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Thanks Mike, I like the mirror effect too, you are able to show some detail on the underside without flipping the coin and the NMF comes to shine under the bright sunlight even more. Cheers Rob

Oha, the 'French Touch', the yellow headlight nearly slipped my attention, so back to the bench, adding some Chrome pigments and clear yellow, voila. Cheers Rob

Hola Senhores, I call the beast done for the moment and have to think now about my little dio. To get a 'used' look I added a lot of different pigments for earth depots and smoke residues. There were some different kinds of grime added and 'formed' with a flat brush and some odorless spirit. I left some dotted oil stains with a slightly glistening effect around the engine covers and maintenance doors. The pavement is only temporary and might be part of my little dio, if my figure painting skills don't go south. Cheers Rob

Ernie, here is a build from The Modelling News guys. https://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/06/build-guide-pt-i-andy-builds-paints.html Cheers Rob

What a great looking Foxhound, chapeau. More than once my finger hovered over the buy-button, and it is happening again... Cheers Rob

Thanks Peter, very kind of you, it was an all out fun project and the only rollercoaster ride was the NMF, but in the end it turned out ok, but still with a lot of room to improve, but that's a future chapter. Cheers Rob

Thanks Peter, compared to planes, weathering tanks is pure fun and less risk to overdo. you can add layers and layers without ruining the look and as the icing on the cake you put on some boot prints and smoked Gauloise butts . Cheers Rob

You are a machine, man, on one of these pictures I can spot the Uhu guns, I wonder how the Mil will end with some 'Schräge Musik' hopefully synchronized with the main rotor . Both the 219 and the 24 look mean, bash them together, …, taken away. I'm in on this one two, albeit I have only a 1/72 Eduard / Zvezda 24 in my stash. Bring it on. Cheers Rob

And two fellows with tanker helmets Cheers Rob

Well, oui, like this? An a Beret as well

Thanks Gaz, the design of that tank is unique, somewhere between WW1 and WW2, combined with the visual attitude of being a moving fortress. To me the subject itself has to pull a trigger in me, historical and technical reasons are second thoughts. And this French Char, combined with their appealing and varying camo schemes, does that. I still think of building another one and do a steam punk conversion. Thanks Hubert, I always loved the yellow tinted headlights of French cars when I was young. I owned a R-20 with yellow headlights when I was a student in West Berlin and albeit it's not a beauty, I somehow liked the car. I can't remember the Colour of the headlights of the French garrisons tanks in Berlin, pity, I was more used to the view of American M-48 and M-60 tanks, as I lived in the American Sector. Correctness or not, I will use some clear yellow to give the Char a French touch. Cheers Rob

Buenos Dias Senhores, after some more weathering I decided to add the tracks, to weather them to a fitting state. The Char got a two tone brush chipping and got treated with different types of pigment. Steel pigments for heavy abrasion and a filtering layer of light earth pigments all over. With some enamel mud wash with dabbed in earth pigments I created some mud caking and decided against wet mud specks, because I will show the beast parked on a street. Some more grease stains and grime will be added later, after everything dried and evaluated. BTW, does anybody know, if the headlight should be, typically French, yellow? Cheers Rob

Thanks Darren, the quality of the kit and included AM makes it an easy build. No real need for a lot of scratching. A real fun ride after some recent quirky builds. Cheers Rob

Not far from seeing the Bat in it's true form. I hope everything will fit, these modular kits give me the creeps. Cheers Rob

Nice soldering job, that's the new way of puttying. Cheers Rob

The mentioned set is for a PBJ-1H and not a J. Maybe that's the reason for the difference. There's a pic in Ernies post which shape ways looks like the one from the PM-set. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5837-caught-in-the-doldrums-so-drag-one-off-the-sod/?tab=comments#comment-75099 Cheers Rob

Mix up or not, I will follow and hope to learn something for mine out of it. I have all the goodies as well except for the resin transparencies, which were included in the firs draft only. Have fun. Cheers Rob

Nice looking Mustang, love the finish. Cheers Rob

It's definitely included in the Profimodeller set #32202. Length is 68mm and the diameter is 19,7mm. Cheers Rob

Nice looking Tiger, you are on a roll with German Armor in the moment. Nice and dusty that big cat. Cheers Rob

There is something about that movie attracting you, eh? Cheers Rob

Nice paintjob, love the shining through effect of the final coat. Cheers Rob

FUBAR That happens when you hit the bollards bordering the pedestrian zone , inner city parking problems can be a nightmare. Thanks Martin, they use strange words these French sometimes, but we Germans do as well Cheers Rob

Thanks Kais, these videos are great. Because of the very different layout of the tank compared to others, an interior including version would be interesting. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, actually I'm thinking about a dio with these figures, but that might change. They are from the Miniart French tanker set except the guy sitting in the turret hatch, who was provided with the kit. I really like the leather jackets of those tankers, might be an interesting subject to look for. Cheers Rob