It's really looking good Antonio! I do agree with Rob in that I think it looks just a little too brown. Like he said, mess around some on an old model or a piece of scrap plastic with your paint, that way you won't mess up the actual model.

Cheers,
Mike

Update

Ok,
Now it looks less brown.... better...




I'm going to start with the hull and Friul tracks are on their way to completion.

Perfection! That looks amazing, the correct IDF colour is a very hard thing to achieve, but this looks just right. Nicely weathered look and sporting the all to typical desert dust. Very good!

Those frius look nice and bulky, they will weather up nicely! Im enjoying watching your progress-its very good. Are you going to add any crew figures? Blasts IDF tankers would look very nice and they are nice and up to date aswell.

Excellent work. This grey is match better, its look like the real. Are you sure this is your second tank?
Now about the tracks what do you think to do, I see this article may be help you. Step11: tracks


Keep going the excellent work

Better Antonio! So, what did you do to lighten it up?

Mike

I made a very thinned mixture of medium grey (XF20) and (XF57) and sprayed a "mist" over the turret.
I had to protect the .50 MG.
It was just a bit but the results were apparent as soon as the mist settled.

It looked so good I took it to natural light just to check.
I was scared stif of ruining the work but it paid off.
Thx for your advice guys!

Well it's my second tank but in my days I made more than 100 1/72 planes, although I have to say I never got into these incredible details or used the techniques I see here.
If it wasn't for what I've seen in this site (pictures and articles) I could never found how to do it so quickly.
The resuls are a true tribute to the excellence of Armorama.
It's all here. Is just a matter of looking for it. From feature articles to the user galleries ALL is useful.

I'll keep posting the progress of the Merk. I'm glad that you guys enjoy it.

Tracks complete and rear bins complete. Almost ready to paint the hull

UPDATE
Almost ready. Small details still missing but the overall finish is this.
Hope you like it.

You kidding ! Of course we like it
You've done an excellent job on this one. Will it take place in a vignette or a larger dio ?

Olivier

Beautiful work Antonio! It really looks the part, keep those pics coming.

Cheers,
Mike

Let me chime in here by saying what a great model you have going.....I'll look forward to seeing the finished product!

Adam

Thanks guys

I was hoping to submit it to this month MoM but other affairs got in yhae way.
The commander MG mount is incredibly complicated and I lost a lot of time with it.

To answer your question Olivier, I'm planning a base and figures for the crew (that I already have) but nothing too complicated or to big since there's not a lot of space around the house and I still have 6 or 7 armor kits to do and I need space (don't tell the Mrs. .She thinks I'm going to stop after this one :-) :-) :-) )

Nice kit Antonio.

If you would like my personal observation after spending time around the real things in the field I can tell you the colors do seem to vary a bit, but I think they tend to be a bit more towards the grey color than the last few photos of your model.

I could just be the colors on my monitor, but maybe the brown is a bit reddish if that makes sense. Also, in the field they get very dusty and the dirt there can be somewhat yellowish grey, so maybe in final weathering the brown wil be toned down by the 'dust.'

Looks like a great build. These are the scariest looking vehicles around, especially in an urban or built-up environment. Can't wait to see it finished.

Steve

Hmmm. I didn't see the finished photos before my last post! Odd that my browser cut the last page off.

Looks much better. Like the real thing as I know that color is hard to duplicate.

Steve