WIP - Churchill VII

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October 15, 2020
Wheels
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October 15, 2020
Hatch and co-axial gun
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October 15, 2020
Rear
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October 15, 2020
Front
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October 21, 2020
Good looking barrel
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October 21, 2020
Way better than the plastic one
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October 21, 2020
This part of the turret was one cast piece. The seam line has to go.
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October 21, 2020
Stippled some Mr Surfacer 1200 to get a rough surface
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October 21, 2020
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October 21, 2020
Friul shoes started
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October 21, 2020
Glueing parts from the inside can look so much better
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October 21, 2020
Unless the TETC seeps through, and you have your fingerprint saved for the ages.
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October 21, 2020
Added some mesh on the air intakes. I'm not sure it will be visible when finished.
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October 21, 2020
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October 21, 2020
Fixed the booboo
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October 21, 2020
Dry fit
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October 21, 2020
Simulated some damage from bullets and a bigger shot
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October 21, 2020
Ready for paint
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October 21, 2020
Road wheeeeeeeels!
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October 21, 2020
Glued the other halves on a piece of sprue for easier painting. Why on the axle? The end will be visible
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October 21, 2020
Various parts.
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October 21, 2020
White primer on.
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October 21, 2020
Needs an extra layer here and there.
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October 21, 2020
Ditto
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October 25, 2020
First steps of preshading
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October 25, 2020
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October 25, 2020
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October 25, 2020
Roof needs to be a bit lighter
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October 25, 2020
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October 31, 2020
Highlights & white added.
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October 31, 2020
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October 31, 2020
Base colour
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October 31, 2020
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October 31, 2020
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October 31, 2020
Green wheels!
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October 31, 2020
The green is a bit too opaque?
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November 16, 2020
Friul slipper
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November 16, 2020
Both slippers done
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November 17, 2020
Tracks burnished
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November 17, 2020
A wash using Ammo tracks wash with added rust pigment
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November 17, 2020
Added some extra rust pigment in the middle. The lower ‘rails’ has been treated with Gun metal pigment
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November 17, 2020
Top left links have been treated with gun metal pigment.
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November 17, 2020
Measles. The phtalo blue is too blue and way too much. Next time I’ll use a dark green
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November 17, 2020
Measles mostly gone & dry fit
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November 20, 2020
Some paint
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November 20, 2020
Some gun metal to get a steel wire look
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December 7, 2020
Dust!
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March 7, 2021
To my surprise, all pieces were glued and decalled. Only some weathering left?
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March 7, 2021
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March 7, 2021
Enough dust?
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March 7, 2021
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March 7, 2021
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March 7, 2021

Comments

19 15 October 2020, 20:41

Martin Oostrom
Had a chat this morning with Lode. I told him I was thinking of a bf109 as my next build. She has gained some weight! 😄

15 October 2020, 20:44

Martin Oostrom
All pieces are cut, sanded and prepped for primer. Some pieces already have primer on.

21 October 2020, 20:43

Lode Schildermans
This is going pretty ahead, Martin. Nice job with the mr surfacer and the damage on the turret. I liked it much

21 October 2020, 21:05

Martin Oostrom
Thank you Lode. I started with some preshading. Some work left 😉

25 October 2020, 09:28

Lode Schildermans
Quite a lot of preshading. That is going to come nicely out in the painting

25 October 2020, 10:43

Steven Van Dyck
I recently bought this model too. I'll replace the turret with a Blackdog hessian camo one. I wonder if it will all keep up to the AFV model I made earlier. You've already advanced far! Good idea to look for metal links in stead of the vinyl you got.

25 October 2020, 11:11

Martin Oostrom
Well, it is time to decide if my preshading worked....

31 October 2020, 15:28

James C
Completely missed this one, but nice work so far. The cast texture you applied to the turret looks very good. 👍

31 October 2020, 16:41

Tim Heimer
I wish my painting skills were half as good as your. Looking good!

11 November 2020, 15:02

Martin Oostrom
Tim, Can we trade skills then for a couple of weeks? I want to paint some cars and you rock at that 👍
Thank you James. Currently on hold due to my Covid quarantine.

11 November 2020, 18:25

Tim Heimer
wouldn't that be cool to do! I'd do it!

12 November 2020, 00:51

Martin Oostrom
After my release from my COVID prison, I need to finish some stuff on my bench first 😉

16 November 2020, 16:05

Lode Schildermans
Go go go, Martin. We've seen a lot of starts in your COVID prisontime. Time to finish them, including this Churchill tank

16 November 2020, 21:10

Tim Heimer
Nicely put Lode.

17 November 2020, 05:46

Martin Oostrom
Sure, no pressure 😄

17 November 2020, 06:29

Martin Oostrom
Enough progress for one day

17 November 2020, 21:33

James C
Nice work on those tracks👍

17 November 2020, 23:07

Spanjaard
Looking great

17 November 2020, 23:58

Tim Heimer
Almost looks like you know what you're doing! LOL! Keep up the good work!

18 November 2020, 05:05

Martin Oostrom
I DO know what I'm doing! Sort of, maybe 😄
I use this magazine, which has all kinds of techniques, which I mix and match scalemates.com/press/issue.php?id=229
It is so much easier to learn when each step is detailed with pictures.
I must confess I'm pretty pleased with the result and even more with your compliments 🙂

18 November 2020, 07:12

Tim Heimer
Well then I guess you're on the right track! or maybe the left one! 🙂 Looks like a magazine well worth getting. Thanks

18 November 2020, 14:31

Martin Oostrom
Dusted her a bit. Mostly to hide some imperfections😄

7 December 2020, 16:42

Lode Schildermans
Martin, which imperfections?

8 December 2020, 06:32

Spanjaard
I think it is in the rigging 😛

8 December 2020, 07:25

Martin Oostrom
See Lode? The dust hid them! It worked 😄

8 December 2020, 08:07

Spanjaard
LOL!

8 December 2020, 09:43

Martin Oostrom
During my covid depression I moved this to the end of the desk. Now the lime/purple monster is done, I found the Churchill again. To my surprise all parts were glued and all decals done. So I took a jar of pigment and a brush. Now I'm declaring this one done as well!
Beter pictures to follow in sunlight

7 March 2021, 19:55

James C
Looking forward to the final reveal Martin. The Churchill (along with the Cromwell, Centaur and Comet) is on my "todo" list for later this year as well, to finish off my British WW2 armour collection.

7 March 2021, 20:01

Spanjaard
nicely done

7 March 2021, 23:05

Tim Heimer
That'll work! Looks good!

8 March 2021, 01:00

Rui S
Very nice work & Great weathering 👍

8 March 2021, 14:32

Olivier
Ben Nevis ? Quite a climb but worth it.

8 March 2021, 18:57

Martin Oostrom
Finally some sun! Check the pictures here: Completed Churchill VII | Album by Mahoo76 (1:35)
Thank you all for riding out this looooong build with me

14 March 2021, 16:49

Lode Schildermans
But the result, Martin, was worth the long building time

14 March 2021, 20:01

Martin Oostrom
When I typed long build, I was thinking of you actually 🙂

15 March 2021, 07:26

Lode Schildermans
Martin, impossible to beat me on that point 🙂

15 March 2021, 07:41

Martin Oostrom
So true!

17 March 2021, 07:23