IDF Shot Kal Centurion WIP

Mona
work in progress

Villiers de Vos
A very nice start. I will be following.

Mona
@Villiers de Vos ,thank you I'm really trying not to botch this one up

David Taylor
Following.

Ingo Green
Nice work...

Mona
@Ingo Green ,thank you

Simon Nagorsnik
Ah, IDF Centurion, nice project👍

Mona
@Simon Nagorsnik , this was on "hold" since last year ..glad I waited to build 🙂

Villiers de Vos
An addition that adds realism.

Jv
Lovely detailed clean work
Looks like alot of work and a very good kit
I'm in

David Taylor
Looking good Mona.

Mona
thank you guy's , the modification wasn't difficult ..but I wish that I had placed it one mm lower , before gluing it in place .

David Taylor
How are you finding the kit as I have the MK5 AVRE in the stash.

Mona
@ David T , the kit overall is of good quality , I had problems fitting part C36 , upper hull Driers hatch ..and mating the upper turret half . But the head light guards .. frail , I made mine out of soldier

David Taylor
Big thumbs up Mona.

Mona
build update of this slow moving project ..a few new pic's #16 &17 of the turret details removed and replaced with wire and pic's#22&23 the tow cable brackets/hold downs , I still have some tiny detail items to add yet ,all the small stuff my carpet monster (under my desk wants) ...why is it when something -anything falls it travels not to where my feet are but way in the back ,behind my compressor

Jv
Looks almost finished now
Lots of detail
Makes it an interesting model

Mona
@ Jv its close but slow going ,still several things to be addressed ,the road wheels , small brackets on the turret , radio antenna's and Paint ,weathering -decals haven't decided which Brigade the 7th or the 188th to base the dio' on.. its 1973 the Golan Heights in the 'Valley of Tears' , either way its important for me to get it right

Jv
As long as you have a good time whed it
Will be watching

Mona
few new pic's # 25 &26 today , showing the road wheel detail

Paul Shearer
Looking great. Your welds look fantastic 👍. Wish I had seen this building earlier, though I don't know how concerned you are about total accuracy, but the seam behind the driver's hatch should actually be smooth. On the real tank that piece is actually one and is bent at that point.
Great build

Mona
@ Paul S , I discovered that inaccuracy ( part# C36 ) only after ..I had made the mistake of applying the milliput to the seem (saw it in a YouTube video) but I had some difficulty getting it aligned square when gluing in place ..I appreciate you mentioning it Thank you , perhaps 😉 it will appear corrected in my next pic upload

Paul Shearer
Ya it's not something that I would be willing to change at this point in a build but more info for next time. I was lucky enough to have someone mention it to me right at the time I was building the hull 😋

Mona
I removed it without damaging the work around it 👍 should appear satisfactory in the next pic upload 🙂 , the instructions 👀 are vague in some respect . I don't often post or ask questions because generally I don't get replies when I do .. But sometimes others are looking out for me 😉 thank you Paul

Paul Shearer
Nice work on the seam 👍👍

Villiers de Vos
The base colour came out very nice.

Mona
yes guys reasonably well 😉 , now on to shading , stowage (fume extractor +more) , weathering ...and its base

Jv
Looking forward to see more your work is so clean looks fantastic

Mona
@Jv ..now on to making it look Interesting 😉

Jv
Yes I guess that is were the fun part starts

Mona
Yup

Villiers de Vos
The paint work and chipping cam out very nice. It adds realism.

Mona
yes a bit more to do , I forgot to add the wires to the rear marking lights and a few 'corrections yet ,antennas & machine guns ...then the dirt an dust . I still haven't started the base or figures ...a very slow roll

Gerald
👍

Neil
Fantastic work Mona. Agree with Villiers, the chipping in particular looks highly realistic to me. Will await the final reveal with great anticipation 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very nice work, Mona. I like that subtle chipping.

Mona
thank you guys ..working on figures and the dio base

Shar Dipree
Nice 👍
I think you managed the chipping well and balanced.

Mona
@ Shar D ,thank you ..taking a slight break from this , it still isn't dirty yet ,Lol ..presently working on the dio base , a bunker outpost entrance /hill and few figures (the TC is done) ...where the AFV is in my reference pic'

Andy Dallibar
It's great that the Centurion is so well catered for nowadays. There was only one option in 1/35 for years, and no one made any after market items. Then I got back into modeling a few years ago and Centurions are everywhere. It's always been my favorite. Keep up the good work.

Mona
Thank you Andy 🙂

David Taylor
Looks Fab.

Jennifer Franklin
Looks amazing

Villiers de Vos
Your weathering turned out very nice.

Mona
Hi 🙂 Thank you David , Jennifer and Villers . I scraped the diorama attached to this build ..it just didn't work out, perhaps a smaller less ambitious base is its future resting spot. currently its parked waiting for it's antenna on my desk top