Matilda MKII 1st Army Tank Brigade North Africa 1941

[hansolo]

Hi guys,
For a while I've been wanting to build the beautiful Matilda MKII Tank.
And I finally got around to it.
And here she is in all her gritty desert glory.

Hope you like!

Building finished:




Base color:


Hairspray:


Main color:


Camo:






Toned down with a buff color and added some paintwearing:


Added dirt, dust, rust, stowage, chipping, oil stains and all other effects to make her a battle veteran.




















That's it folks!

Special thanks to Coen for advising me on the painting of the water jerrycans.
I made them captured German ones.
Tanks Coen!

cheers

[Paul]

Great Job Han

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

Fantastic, incredible work done on a very nice model!
Your painting and weathering skills are superb! A real veteran that has been in more then one battle...
love this model Han!

[Rob]

Great to see this Hans. Superb desert veteran!

[ManCupboardModels]

Wow! Simply awesome! Fantastic work mate!! Weathering is superb!

[hansolo]

Thanks all you guys!
Appreciate it!



Cheers

[T3hGuppy]

Great work dude.

The weathering is spot on.

[wappynutter]

Well done Han.... Looks the dogs "do dah's" buddy......
Lots of claps and bows for such a gorgeous, battle hardened "Queen of the desert!"







These Smiley's are reserved for only the best "Frans like" builds so treasure them matey!!.
Take care Sir and as always Happy Modelling...

[gustavlekstal]

Eyecandy

[PaulAyrey]

That's really great, captured the look of a dusty desert warrior really well!

[martin57]

great stuff looks well worn thancks for sharing

[hansolo]

Thanks guys!
Much appreciated!

cheers

[Russ72]

Looks fantastic.

[chief5437]

Beautiful! Amazing weathering, well done!

[AchtungPanzer]

Looks super - congrats Buddy .

[JayCub]

Really like what you did with this one Han, and makes me think of when the was the last time i ever built a british tank and way to many years to post here... that build is just super and the photographs are superb.

Tom

[longlance67]

wonderful finish mate

the weathering is top notch



Shane

[HamilkarBarkas]

This lady looks stunning, excellent job on the chipping in particular

[hansolo]

This lady looks stunning, excellent job on the chipping in particular

Thanks Michael!
Appreciate it.
As in the last model (the italian light tank conversion) I used the hairspray method.
I know from your videos that you're not a fan of this technique, but it's easy and very controllable.

cheers

[hansolo]

Thanks all you guys for your comments!
Appreciate it very much!

cheers

[UKguyInUSA]

That is killer!, Sick! Crazy good!

You need to produce some videos showing how you do all the stages of painting to get that final weathered and battle weary look. Especially for novices like me who can only dream of being that good.

Cheers,

Martin.

[hansolo]

That is killer!, Sick! Crazy good!

You need to produce some videos showing how you do all the stages of painting to get that final weathered and battle weary look. Especially for novices like me who can only dream of being that good.

Cheers,

Martin.

Thank you so much, Martin!
I'm not sure about those videos. I'm kinda shy with that stuff and it's a lot of work.
But what I can do, is write in more detail about what I do and how I do it, in the next build.

cheers

[Coen]

Great balls of fire!!
That's perfection Han! You really taught that dog new tricks.
Damn buddy that's and awesome weathering job.
Well done!!

[hansolo]

Great balls of fire!!
That's perfection Han! You really taught that dog new tricks.
Damn buddy that's and awesome weathering job.
Well done!!

Thanks so much. Coen.
How do you like my German captured jerrycans?
Thanks again for your advice.

Cheers

[Coen]

They're great buddy! They're a really nice touch.
Completely adds to the story.

[RobertK]

The weathering is spot on! The Matilda is also a great looking tank, think I have to build one now, haha.

[Sussexguy]

Stunning! Love the metallic effect and the caunter desert scheme is one of my favourite.

[TechHead]

Wow, the painting and weathering on this Matilda is spot on - looks photo realistic. Nice work!

[MaxDalton]

A fantastic job, the weathering is incredible. Very well done indeed

[billk]

Really interesting weathering job...love it!