IDF Magach 6B

 Academy's kit, with additions of a Legends Conversion set and home made .50 cal solenoid power control.  It is painted Sanai Grey,made with 50/50 of Tamiya XF-49 Khaki and XF-66 Light Gray.  Then some heavy weathering in the panel lines.

We are under construction. 
The kit parts are in yellow and the Legends conversion set is in gray.Add caption.

The model's construction is now complete.

Primed and panel lines shaded, ready for painting and completion.

And now some shots of the completed magach 6B!

Both Vince and Werner built similar kits and posted their results on this site some time ago.It willbe great when we can all get together "live" and get these 3 builds together for a fun discussion.

First Jon Baker Memorial Group Build -- and my Sturmtiger

My Sturmtiger won first place in our recent Baker contest at our Sept meeting.  There were 12 entries, one of which was virtual.  There were some terrific builds on the table, and I am honored that my club picket my kit as the winner.

The contest rules specified something from Baker, a figure and a base.

The Sturmtiger (380 mm assault mortar) is a Tamiya kit from Jon's estate, it was missing most of the road wheels and suspension, treads, figure, decals.  I called Tamiya USA and ordered the missing parts and they were here within a week.  The extra mortar shells on the ground are Tamiya and were in the box.  The 2 repairmen, tools and ladder are also Tamiya, and the two are working on the engine.  And then there is the engine and radiators.  The commander figure watching from the ground is a Dragon figure.

Most of the ground work came from John Ford's estate, too.

This photo shows the completed interior and light before attaching the turret to the hull and painting, weathering etc.  

Too bad the radiator compartments had to be closed up. 

Bolivian Vickers E Mk A

 This is the 1/35 Mirage kit of the Vickers E Mk A tank. I've painted it as one used by Bolivia in the Chaco war against Paraguay in the early 1930s.

 

In the few photos I could find (only one in color), the camoflage is barely decernible, but I knew it started as yellow/brown/green. Also in the photos, the tanks never looked too beat up, just faded and dusty, so that was the effect I went for. To achieve the faded look, I first painted the entire tank Tamiya buff. The green and brown were created by starting with buff and then adding color until it was just visible as green or brown and not buff. Those colors were airbrushed through homemade paper templates, to keep overspray to a minimum.

 

Weathering was done with white & ocher dot wash and then a burnt sienna pin wash. This was followed by a wash of AK Dust Effects and then Mig North African Dust pigments fixed with oderless mineral spirits. The pigments seem a liitle large, almost like rocks, not dust. The overall effect is just about what I wanted to achieve, but there should probably be more pigment on the lower hull sides (inside trackloop).

 

The base is the first time I've used a static grass applicator. First layer went down OK, but kind of messed up with second attempt. Also, too monotone and too close to the ground color (Velejo Desert Sand Earth Texture paste). I wanted a dry grass look, but...