Been a while since I've posted anything here, so....











Long story short, I detailed a lot, there is some stuff I missed. I got into the painting before I read about a few details I missed and really didn't want to go back. This was a horrible build. The normal problems with this kit, that are hopefully noted somewhere around here, and typical, normal problems we come across during building.

I scratch built the bags for the stowage racks on the rear hull. I added little details all around. The side skirt pieces come molded in pairs, I separated all of them. Friul tracks. Added small chain anywhere it had to be. I stole a bunch of parts from a second HB Merkava 4 in my stash- wheels, CHAIN!!!!, photo etch parts.

Paint is Tamiya Khaki XF-49 and Medium Grey XF-20. Weathering is a combo of oil paints and pigments.

Comments, questions welcome

Looking mean and I love it

Colors are good, perhaps a bit too much to the dark side for my taste, but it could the photos. Weathering is subtile and just perfect.

Thank you for sharing

Ole

I'm actually not happy with the color. I think the khaki and grey should have been lightened just a bit.

outstanding

Hey Jason, Thats a BAD A$$ Merk right there fella! Luv it!!!

Yea that is a pretty sick build you have there! Great job on the weathering.

Thanks guys!

Great work...the weathering is fantastic!

The colour is spot on.
Like early morning humidity, slightly damp before the full heat of the sun.
Sounds like a costly build.
Rog

The color would appear much lighter, had you chosen a light background. This one is superbly done! The weathering is spot on. That's one mean m er f er.

Actually, that color is pretty close to what you would see with your eye. The way I set up my lighting for pics like this is to bounce light off of white styrofoam. It's cheap, but it gets the job done. I didn't do any post processing on these pics other then resize and jpeg. I probably should have.

Thanks all for the comments.

Being a fan of the Merkava, I really like your model a lot.
For my taste, one of the best I've seen.