Fantastic work Chris. Take away the green modeling mat, and youd swear You were looking at the real thing sitting in a motor pool somewhere in Europe! Just incredible work. My only comment would be to run some wax over the thread representing the cable for the spade to get rid of the fray. Other than that, it's very realistic.
VR, Russ

Very impressive work and weathering. The track looks great.

Did you use pigment fixer on the tracks?

What is the issue with the vehicle width ?
Is it fixable ?
/ Robin

I just used railroad model pigments and fixed them in place with flat coat lacquer.

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Fantastic work Chris. Take away the green modeling mat, and youd swear You were looking at the real thing sitting in a motor pool somewhere in Europe! Just incredible work. My only comment would be to run some wax over the thread representing the cable for the spade to get rid of the fray. Other than that, it's very realistic.
VR, Russ

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Will give that a try on the thread. Thanks.

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Fantastic work Chris. Take away the green modeling mat, and youd swear You were looking at the real thing sitting in a motor pool somewhere in Europe! Just incredible work. My only comment would be to run some wax over the thread representing the cable for the spade to get rid of the fray. Other than that, it's very realistic.
VR, Russ

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Will give that a try on the thread. Thanks.

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Here's how you do that-- take a length of thread in each hand and drag it over a chunk of beeswax-- Micro Mark and Model Expo carry beeswax in a plastic container designed to coat thread for ship rigging-- but I use a chunck of beeswax I purchased at my local farmers market and keep on my workbench. You can also use candle wax, although it's a little harder to drag the thread over a curved surface. Works every time to get rid of frays in thread. This is an old ship modelers trick. You can use cyanoacrylate to attach the thread.
VR, Russ

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Fantastic work Chris. Take away the green modeling mat, and youd swear You were looking at the real thing sitting in a motor pool somewhere in Europe! Just incredible work. My only comment would be to run some wax over the thread representing the cable for the spade to get rid of the fray. Other than that, it's very realistic.
VR, Russ

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Will give that a try on the thread. Thanks.

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Here's how you do that-- take a length of thread in each hand and drag it over a chunk of beeswax-- Micro Mark and Model Expo carry beeswax in a plastic container designed to coat thread for ship rigging-- but I use a chunck of beeswax I purchased at my local farmers market and keep on my workbench. You can also use candle wax, although it's a little harder to drag the thread over a curved surface. Works every time to get rid of frays in thread. This is an old ship modelers trick. You can use cyanoacrylate to attach the thread.
VR, Russ