternating oil paint washes and coats of clear then the whole lot was given a coat of Restore dull coat.









Thanks for looking.
newjoisey
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 08:51 AM UTC
nice job
HeavyArty
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 09:03 AM UTC
Looks really nice. Great job on it.
Redprol
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 09:43 AM UTC
Nice work old chap.

Redprol
Lonewolf7usa
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Michigan, United States
Joined: March 24, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 11:32 AM UTC
Nice job on that Tiran. Love the weathering. Question: Modular Paint job, What gives? To me it looks like a good paint job by usual means.
ferny152
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 08:04 PM UTC
Its using different shades of the base colour to represent shadow and high lights, to be honest it doesn't show up in the photos.
18Bravo
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 20, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 05:10 AM UTC
Very nice, clean build.
VMIVince
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North Dakota, United States
Joined: September 28, 2009
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Posted: Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 05:30 PM UTC
First-class weathering job - subtle and effective.
flugwuzzi
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Lower Austria, Austria
Joined: November 02, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 05:14 AM UTC
Nice build and excellent weathering.

cheers
Walter
ferny152
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 05:41 AM UTC
Thanks for all the good comments
rfbaer
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Joined: June 12, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 09:08 AM UTC
Looks very nice.... "vinyl kit tracks"? Tamiya's ads are saying it comes with link-and-length tracks. Just curious.
ferny152
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 09:18 AM UTC
Really? Well mine defo had vinyl tracks.
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