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Hello peeps

Thanks for kind comments, and much appreciated interest in my Lingerie snap
Well, this morning woke up feeling rougher than a Badgers rear end.
Man Flu
Head banging, and throat as ragged as glass.
Probably not the best frame of mind for modelling. Especially as the next stages are described as really hard
Its really thin plastic fittings and PE mesh that goes to make up the Rear Turret Basket. It didn't go well when two end parts of the basket snapped At least Takom provided a piece of plastic to form the upright PE part.
I'll keep it short in description, as it really didn't go well?

The plastic basket in its infancy




One Smoke / Grenade Launcher added.

Everything strapped together to allow it to dry in position.

And with Commanders Turret in dry fit.

All I can say is, the Turret Basket will be filled with lots of equipment.
I even bought the Tamiya 1/35 Modern Equipment to supplement the Meng Equipment.
Hopefully all the kit stowed in the Basket will obscure the mistakes
Off to lie down in a dark place.
All the next sections of builds are RA now.
Peace and love
DW

I'm not an armour builder but I'm liking this one I think it'll look loads better once all the RA is on and a bit of paint splashed on great work so far

Once the paint starts to go on and the bin gets filled it will hide a lot of mistakes, you could also make a tarp out of the thin sticky backed lead sheet you can get from fly fishing shops [ Its used to put weight onto hand tied sinking flys for fishing]

Kingdan wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:45 pm I'm not an armour builder but I'm liking this one I think it'll look loads better once all the RA is on and a bit of paint splashed on great work so far

Cheers KD

Hawkmoon wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:54 pm Once the paint starts to go on and the bin gets filled it will hide a lot of mistakes, you could also make a tarp out of the thin sticky backed lead sheet you can get from fly fishing shops [ Its used to put weight onto hand tied sinking flys for fishing]

Thank you Hawkmoon, much appreciated. Your right about mistake covering ups. Only you, me and the whole of ISM will know that I dropped a clanger. Thank you for handy hint. Guess where I'm off to at Lunch?
DW

Despite a plastic former provided, and my attempt at bending this bit of PE (See image with arrow screaming out my mistake ), I think, on hindsight, I should have annealed this part to get the PE to bend to curve around the Plastic Basket part.
Its gonna have to go down as damage, and some parts like Hawkmoon said, in the way of Tarp or additional equipment, will hide a multiple of mistakes.
I mean, only me and you lot in ISM will know about the dropped clanger

Great work on the M60 DW...but do tell us more about your encounter with the frilly bits

Hope you're feeling better soon mate

Honest Neil, I cant believe all this lovely script and build forum and you want to talk about pink frillies lol.

Donkeywalloper wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:39 am [SNIP] PE grief [/SNIP]

Most of the time PE makes me a sad panda.

Looking good so far though, despite the big white arrow, and build is really progressing. Nice stuff.

CygnusX1 wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:37 pm

Donkeywalloper wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:39 am [SNIP] PE grief [/SNIP]

Most of the time PE makes me a sad panda.

Looking good so far though, despite the big white arrow, and build is really progressing. Nice stuff.

Don't be a sad panda chap. Big arrow is a way of covering mistakes LoL
DW

Couple more Pay-Day purchases for M60A1. I mentioned that I don't think these bottles, they come with labels (maybe down to Copyright laws, and such, same as not being able to emboss Continental on side walls of tyres ).
They should give some detail to top of turret,and with crew already bought for this, the already busy turret is gonna get even busier
Whatever your up to, enjoy and stay safe.
DW

More stuff to fill Turret Baskets

DW

Whilst waiting for Mrs DW to return from work, I spent a nice hour tucked up in my M/C and checked on works so far with M60A1.
All looks okay
The Tamiya Masking Tape has held the 10 mating points of the Turret Basket nice and true whilst the TET has gone off.
The misshapen PE Turret Basket cage is still as was, i.e. Misshapen.
Whilst armed with a craft knife I thought I'd have a butchers at the Tamiya 1/35 US Modern Equipment as shown in post above.
What a joy to behold. Crisp, no flash and packed full of goodies on duplicate sprues.
In all the reference pictures of these vehicles in Desert Storm the one thing you see hanging off the tanks is fold-able camp beds. Well, this box has four of these, so plenty to go around.

The rendering on these pieces is really superb and the kit comes with decals for Ammo Boxes.

