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coporado
Build completed so far. Still waiting for the metal barrel. Quite challenging to attach the Zimmerit- PE parts. Was annoying when it comes to round shapes on the turret front armor. Treating those metal parts with some heat, made them much more handy to shape. First time using Friul tracks, very time consuming, but the best track result I´ve seen so far 🙂

Spanjaard
looks certainly good already🙂

coporado
Thanks bud!

coporado
Lower part of the tank was painted and received weathering. Tracks were mounted and connected. Rear fenders were the installed. Next is masking lower section and painting the upper parts.

Christoph Kunz
Nice job. I'm taking a seat.
Is it going to be some "Magdeburg-stuff" again?

coporado
Thanks, Christoph! This time its Normandy subject 🙂

Christoph Kunz
Next time I'll read the headline.
Stupid me...

coporado
The tank received several rounds of paint. Starting with red brown primer, followed by dark yellow as base color and finally the camo pattern. Next is detail painting, and weathering.

coporado
Initial weathering steps were conducted; chipping the Zimmerit and the metal surfaces.

coporado
Weathering of the exhaust section using acrylics and enamels.

Spanjaard
looks fantastic

Neuling
I agree. Very interesting dents and battle damage.

coporado
Thanks, Gentlemen! 🙂

Nick N
The exhaust looks awesome! How did you make that?

coporado
Thanks, Nick!
The exhaust was painted in a medium grey first. The parts having armor plates underneath were left in the original painting, as these area is less affected by heat and corrosion. Then a warm white followed by a reddish brown was applied using the sponge technique. Next was rust tones painted and blended with enamels. Colors of the original camo scheme where then applied with a sponge in the areas with less corrosion, to turn out the different stages of heat impact. Finally the upper parts received a slightly black shade to simulate the exhaust fume grime.

Nick N
Thanks a lot, this is very inspiring 🙂

coporado
Tank completed, time to start the dio 🙂

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Djordje Nikolic
Thank you Rui! 🙂

gorby
Nice result!

Bob Hall
Pretty cool there, P ! Guess I need to get cracking on one of mine. Just got done with a CHP Bronco, and I think one of these would look good sitting next to it. 👍

Curtis Caden
Bob Hall this was a model kit that I would recommend. At least it is only a 3-year-old model car! I did the double white doors because I was thinking of doing a Wisconsin State Highway Patrol. To do this properly for C H P one should only have one white door and a white roof. I keep looking for interesting variations IRL (in the real world), but then can't find the decals or accessories I want. I hadn't thought about doing a Bronco and instead did a 1996 Ford Explorer. If they ever do a good late model SUV, I wouldn't hesitate to make it a police/pursuit car. Happy modeling to you!

Bob Hall
I'm a Texas State Trooper and our cars are White over the top, with black. I have 5 in the stash and their earmarked for projects. And if you are looking for police car parts and goodies, let me know and I can help point ya in the right direction for parts. Police cars are my specialty !

springfieldm14

Martin Oostrom
Nice one Curtis

Curtis Caden
Bob Hall I am interested in new resources besides blackdogdiecast.com/ and https://ebay.com/. I was recently intrigued by the wraparound push bars. My last two models I added some old-style push bars with sirens. Thank you for your comments.
Thank you Martin Oostrom for your compliment.