Dave J

Unfortunately... 24 hours later when I checked how it dried... The Still Water has cracked on me.... Have no idea why. So I may scrap the base for the moment and finish the tank... and revisit the base at a later date.

Vallejo Still water was mixed with a muddy water Vallejo paint and then poured into holes in the base. Tank in place for a test... and then put away to dry...

I applied some Two Way Thinners with a brush to the top of the foam to disform it, and then sprayed it with Black Auto Primer. I removed a bit of the foam afterwards so the tank can sit in deep into the base so it will give the impression of it sitting in the mud a bit better. MIG Productions Wet European Mud was spread over the base and twig from the garden was added for the broken tree stump.

No worries Ted, Love to see what done anyway! Would love to that base too!

Thats a very RNZAF Scheme, one I am thinking of too! You would need to delete the landing gear to make it a PBY-5 version.

Any updates Ted?

Sounds good to me! I am thinking of starting after the 152....

Yea I am leaning toward Green 9... Like that pre painted nose

Nice Review.. When are you planning to build this one Fran?

If it wasn't for your build... I most likely building something else!

So with the Male Tank coming close to finishing... I am wanting a fairly quick and easy build to tackle.. I was thinking of rocking with another Tamiya kit, but Jim made me take a pic of the stash and told me to do the 152... So here I go.... Its going to be built from the box, but I will add HGW Belts and brass tubing for the gun barrels a I think I will give it a go riveting it too. My chosen scheme will be one of Willi Reschke Ta 152's, since it has the Bare Metal underside panels. Ta 152 H-1 Green 9 Ta 152 H-0 Black 13

Looking awesome! This is a really great kit to build

The lacquer base paint? Yes you can... I have used Hairspray for it in the past..

That's awesome.. how did I miss my this one....

So the plan is to mount this to a base also.. my idea is for it to be muddy will a shell hole filled with water... and maybe a figure at a later date... I have knocked up a basic frame. This will be puttyed up and painted. I used some foam board that I found at work for the basic ground. I started to play around with mud and water to see what I can do.. The Mud is from Mig Productions. I used Dry European Dirt here for the test, but have the wet shade that u will use on the base. The water in the shell hole is Vallejo Still Water with a light brown muddy paint mixed throughout it..

Ok! Here's an update... So first thing is got my photo table up, so I played around with a couple shots to set everything up. Still using my phone for the photos at the mo... So I have been working on the tracks, started off painting them Mr Color Dark Iron and then they got a coat of AK's Track Wash. Once dry, I used a range of AK Pigments mix with White Sprits to make the mud on the tracks. Exuast was painted with Mr Surfacer Black then a very thin spray of Tamiya Flat Brown was sprayed. Using Orange Rust from Tamiya's weathering Master, I started the base colour and then used AK's Track Rust pigment for a final tone. Added a little bit of stoage to the back of the tank. The razor wire is from Galeforce Nine range and the tarp was a small piece of paper folded and crunch up for the wrinkles. Watered down white glue was brushed over it to hold it in place... and then brushed painted with watered down US Dark Green from Vallejo.

I would Grant.. But I have started to do the weathering of the tracks already. However I do plan to build another one/two soon! So, I am just doing an generic Mk.IV... Can't find any interesting schemes at the moment, but then I really haven't looked either! The Red and White Stripes are painted with Vallejo, added some chipping to the outside of it.. Panel washed applied, I used AK's OIF/OEF wash AK's OIF/OEF Streaking Effects were also used.. So thats were it is currently... Plan to throw some mud at it this weekend...

Whoo thats awesome!

I know Rick... Maybe my first Aircraft project for 2015...

Great Start... I brought this kit when it first came out.. I was a teenager and I had to pay it off over a couple of months... Its still sitting in my pile till I can do it justice!

Bevan... I been out of the loop for a while... But that is awesome!

Awesome! Love the weathering! Looking forward to your next update!

Awesome stuff! I have one in my pile that I really do need to build!

Awesome! Jim has convince me to order one... I will get on the bandwagon

Awesome stuff! I had one of these on the go last last year.. till the Hairspray bit me in the ass and pull off a lot of the green paint!