I finally completed this kit. It wasnt the greatest build but it came out OK after a little fidling with parts. Instructions werent perfect and many parts didnt have an alignment point so some research was necessary. I didnt find much on the L.
As usual my glue formula of Tenax and MEK worked well on the plastic. This is the first kit where I was forced to use some photoetched parts. I am still getting used to that media as a major component and not just a replacement of a kit part. I added some various plastic and resin stowage to the completed kit.
I painted with my standby mixtures of Model Master Enamals for a light blue gray base. I then Filtered with dark oil mixture of black and burnt umber. This helped darken the tint. Added decals and hand painted thhe stowage. After several dull coats, I then heavily weathered the whole thing. More dullcoating and final pinwashing. I set in a small base with a little groundwork mixing some plaster with Sculptamold, artist acrylic dork brown paint. While the muddy mixture was drying I pushed in the foliage and stones.
Vince Barrale
2 comments:
It looks good to me Vince.
very nice vince......is that kit the tamiya brand or someone else kit.....also are the tracks link by link or the friul tracks they look awsome...keep building and please bring it to the meeting.....
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