Nice!

Good Afternoon
I'll enter the campaign with this one by Flyhawk in 1/72

The first update of this building:

I got that kit, too! Looking sharp!

Looks like a fun little build. How is the kit?

Not bad, but I don't have enough time to build in the work part of the week. The kit company supplied a not small fret of PE - I'll upload a pic in the next few days.

I'll go ahead and wrap this one up. The plan had been to use this kit in conjunction with a base built around the Miniart French Farm Gate I am building for another campaign. The idea was to pose the Panhard with as much of its interior showing as possible. I ran out of time with the base.

The Panhard didn't need much to be finished. I did a basic weathering, dry-brush job. For decals I had to hit the spares...I misplaced the kit's decals. The original plan was this Panhard had been liberated by French Resistance and the markings were changed.









And there she is. I really enjoyed this build. The ICM Panhard built up really nice. It has a lot of detail for the money and goes together pretty well. I'm impressed with ICM...they have steadily improved over the years and are offering some nice subjects. If you want trucks or WW1 figures...start with ICM. I've got a Zil-131 that'll be breaking styrene on soon.

And thanks for a great campaign. I looked at this one as a means to introduce people to other manufacturers. I think it did that quite well.

Fantastic-looking car! I love the way you've got it all opened up to see that great interior!

Here are my final WIP pics for this build. Masking and painting in progress.

Alan, nice paint job I love the tape work. How long did this take?

I found my ARK Valentine so I could complete this campaign. Oh! I had to find another photo storage site after PB issues.

It took a few hours. Placed the tape on first, made the markings on the tape for the pattern, pealed off the tape, cut out the pattern then placed the tape back on. Would I do it this way again? I don't know, maybe.

Alan

Hallo
Small new update - here is nice fret of PE coming with the model:

OMG! How small is that thing?!? You must have needed a scanning electron microscope to deal with those little PE hooks!

So small- way beyond my patience limit!!

I'm calling this one done. 1/48 OEZ Mig-21/SMT. Rivet detail was good. Cockpit, wheel wells, exhaust area, landing gear were very sparse. Added PE inlet and exhaust cover. Glade it's done.

Nice build, Alan!

Turned out great, Alan!

Thanks guys.

Nice job Alan, love the colors and the panel lines. I need to practice so mine can look as good as yours.


Ive been applying the oil wash to the Valentine:

Hi Guys, WIP/update.still in the rough/ planning stage and blocked in figure painting. As always learning as I go.

And DONE!

Small update - the tracks:


not finished, but I finished the most of the hard work.

Looking good, Martin. Do you plan to paint with the tracks on, or will you take them off after assembly?

I am starting in with my Kitty Hawk Trojan

Just started to build my entry, Finemolds IJA Medium Tank Type 3 "Chi-Nu"