Also some really nice MRE Boxes for which are made of a nice crisp paper (which I'm a little dubious will hold their shape once formed).

Again some nicely formed Alice Packs.

and, I haven't a clue why these are specific to Modern US Equipment, two dogs. They look Terrier in breed, but nice touch Tamiya

You even get a set of Binos and "Fritz" helmets.
A really nice accessory kit Modern Vehicles.
DW

Donkeywalloper wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:01 am two dogs. They look Terrier in breed, but nice touch Tamiya

DW

The moulding looks pretty 'woof' on those, would've expected better from Tamiya!

Looks like they dropped a "Howler" Gary lol

Donkeywalloper wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:01 am Whilst waiting for Mrs DW to return from work, I spent a nice hour tucked up in my M/C and checked on works so far with M60A1.
All looks okay
The Tamiya Masking Tape has held the 10 mating points of the Turret Basket nice and true whilst the TET has gone off.
The misshapen PE Turret Basket cage is still as was, i.e. Misshapen.
Whilst armed with a craft knife I thought I'd have a butchers at the Tamiya 1/35 US Modern Equipment as shown in post above.
What a joy to behold. Crisp, no flash and packed full of goodies on duplicate sprues.
In all the reference pictures of these vehicles in Desert Storm the one thing you see hanging off the tanks is fold-able camp beds. Well, this box has four of these, so plenty to go around.

The rendering on these pieces is really superb and the kit comes with decals for Ammo Boxes.

Also some really nice MRE Boxes for which are made of a nice crisp paper (which I'm a little dubious will hold their shape once formed).

Again some nicely formed Alice Packs.

and, I haven't a clue why these are specific to Modern US Equipment, two dogs. They look Terrier in breed, but nice touch Tamiya

You even get a set of Binos and "Fritz" helmets.
A really nice accessory kit Modern Vehicles.
DW

Great looking packs and the decals for ammo is gold, but the dogs as as been mentioned are definitely from another era.
The cartons won;'t loose there shape if you place a small piece of wood inside optional gluing the carton to the wood and you can get a nice sharp fold line if you run the knife lightly around the folds on the inside.
Think your teasing and holding out on the reactive armor

Wow DW you're really piling on the extras for this one!

Looking forward to seeing you pull it altogether.

Tomcat64 wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:26 am Wow DW you're really piling on the extras for this one!

Looking forward to seeing you pull it altogether.

Must be a lot of mistakes on the turret.......maybe.

DW

digger303 wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:21 am

Donkeywalloper wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:01 am Whilst waiting for Mrs DW to return from work, I spent a nice hour tucked up in my M/C and checked on works so far with M60A1.
All looks okay
The Tamiya Masking Tape has held the 10 mating points of the Turret Basket nice and true whilst the TET has gone off.
The misshapen PE Turret Basket cage is still as was, i.e. Misshapen.
Whilst armed with a craft knife I thought I'd have a butchers at the Tamiya 1/35 US Modern Equipment as shown in post above.
What a joy to behold. Crisp, no flash and packed full of goodies on duplicate sprues.
In all the reference pictures of these vehicles in Desert Storm the one thing you see hanging off the tanks is fold-able camp beds. Well, this box has four of these, so plenty to go around.

The rendering on these pieces is really superb and the kit comes with decals for Ammo Boxes.

Also some really nice MRE Boxes for which are made of a nice crisp paper (which I'm a little dubious will hold their shape once formed).

Again some nicely formed Alice Packs.

and, I haven't a clue why these are specific to Modern US Equipment, two dogs. They look Terrier in breed, but nice touch Tamiya

You even get a set of Binos and "Fritz" helmets.
A really nice accessory kit Modern Vehicles.
DW

Great looking packs and the decals for ammo is gold, but the dogs as as been mentioned are definitely from another era.
The cartons won;'t loose there shape if you place a small piece of wood inside optional gluing the carton to the wood and you can get a nice sharp fold line if you run the knife lightly around the folds on the inside.
Think your teasing and holding out on the reactive armor

Cheers Digger, great tip for the MRE boxes.
I'm not teasing you, I'm just teasing you.....

