Well this new model of the month sounds like fun ..here are some pictures of my Cromwell that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks...Now before anyone says it ...I know it is shinny ..It's still on the gloss coat...The kit has only been painted and decaled so far I still have all the washes and weathering to do..Just thought I'd show you what my kits look like after painting...The star was painted using a mask and I wanted to show a bit of overspray as would have been seen on the real tanks...the rest of the decals are from Bison and are a dream to work with. Sorry for the bad lighting ,it's raining here today. Let me know what you think...











Rick

Shinny?


Sorry, I had to. :-) Looks good so far though! I like the star

Thats a nice looking Cromwell so far. I know you have got the washes and stuff to do but i do like the museum look from time to time where its shiny and all.

I think that it's looking good.

Thanks for the comments guys ...Nahhhh I couldn't leave it as a museum piece...I like dirt! I still have to touch up the star a bit ..(I can still see the points from the star I removed from the decal) I did add a few PE parts from the Eduard set ..not a heck of a lot of it but ..

Rick

Hello Richard! Looking very smart indeed. You are about to start my favorite part! Keep them pics coming!

Very nice indeed, love the star in top of the turret. Very strong contestants until now........

Hi Richard. Everything looks good. Extremely impressed with the decals and the masked star. Are those the kit tracks? Nice clean build and you´ve given nice depth with your spraying. Good luck with the weathering. Any figures planned??

Hi Frank ...Yes those are the kit tracks glued down to the wheels ...I really can't see spending that much on aftermarket tracks when the kit tracks look this good... They were first painted Nato black then cover in MMP's ETO dust ...I then sealed them with some lighter fluid and did the tops of the tracks with hubrols polished steel which I buffed a bit with a tissue..
Figures??? Me gosh no....I couldn't do a figure if my life depended on it..I do have a friend working on three Alpine figures for my DAK Tiger that is coming in the mail. What can I say ...I'm chicken.

Rick

Agreed!!!

Pre shading looks good also Rick. Congrats on this build so far. Looking forward to seeing it in the gallery.

Steve

Thanks Steve .. hey by the way did the pictures I showed you help with the Sherman questions?

Rick

Dammit Bear the star looks great :-) , I pulled out what little hair have left trying to get the decal to settle on the top of the turret , i ended up using the outer ring and hand painting the star which looked terrible
(theres some pics in my gallery )
I cheated a little and covered over my pathetic attempt with a map the tc is looking at lol

btw did you preshade before adding the base colour ? it looks great

ian

Rick,

I like it so far. Cant wait to see it at its next stage.
Steve

Hi Ian ...I can't say enough good things about the Eduard Masks ...of course it didn't settle down over all the bumps but by spraying it with very little air pressure directly from above I got the effect I was looking for... As for the painting ,Well I sprayed everything Nato Black first and then mixed up my color using Tamiya's Olive Drab ,Khaki drab and Olive green..and sprayed this color three time lightening it each time with Tamiya's dark yellow... I might have to go back and lighten the color one more time as I find the Future has darkened it a bit...ehhhh we'll see .

Rick

Rick it looks great. From the preshading to the tracks to the star its all coming together fine. I have always liked your builds an dI look forward to seeing this thing weathered. Will you be making a base for it? and How soon till you start the Tiger? Cheers Kevin

Hi Kevin ..I should have this one finish sometime next week ..just in time to start a DAK Tiger..If it gets here. If not well I got lots of others waiting to be built.

Rick

Lighter fluid???

This is a new one, can you explain further please?

Rick -

Outstanding job and like how the pre-shading has brought out the overall scheme. You've really brought out the "toughness" look of the Cromwell and the "dirty" detailing will give it that special veteran look. Maybe a "ding" here or there and a couple of hits to the plating to add the combat touch? Keep us posted on this beauty.

Blade48mrd

I use lighter fluid as a thinner for oil paints and it does a good job with pigments as well..You can either mix the pigments with the lighter fluid and apply like a wash or like I did I added the pigments dry and just moisened them with a brush dipped in the lighter fluid as I did here... The lighter fluid also has another cool side effect ..it gets rid of the glossy shine of oil paints .

Rick
p.s. Thanks for the comments Mike. Always appreciated.

Looks great so far Richard

Can't wait to see it once you have weathered it

Well it is now weathered and only have a few things left to finish on this one I'll take my final pictures in a couple of weeks to add to the MOM board..Any comments are welcome..














Rick