Morten Andersen shows his Challenger I, suitably weathered of course! Thanks Morten!

Challenger I



If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

Great work, Morten! I thought the British used much wider bands of black as a camouflage? I could be wrong as I am mostly building WWII
I love the weathering on the side skirts.

"Godt arbejde, Morten. Saa er Danmark ogsaa representeret med flotte modeller."

Thanks for sharing.

Hi Jesper,

I am glad you liked it. You are probably right about the black bands - but hey! it the s... fits, wear it :-)

tak for din kommentar - det luner i en kold tid

Best regards
Morten

Nice job on the old kit. It was the first kit I built when I got back into the hobby and enjoyed it quite a bit. Year weathering does it real justice.

The black bands match the what the instructions and box art give, and may match a photo on the box( I can't remeber now if the tank pictured was solid green or had the black stripes). If those are accurate, I don't know.

Sean

Nice build! My one thought is that for the amount of wet mud slung up on the skirts, the roadwheels and tracks look too clean...

Really nice build Morten. I especially like the mud, it's spot on.

Yeah the way the mud is flung up the sides gives the impression of the challenger travelling at speed! Looks great.

James

Hi guys,

Thank you for the kind words. The mud is done by first airbrushing tamiya buff (similar will do) then a toothbrush is dipped in dark brown earth color with some added gloss varnish for the "wet effect". When you have dipped the toothbrush in the color you desire, you flip back the brushes with your thumb, let go and behold the effect. It´s very simple and looks OK, I think.

Best regards
Morten

Nice trick Morten. Have to try it out soon.

nice work, thats one sleek, fast looking tank

Hi Eric and Clarkie,

Thank you for the positive input. It´s nice with these inputs as it motivates and helps a lot when being in a "motivation low" as I currently am.

Best regards
Morten

Very nice. I really like the look of the barrel jacket.

What is the green canister on the rear of the turret?

Paul

Hi Ptruhe,

Thank you very much for the nice comment. I think its the drybrushing on the barrel jacket that does the difference.

I can remember what the instruction said about that canister, other than I painted it in the suggested colors. I would assume that it´s another fire extinquisher (sorry about the spelling :-)) used in a training environment - but then again, its only my best guess and could be way off!

Best regards from Denmark

Morten