This post is really just for Digger
You wanted RA, here is some RA

The Sharpie and Clothes peg is nothing to do with the build of RA, except, the Sharpie is used to tick off parts glued on the Instruction booklet.
These pieces are the L/H (as you look down barrel) two Reactive Armour plates. The R/H plate is a rear shot showing all the holding brackets (Mounting Brackets). Cutting these off sprue with Xuron is hold your breath time as I expect a "Ping" as they shoot off into atmosphere, or "Snap", broken
The L/H R/A shows the Optional parts mounted on the front of the plates, which are (and I can't find out from Internet recce, what the intention of these parts are for specifically), either for removing the plates, i.e. holding handles, but more probably for attaching Camo. I went with them as I think the already busy Turret, with its RA, could do with some more "thingies" attached . Just think of the weathering and washes on these parts though
I then started on the Gun Barrel, which comprised of a one piece Slide Mould Barrel and two parts for the Gas Evacuator. You can see the parts of the M60A1 in background coming together nicely.

Lovely fit of the two part Gas Evacuator with just a tiny, tiny smidgen of filler required under the two parts. I left it clamped with a Clothes Peg O/N, and we'll see how it looks over the weekend.
Just a small post for Friday.
NB: www.emodels.co.uk James Backham the Customer Hero, has been superb. I finished in Man-Cave last night, and suddenly it dawned on me, that an order I had made through emodels at the end of August, had not arrived. I really wracked my brains on where it had gone? I had ordered £20 worth of the new Tamiya Lacquer Paints to try, I know that they never arrived, as such a new bit of kit would not have escaped my greedy mitts . A quick email to www.emodels.co.uk and all sorted. For some reason, it had been returned to emodels as not delivered. James Backham has sorted it and they are back on the way to me. Love great customer support.
Hope you all have a superb weekend,
Love and Peace
DW

Great progress DW! Some insane detail and once you've got all the goodies on, this is going to be a feast for the eyes. Keep on nailing it!

alextheblue wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:08 pm Great progress DW! Some insane detail and once you've got all the goodies on, this is going to be a feast for the eyes. Keep on nailing it!

Great to see you back amongst us Alex. Kind words chap.
John

Hello chaps and chapess

More plastic madness from Chez Walloper
So, were on the Gun Barrel sections
Having glued the Gas Exchanger (2 Part), and found the fit although good, did have a small gap under the barrell. a quick wipe of filler and its gone.
Next comes the three part Canvas Gun Mantlet. Beautifully fitted together with no gaps

It beautifully simple and the canvas texture is spot on.

A couple of parts added to Mantlet and along comes the Gun Barrel for a perfect fit.

Next, the lower Turret is fitted to the top part of the turret. Bit of Revell Contact to give a little time to glue along edges, and bring the two parts together.
Bang on
Not a gap to see here.
The final part of this build for tonight, was a super thin square piece of PE to be fitted around the Gun aperture.
Super thin PE, and due to the construction, this took a fair bit of time to get square and true. Jarvis Extra Thick C/A applied in sections along edge and then with tweezers and a sharpened cocktail stick, it finally went on well

So, lots of Revel Contacta glue in the Gun Orifice (Ooooh! Matron), and Canvas Gun Mantlet and Gun Barrel attached
There you have it

That is not a finished Turret though.
So much more R/A to be fitted..

DW

Good morning fellow stretcher of the sprue

Well, a short post on the Takom M60A1 this morning.
My normal Sunday morning routine, of multiple cups of coffee, and a catch up with The Archers (sad maybe, but have listened on and off for years, used to hear the intro, many years ago and it signified Mum doing washing after Dinner, strange how these tunes stick in the noggin).
So radio on, and back to the build.
The next sections of the build, and I had a surreptitious quick flick through instruction book on whats needed,and we have two pages left, and its all Reactive Armour .
So, added two sections of R/A to L/H of turret (L/H looking down barrel).

Although, in a previous section, when you come to Turret, there is an awful lot of drilling holes for various parts, and many holes for location points for the R/A holding brackets, some of theses have not matched perfectly . Despite meticulously following instructions, the R/A holding brackets lugs have not matched perfectly to previous drilled holes:bash:
So offering up a section of R?A to turret, and then have had to mark with a sharp pencil, where the R/A holding brackets lugs sit on the Turret side, then drill appropriate holes. Its then a case of strapping tight with amounts of Tamiya Masking Tape. it seems to have worked.
This is another section of R/A showing again the underside holding brackets.

Right-Hand of Turret showing a considerable piece of R/A, which has the option again of, I'm going to call them Camo Net holders.

