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Ben M
Well done! That's an attractive color scheme as well.

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful work! (I intend to make the same kit in Swedish livery one day...)

Benny Michiels
Very nice ! What did you use for rigging ?

Ethan Flory
Thanks for the kind comments! and I used AK interactive Mega thin rigging.

Mark K
Perfect!

Marius
Very well done!
Bequtiful subject and model!

Curatorm
Very fine work!

Neuling
Every praise you got here is well deserved!

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

Ferenc Sarka
Super, especially the wiring! No1.

J35J
Great work!

Bruce Huxtable
Stunning results... The rigging? Wow!!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Felix
Very beautiful and great rigging! Did you drill holes before?

Ethan Flory
Thanks for the kind words! I didn't drill any holes with this model; I just used a very small amount of super glue directly applied to the rigging wire by dipping it into a dab of glue and then sticking it exactly where I wanted it to be placed.

Robert Podkoński
Impressive! I wish I had so steady hands... 😉

Spanjaard
excellent work

gorby
Beautiful!

Doubtingmango
So I just finished this little Italian job. The decals came out with a lot of the edges showing, which then got a lot worse when I added some washes. I used Microset on the decals, and then sealed them with Tamiya semi-gloss before the washes, but it actually looks like the washes got under the decals. Any thoughts?

Bogicevic Vladimir
It looks like you haven't spray gloss coat before you applied decals. Or decals didn't set well. There are two solutions. One is lacquer thinner. Put the thinner with fine brush in dots over the place where you have silvering. Thinner should destroy the film. If it raises paint under, just leave it, it will settle back. Important thing here is that, once you applied thinner, you shouldn't touch decal for something like 20 minutes, at least. Second way is mix of sugar and water, half - half. You make a hole with a needle on the decal, than you put mix on the top. It should enter in the space between decal and paint and, when drayed, make a gloss film in between them which will act as a gloss under the decal. Wipe excess mix with wet cloath and you are done.

Mr James
How annoying. I've never heard of the sugar water trick from Bogicevic. I'll be interested if this works. If the thinner, sugar trick fails, what else can you do but use a scalpel to cut around them, since you've sealed it,

Mr James
Oh, nice paintjob by the way

Doubtingmango
Thanks mates! I believe Bogicevic is right. I think I did fail to gloss coat before the decals. I think I'll try the sugar water first

Bogicevic Vladimir
Ok. There are few small tings I should add then. Heat the water first, when hot it will disolve sugar beter and apply it while it's still warm, it will have more viscosity. Make small hole or slice with modeling knife, put few drops of mix on the top and let it dry. You will see emidiatly if it's penatrating. When dry, wipe carefully excess mix with moist cloth. Repeat where neaded. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it worked for me many times.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't work I'll try the lacquer thinner technique. I love this site!

Mark Sherwood
Where the *uck's this been hiding. Very nice build Mr Mango and I hope the decal solution from Bogicevic work's out🤞

Doubtingmango
Thanks Mark! So I punched some holes in the decals and applied the warm sugar water, but unfortunately it did not seem to make a noticeable difference. I decided my best shot was to just grab the scalpel and remove the decals, which was very easy. Bogicevic said the solution would get under the decals! I have successfully applied new decals, and my little Italian job is now base-worthy. New pics to come.

Bogicevic Vladimir
Well, you find a solution, which is the most important thing. I can not know why something that worked for me many times does not work for you in this case. Maybe that what I think is silvering is residual glue from decal paper. Who knows... Anyway, good luck with your project.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! You were definitely part of the solution

John
All's well that ends well. 👍 Mango, your builds have me hankering to do some armor but I still have commitments to do a couple more a/c. When I do get a chance, part of me wants to start small with a Pz IV, but another part says go for broke and do a Maus!

gorby
Very nice work!

Neuling
Good result anyway!

Doubtingmango
Thanks guys!

Doubtingmango
As promised, new pics of the new decals have been added, along with pics of the work I have started on the base. Once again, thank you for the help Bogicevic!

John
Really cool base! 👍

Guy Rump
Great result on the tank, the base looks good too. 👍

Doubtingmango
Thanks John and Guy!

