1/35 Tamiya...... wait for it!!... yes! the F/G as well!

[coladito1]

Cheers for the comment wappynutter!!

Ok this little guy is painted and chipped!! first I applied two coats of hairspray:



Then after that I used Tamiya desert yellow and I lightened it up with a little bit of white to do the highlights. I wanted to do color modulation like I did with my KV-1. for this I masked up the model using post-its, a quick and easy way to mask panels:





Here is the turret to give you an idea of the effect that it gives you. ( my tablets camera doesn't have a macro setting on it! so some of the pictures are out of focus).





Time for chipping for this I used the a toothpick, a stiff brush and a soft brush to apply the water. I want my tank to look very weathered and just like I said before, concentrate on the chipping using the Hairspray Tech. so here are the results:





I have to admit that the hairspray tech. gives you a very good result, and had lots of fun doing it. So next step will be to decal the lil guy and weather it more. Untill then, take care and Happy holidays!

[UKscalemodeller]

Excellent work Luis.

Getting tempted to buy this one.....

[alextheblue]

Fantastic work Luis, the chipping looks really good!

Looking forward to seeing this all finished - the base looks excellent!!

[Jan01]

Looking good Luis, nice paint job.

[coladito1]

Cheers guys!! Got a little carried away with the chipping but i really had fun with the hairspray technique!! I still have to do decaling, washes and filters. And then the awful tracks!! Lol.

Thanks for the nice comments!!

[HamilkarBarkas]

Simply beautiful, great job Luis

[Paul]

Looking good luis

[coladito1]

Excellent work Luis.

Getting tempted to buy this one.....

[JayCub]

a great update and i haven't seen the base made this way and it looks like something im willing to try thank you
Tom

[Coen]

I just caught up on your build Luis... it looks magnificient buddy.
You nailed that HS method dude. Well applied. That base is going to show her off very well I
think!!!
Excellent work!!!

[coladito1]

I just caught up on your build Luis... it looks magnificient buddy.
You nailed that HS method dude. Well applied. That base is going to show her off very well I
think!!!
Excellent work!!!

Cheers dude!!! I'm thinking to tone down the chipping tho. Not to sound like a rivet counter but DAK vehicles weren't as chipped as mine is. I'll try to correct it and if i cant, oh well, at least i had fun doing it!!

[coladito1]

Have you ever heard the term "less is more"? Well thats the case for the chipping in this case. I decided to tone it down a lil bit


Wheels are all painted.


Re did some of the chipping using the sponge method.


Then I applied a couple of layers of future (klear) to prep the surface for the decals and washes:


And that is it for now, I have been extremely busy but I think I have a good chance of getting this done in time. I REALLY want to get those sanders!! Lol. Till then, Merry Christmas and happy new 2014!!

[coladito1]

almost forgot to say thanks to everyone for the comments and for participating!!

[T3hGuppy]

You where right with the chipping it does look better now.

I really like the paint work on this the highlights came out very nicely.

[alextheblue]

I really liked it before, but you're right - it does look better now!! Great work Luis

And a huge thanks for the SIG, had a brilliant time following everyone's builds and being a part of it!!

[coladito1]

Getting Close to the end!! The decals are on and the tracks are all in place:





All is there left to do is seal the wash and do the dry brushing on the tank and tracks followed by dusting. Thanks for looking.

[HamilkarBarkas]

Hurry up man
Looking fantastic mate, i´m sure you will get the sanding sticks

[ComradeBrad]

I hope you'll be posting some videos of your build!

[coladito1]

I hope you'll be posting some videos of your build!

I did bro! update 1 and 2 are here:

http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=3850

working on the last update right now

[coladito1]

Hurry up man
Looking fantastic mate, i´m sure you will get the sanding sticks

I'm actually done!! but I have to wait till tomorrow to get some daylight so I can get better pictures!

[coladito1]

Last Update:

We are done!!!

here is a little tease of the final reveal, I am waiting for sunlight so I can take better pictures. I will be uploading them to the final reveal section. Thanks everyone for participating!

[Lee]

Nice one Luis - Looking forward to the final reveal shots

[Jan01]

Looks good Luis.

[T3hGuppy]

Ooh nice one dude.

[JayCub]

Super finish, the detail is brilliant and the work log dialog made this a fantastic build.