I also have attached to Right-hand Smoke Grenade launchers. Plus a few pieces of R/A to either side of Gun Barrel.

So, here above is the last sections of Instruction book, all devoted to R/A.
Soon, very soon, we'll be applying paint. i'm toying with the idea of using Lacquer Paints for the first time as well
Whatever your up to, have a great Sunday all.

DW

Slow and steady win the race lol great progress the ra is gonna look cool as when it's painted and weathered really keeping my eyes on this build

Kingdan wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:28 pm Slow and steady win the race lol great progress the ra is gonna look cool as when it's painted and weathered really keeping my eyes on this build

Cheers Dan, much appreciated.
DW

I just love these ERA AFV's it's really looking good

Cheers Kev, I'm quite excited (steady now) about the prospect of painting this vehicle as its quite the Chunky Monkey.
DW

Got back from work a little earlier than normal.
Mrs DW preparing tea, my favourite of Lamb steaks, new pots, peas and lashings of Minty Gravy
Gave a few minutes to head off to Man-Cave for an hour of modelling.
Removed Tamiya Masking Tape from Sunday's R/A fix and all looked good.
Four more turret pieces of R/A to fix and that's the lot with Turret.
So, here its is.


Bit of masking tape on L/H to hold a large piece of R/A steady whilst glue goes off.
Singular piece of R/A above R/H Smoke Discharger, and a piece above Canva Gun Mantlet.
Thats all the R/A added now.
Thanks for looking in, now off to gobble down Dinner

DW

Looks great mate, can't wait to see the paint going on

Thank you Kev
Really looking forward to getting a bit of paint on now.
DW

It looks like it’s crashed into a patio and it’s all still stuck lol

Kingdan wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:12 pm It looks like it’s crashed into a patio and it’s all still stuck lol

LOL, it does look like that.
Mrs DW saw this photo last night,

She said, "Is it supposed to look like that"
I imagine my face said it all
"Whats all that S*%t on the front" was her follow up...........
Dear God woman,
DW

Donkeywalloper wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:01 am

Kingdan wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:12 pm It looks like it’s crashed into a patio and it’s all still stuck lol

LOL, it does look like that.
Mrs DW saw this photo last night,

She said, "Is it supposed to look like that"
I imagine my face said it all
"Whats all that S*%t on the front" was her follow up...........
Dear God woman,
DW

REMINDER

"soft lilt of Mrs DW voice"

Kingdan wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:12 pm It looks like it’s crashed into a patio and it’s all still stuck lol

Spent all its pocket money at Tiles R Us...

You have done a rather splendid job Mr DW, painting is going to be such fun

Paul

digger303 wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:36 am

Donkeywalloper wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:01 am

Kingdan wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:12 pm It looks like it’s crashed into a patio and it’s all still stuck lol

LOL, it does look like that.
Mrs DW saw this photo last night,

She said, "Is it supposed to look like that"
I imagine my face said it all
"Whats all that S*%t on the front" was her follow up...........
Dear God woman,
DW

REMINDER

"soft lilt of Mrs DW voice"

Hahaha pmsl

Quax wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:14 am

Kingdan wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:12 pm It looks like it’s crashed into a patio and it’s all still stuck lol

Spent all its pocket money at Tiles R Us...

You have done a rather splendid job Mr DW, painting is going to be such fun

Paul

Cheers Paul, I am rather looking forward to slapping a bit of paint on.
Have a great weekend,
John

Hi all

Not much modelling today as my Right Hand, that I have had a lot of pain with for the last three months, was diagnosed on Thursday, as fractured twice at wrist. It happened 3 months ago, when in frustration and a certain amount of anger, I punched a brick wall. Stupid now, but at the time.....well meh!
I had a puncture in my front passenger tyre yesterday, and had a right struggle to get the damn thing off, that has aggravated the hell out of the wrist.
So having been to National Tyres for 08:30 to get puncture sorted, I couldn't really commit myself to much manual work as planned.
I did though have an hour in Man-Cave, mainly cleaning away some mahoosive cobwebs, adding some nice Whiskey Glasses and a bottle of Jura to bending shelves, and assembling Ice Boxes from the 1/35 Meng Equipment for Modern Vehicles.

Love assembling boxes, something exceptionally pleasing about the construction process.
So, I have constructed three Ice Boxes and cleaned up a few Water Cans and Liquid receptacles.
I also received these, to help with the eyes on the 1/35 Miniart US Modern Tank Crew. Luckily, two have visors covering eyes.

