Is the grease gun from Accurate Armour?

It's the kit part modified fella, I think further back are a few pictures before paint.

Great-looking build, Dan! Any pointers on masking the periscope lenses?

Dan what an amazing build and full of information. I love the Challenger both 1 and 2. Great job on the painting, good to see your signature finish. One thing I notice is the anti-slip finish on your build. Did you left this out intentionally? As far as I know the anti-slip finish on the Chally 1 looks like a rough concrete and its finer as compared to other tanks. I was on top of a Chieftain ARRV - shrek last year and it looks similar to the Chally 1. I saw some pics in prime portal where in even the side armour of the turret had an anti-slip finish, don't know why they put this there. Anyway its just me. Excellent build!

I think its better off without it as I also observe its smoother on an actual tank and as what you've said paint applied on it will blend it. Best way to describe it is a rough finish of concrete then paint applied on it. But at this scale its best to avoid over doing it and considering all the correction you did the last thing you'll do is to hide it with an overdone antislip. One technique I learned to do a fully controlled smooth anti slip is the CA glue technique but it is so time consuming. I did that to my build 2005 and its smoother than the usual sand and uneven as compared to mr surfacer. Fantastic build!

Dan, there is nothing special about it. All you need is a CA glue and loads of cocktail stick. You have full control on where to apply it and avoid fine details. Here are the steps:
1. Put a small amount of CA glue on a piece of scrap styrene sheet or and flat plastic. I find old CD case best.
2. Load your cocktail stick (not to much to avoid a terrible mess and give you full control)
3.Apply on the surface of the tank you want your antislip to be.
4.Slowly swirl it in a controlled circular motion spreading it evenly until it start to dry. Avoid sticking the cocktail stick to the model.
5.Practice until you get your desired finish.
6.You can go over the dried CA glue to get that exact finish you want.

Hope this helps.
You can try it on a scrap plastic first and see if that simulates the anti-slip you wanted. The effect will be a bit un-even as compared to the sprayed on technique. This way you can replicate the uneven-ness and still have full control and avoid hiding details.

Are the periscopes molded in that color or painted? They look great!

Thanks Guy, they are just resin copy of the kit part cast in clear green casting resin,
They do look good and much better than the standard kit part.


Dan

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Thanks Guy, they are just resin copy of the kit part cast in clear green casting resin,
They do look good and much better than the standard kit part.


Dan

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You made them yourself???