Doubtingmango
More work on the base. Just need to paint up the base and add foliage

Doubtingmango
And it's finished

Rui S
Great work allround 👍 Beautiful vignette

Doubtingmango
Thanks Rui! Always appreciate the feedback

Tcamp
Awesome work

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful work, congrats!

M0rce
That's pretty cool 😎

Bobby Thumbs
hey man that palm tree is badass excellent work

Doubtingmango
Thank you all! The palm tree is badass, but I can only take credit for the placement. I got it off an Ebay seller from Thailand, Thannan Diorama Exporters. Not cheap, but I had to get one to see if they were as good as they look. They are! Also need to give a shout out to Value Gear for much of the stowage.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, this is fantastic!! The model and the base looks amazing, but that palm tree really pulls it all together in an extra special way. Well done!

Doubtingmango
Thanks Mike!

Spanjaard
great you resolved the decals issue, fantastic dio

Doubtingmango
Thanks Spanjaard! It was a nice save

Bobby Thumbs
aww man I thought you was a next level tree maker - i was gonna hit you up for hints

jaero
thats stunning!! the rocky terrain looks great, and so does the camo

Doubtingmango
Thanks Jaero!

Clair Greenwood
I sure hope one day my models would look half as good as your work sir 🙂

Doubtingmango
Thanks Clair!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice one !

Doubtingmango
Thanks Siegfried!

Shar Dipree
Very nice!

Doubtingmango
Thanks Shar!

Ben M
I enjoyed the discussion of fixing decal stuff as decals are always hard for me. One thing to add, I have been adding tamiya gloss clear (X-22) to my paint mixtures when I paint tanks. This gives the finish a slightly more glossy surface and I find I can do decals and pinwashes/oil washes without a separate gloss coat, and I do a flat coat after to dull the surface. I first tried this on my M3 Lee build. I should take better pics of that one. I think I got the idea indirectly from uncle nightshift (someone told me it was in one of his videos, didn't see it myself). I don't get joy from spraying endless coats of clear on models, I find it's hard to get all the nooks and crannies, so mixing the clear with the color coat makes it easier to see what I'm doing. Maybe an idea for the future.

That's a cool little Italian tank and the diorama is great as well! Thanks for sharing.

CarlosR
very nice!

Robert H.
bravo 👏 cool dio 👍

Doubtingmango
Thanks for the tips and comments Ben! I have always been hit or miss with decals. Sometimes they come together like clockwork, and sometimes it's a hot mess. This M13/40 is a perfect example. First set of decals required a full do—over, but the second try went off without a hitch. Sometimes the decals aren't so good, but more often than not I think human error is my problem.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Carlos and Robert!

Bobby Thumbs
yo mango i hate you man - just spent the last few days looking on ebay at Thanan dioramas - they are good makers - surprisingly quite reasonable prices - i gotta ask thou did freight cost an arm and a leg? i may have to splash out on a palm tree too.

Spanjaard
please provide the link 😉

gorby
Very nice work. Did you sink any enemy ducks?

Mr D
Very nice....Was surprised to see you RC' modded it , Great 👍👌

Marquee
Thanks, Mr D. I think Trumpeter 1:200 scales are somewhat intended for RC modifications😁

Marquee
To Gorby: Lol, the ducks were too smart. They deliberately left feathers in the water to tangle the propellers.

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Spanjaard
ha ha ha clever ducks 🙂 it looks great, and specially, on the water

Mr D
Good to get a start Kesa, Nice project 👍👍

gorby
I agree, I'll follow as well. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Thanks guys

Since you two are here i thought i should ask, should i paint it the modernized paint scheme? With the helipad and such (btw gorby ill respond to your response in a little while, im still thinking about what to say)

Mr D
Hi Kesa
I think it would be good in the box art scheme.... Smart 👍👍

Kesa Tiho
Id also paint it the box art scheme but i just dont have the correct colours and thought it looked.. odd.. maybe ill try to paint it the box art scheme from the sideview

gorby
When I decide what paint scheme to go for it comes down to available paints and usually I have a much stronger urge to do one of the options, or sometimes I make up a scheme if the options don't appeal to me.