More pictures and hopefully a bit more work tomorrow.
have a great evening,
DW

Those archer eyes are a god send just be careful with them they can be delicate and can get away from you I use them all the time once get used to them just follow the diagram and all I use is set and sol and that can be a bit much sometimes

Kingdan wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 11:03 pm Those archer eyes are a god send just be careful with them they can be delicate and can get away from you I use them all the time once get used to them just follow the diagram and all I use is set and sol and that can be a bit much sometimes

Cheers Kingdan, i'll follow your tip.
DW

What Ho Chaps and Chapess

Hope you have had an ace weekend whatever you have been up to.
Sunday, as those based in UK will know, has been an absolute wash out. The rain was so heavy this morning, I could see it diluting my Expresso in its cup, as I opened up Man-Cave for my normal modelling and The Archers session.
So, the M60A1 is pretty much built
The only three sections I had not done from the Instructions, was fitting the Hawser Shackles to the front Glacis, as these are snap fit, and prone to being lost to the Carpet Gobble Monster, I tend to leave these off. As I'm close to adding primer, I thought I would attach them.
The other two sections involved two tiny pieces of PE being bent three times and attached to Engine Deck for Towing Hawsers to be secured in transit. Having said that, from reference photos, I'm going to add my Hawsers to front of vehicle.

Talking of Towing Hawsers, I used the kit supplied wire and added the Hawser ends and set aside for painting.
This, and the tracks, is all parts added and model is complete save for paint
The wheels have been mounted on halved Cocktail Sticks, which are dipped in a drop of PVA, and stuck into some Computer Packing Foam recycled from work.

The rest of my time in M/C was spent cleaning up seam lines on multiple pieces of crew equipment. The accessories were then mounted on Cocktail Sticks with either PVA or C/A and again stuck in the foam ready for primer and painting.



Its a lot of kit that is gonna be festooned from Turret, whether I use it all, no idea
The Grey plastic items are kit supplied and the Tan are either Meng or Tamiya.

Even the one of the Dogs was assembled

Then a start was made on the Miniart US Tank Crew.


Grey plastic parts, that are significantly softer in density than the Takom plastic. I'm probably only going to use three figures.
usual practice with figure building, for me. do one figure at a time, so as not to complicate things. remove seam lines with Rat-Tail files and Ultimate sanders. bit of scrapping and sanding and the first figure looks pretty good. I tend to mount the head separate for painting. Holes bored in neck and foot, to allow Cocktail Stick to be glued with C/A, to hold whilst painting and allow to mount to dry.
This is Figure D so far. Head mounted and legs and trunk glued. Arms will need to be positioned carefully as he will have hands resting on Cupola rim. The Armoured Crew Helmet is also separate and will need affixing to a stick for painting.

All goes well, and we really are rapidly heading towards laying down a bit of Primer soon.
Have a great evening all,
DW

Despite having lots of paints, lol, still had to buy this set this morning from trusty Amazon.
Vallejo Model Air Set - US Modern Desert Colors
Should suffice with maybe a spot of white in the Sand colour to tone it down for all the Desert Sun.
It gives Sergey (Our Kitten / Slinky Monster), another box to play with (See Furry Friends thread... )

Whatever your up to out there, be safe and enjoy.
DW

The cat looks like it’s plotting to do something bad lol

Kingdan wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:46 am The cat looks like it’s plotting to do something bad lol

Always plotting Dan, always plotting.
DW

Kingdan wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:46 am The cat looks like it’s plotting to do something bad lol

It's a cat! Of course it's plotting!

You've made great progress on this since I last had a proper look in DW - love the way Mrs Walloper is providing moral support (Is it supposed to look like that? psml!)

