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Modeller Build Logs
M47 Patton at Suez |
| By Paul Roberts | | Started: | Jan 28, 2005 | | Updated: | Oct 23, 2005 |
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My local club is having its yearly club contest in January and, in typical fashion, as of December 26th, 2004, I didn't have anything built. Again. I was determined to have something this year for the "Cold War" armour theme and as Korea was specifically excluded, I went huinting through the kit stash for something that I could build out of the box and still be happy with, rivet counter that I am.
My eyes settled on the old Italeri M47 which I had always heard was a great kit. Good choice, I thought, but what scheme other than European OD Green??? Who used these puppies in the mid 50's?
France!
At Suez!
And thus started the 4 week build for the contest. |
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| Chapter 6 - Turret Texture II | Feb 6, 2005 |
This is a close-up of the area near the front of the port side. You can see the texture has been toned down a bit and the effect of the putty casting seam. After I had sanded the texture I scraped a coarse file over the very edge of the seam to simulate the ridges left when these seams were torched off and ground flush at the foundry.
Also, you can see that my attempts to add some surface variations by scraping with the knife blade really aren't visible after the Surfacer texture is added. Win some, lose some. :-)
Still you don't learn anything if you don't try, so it was time well spent. |
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