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Mario_HR
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Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 09:12 PM UTC
Jan Willem Fischer builds a great looking Merkava. Check out his build and see how he achieved the realistic look of his battle chariot in 1/35 scale; all explained in this painting step by step feature.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 09:30 PM UTC
JW does a great job on IDF stuff. I remember his M113 Chatap and it was a work of art. I'm glad to see him making this sort of articles explaining his techniques.

Thanks JW!
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Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 02:37 AM UTC
Great article Jan! Well written and excellent process photos. I have this kit in my to-do pile and your article is now bookmarked.

Thank you!!
janwillem
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Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 06:41 AM UTC
Thank you guys for the kind words. I am glad to hear you guys like the article. I know when I started modelling I was always looking for good step by steps so making some now have learned a little is a nice way to sort of give back if you know what I mean.

@ Mario

Maybe I'll get around to do something with M-113 Chatap in future along the same lines.

Cheers and thanks JW.

PS,

I never realised it before but it looks like I am flipping the bird in the profile picture in the feature
ubisuck
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Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 01:22 AM UTC

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Jan Willem Fischer
If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!


I do have a question, mainly about a piece of equipment on the Merk IV, what is in the red squarish circle

janwillem
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Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 01:39 AM UTC
That is the windbreaker / droid. what it really does I don't know. There isn't much information on it due to OpSec. But I am assuming it is an defence systems
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Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 02:01 AM UTC

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That is the windbreaker / droid. what it really does I don't know. There isn't much information on it due to OpSec. But I am assuming it is an defence systems


Droid!?! Makes me think of Star Wars and a search droid that Darth Vader sent.

Thx

Marco
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Posted: Friday, August 16, 2013 - 02:47 AM UTC
Windbreaker is the Hebrew name for the Trophy ADS, which this is not. This particular system is still classified =.
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Posted: Friday, August 16, 2013 - 02:54 AM UTC

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Windbreaker is the Hebrew name for the Trophy ADS, which this is not. This particular system is still classified =.


Thank you. Still, would be nice to know what it does to protect the tank/vehicle? Which company does the best AfterMarket copy?
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Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 12:37 AM UTC
A stunning Merk right there my man! Well done.
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Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 06:53 PM UTC
that equipment similar to the thing that detect the sound around tank and find out direction - distance from tank to the gun fire at tank at that time
marcjac
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:42 PM UTC
Jan, well done and perfectly illustrated! I like it.
janwillem
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Posted: Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 10:03 PM UTC
Hi guy,

I recieved this message from tdeimling about the way I stained the tracks.




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Janwillem, I was educated as a chemist before I began practicing medicine. Because of my background I was shocked that you chose to combine these two solutions and then write off the inherent risks by saying "Do it outdoors". The chlorine gas produced is at most potentially fatal and at least very dangerous.

Might you consider amending your post by strengthening your warning by saying it is not a safe practice?

On the other side of the coin, I have looked for easier ways to deal with coloring Fruilmodel tracks for years. But your method and the selenium used as an ingredient in Blacken-it are not really safe for your health.


So be very careful.

A big thank you to tdeimling for the warning
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