Looking forward to seeing it under paint and all that stowage

Morning all

Well. pretty rubbish day at work, followed by an even more appalling drive home.
So instead of sitting on sofa waiting for Mrs DW to come home, I went in pouring rain to M/C and cut another figure from sprues (Figure E).
Gonna stick with three figures from the Miniart set, A, D & E.
The plastic is very odd, soft on the outside and crumbly below surface. Not sure if this is my kit or Miniart in general.
Well, figure E, cleaned up. Scraped off Mould lines and and given a further clean with a Ultimate Thinnie, then defined detail just a tad with an Xacto blade along pockets and seams.
The trunk, and legs were then assembled before drilling holes in necks to accept a cocktail stick with appropriate label made out of Tamiya Masking tape.
I'll hope fully get some pictures this evening of progress. Due to inclement weather in UK. I tend to defer to my chosen choice of Primer, as Halfords own brand (Grey). I use this from a Rattle can straight to piece. I also tend to spray (even with Spray Booth linked to outside Vent), outside in ambient conditions. I find the light better and it sure ventilates the pieces
I realised last night , I have not even take the Tracks out of there supplied storage bag. Need to get these out tonight. They are a new one to me. One piece Track, and affixed with a piece of wire much like a Fruil Track.
Anyhoo, lots of images tonight and we'll see what Primer I can throw down, I can also have a gander at the Tracks.
Take good care folks,
DW

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:07 pm

Kingdan wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:46 am The cat looks like it’s plotting to do something bad lol

It's a cat! Of course it's plotting!

You've made great progress on this since I last had a proper look in DW - love the way Mrs Walloper is providing moral support (Is it supposed to look like that? psml!)

Looking forward to seeing it under paint and all that stowage

Cheers Neil, much appreciated. Mrs DW does her favourite eye roll but she is supportive of this hobby and thats all I, or we, need in life.
I'm sort of itching now, to get some colour on, but I want to do this one justice.
Its took a fair bit of building, and deserves a great paint job. I'm going for the all over Sand colour, so I'm thinking Black Primer, white fading in blocks and squares, then couple of very light Sand coats over that.
I'm not rushing this one, Lots of Dry time between coats, and nice even light coats of colour.
I'm obviously talking a great fight, but now need to put on the Gloves on (Surgical to keep my hands soft and lady like )
Have a great one,
DW

Looks like it's coming along really well. Lots of updates and ready for some paint now.

And indeed, cats are always plotting something nefarious.

Long, long drive home, filled with traffic jams, accidents and temporary Traffic Lights (wow, the stocks in these Temporary Traffic Light companies must be extraordinarily high).
So had received this kit via Amazon to my place of work yesterday.

So, in my journey, I had been planning great strides forwards.
So like an eager boy at Christmas, I got in from work, grabbed a coffee, and squirrelled myself away in Man-Cave to unwrap box, only to find this....

Five bottles instead of six
The middle Vallejo colour, was missing . Looked in box, in car (just in case), and all places in between, but no sign of it.
Lots of swearing ensued with some very big, grown up words no lady should hear
So, sent a review to Amazon, one star, and processed for whole set (well not a set is it with a bottle missing), to be sent back.
With next breath, ordered the Meng US Modern AFV Paint set from www.emodels.com
This, though put me in mind to step forward with the M60A1 and add some primer.
In this case, I didn't use my stand to of Ultimate Primer, or even my favourite Rattle Can of Halfords Grey Primer, but Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 in black. Never used before and sat on shelf for a while. Split the plastice wrapping off and shook for a good five minutes.

As this is quite noxious, and gives off some heavy fumes, this for a change was done in the sunshine of an evening in the Midlands, UK, weather. Clear and still with no rain.
So, all the wheels and Accessories were sprayed first, followed by the Turret, Hull and Commanders Turret.

Prior to this, I did paint the Clear Periscopes with Vallejo Liquid Mask. Except, my mistake , I forgot to mask the Loaders Periscope Lense. Bugger!

This though, was not a disaster. I realised, that the Loaders Hatch when sprayed with Primer was closed. As I have a figure to sit in Loaders hatch, I flipped the Hatch open, Masked the Periscope, and re-sprayed.


Nice one.

The primer, went on beautifully, and has covered the surfaces magnificently.

This picture, does show the difference between wet and dry well.
I have left it that way now, and did no more to model, except left to dry in a nice warm, Man-Cave. Even not spraying in Man-Cave, and leaving the parts sprayed in the room, left quite a heady mix of fumes. Mr Surfacer, sure knows how to give a huge headache to users .
Tonight, Thursday, I shall have a look and see what the outcome is.
When I looked at all surfaces, the Mr Surfacer had left a wonderful cover.
Have a wonderful day,
DW

I’m not sure I believe you about having sunshine in the midlands pmsl looking good though mate a bit of a bugger about the paints but I’m sure it’ll not hold you back for long