Cromwell Challenger II

This kit is probably about ten + years old. It's all resin, no aftermarket needed.





There was some great hull detail and texture and most of it molded right in place







I got the hull trimmed up, started with supension and that's when the "adjustments" started








So, what did I do ? I recessed the suspension arms by carving out the hull. With tracks and evrything, it was going to be hardly noticable






That's much better






After that it was pretty smooth sailing from there. The resin link and length were tough to deal with - the brittleness was an issue. A lot of snapping off rather than snapping in








I preshaded with black. A custom mix as you go - Tamiya dessert yellow and Tamiya buff. two washes with artist oils, a lightened lamp black and another burnt siena.










Only thing that was left out my driver, but he's on the way


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Wow! You did a superb job. Great workmanship, your paint job is outstanding.

Nice paint job. The "effect" along the tracks, whatever the part is called....running above the tracks that hides the top running of it (new to this whole armor thing). Anyway love the rounded feel you created with the painting. High lighting seems a bit extreme at times but still creates an overall nice effect.

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Thanks for looking, guys


I appreciate the comments, Calavary and Paperplate


Thanks

Excellent! I love the progression photos. I've never built resin and I can only imagine how it went from kit to build! Great job!!!

Cheers, Gary

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Thanks Gary for checking it out,


Even though there is adavantages as far as detail in moulding, there always seems to be some sort of suprise with a resin kit



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Really, that's interesting. I was thinking that very same thing about my last Academy kit!

:-) :-)