AL CAPONE GUNS DONT ARGUE! A rather muddy Chieftain MK5

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What a joy it was to build this famous main battle tank of the cold war. I think I over did the mud effect but on the right diorama she will look the business.

ps I didn't put the crew on her simply because I cant do faces and didn't want to ruin it

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That is absolutely crackin' Alan .............. and no, I don't think you've "over cooked" on the mud. Absolutely big :score: from me matey.

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Nice job mate. Well worth five stars.

Definitely not over done with the mud, in fact you could go some more quite easily.

If you pop it in a diorama then you'll have to slap some more on it anyway to get the tank to match the terrain.
 
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cheers folks I was going for a typical British summer on the sailsbury planes effect , I think ive captured the day after a good rain storm :smiling3:

CDW I think ill do a dio of it on a muddy field
 
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Nicely done Alan perfect weathering in my opinion looks more dusty than muddy :score:
 
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Looks good to me Alan mate, can't beat a good Chieftain.

And if you don't mind, i'll show you what happens when you do go over the top (a little) http://www.scale-models.co.uk/tanks/6900-chieftain-al-capone.html

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I knew I got the idea of sticking an led in the light when i did mine from somewhere heh heh ;) :smiling3: ;)
 
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Very cool, i dig it. Ive never seen this mk before it looks like a turret from the modern russian "t" series. Nice work.
 
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Alan I'm not an armor expert but this looks awesome! Very nicely done Sir!!!!
 
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Looks fine to me Alan, and the weathering is spot on.

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thanks everyone

here is one my son made about 18 months ago and he asked me to finish it for him as you will see there are some pieces missing but hes chuffed to bits with it and I have taken onboard some of the comments and have added some extra weathering to it.

he totally painted the figures for it all I did was clean the dust off them hes better than me at figures

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if only I could get him to have half the enthusiasum he has for xbox he would be a very good builder

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Two very nice models from Alan & Son.... They make up into nice looking tanks. the weathering looks just fine to me.....Your son has done a great job too, just try and get him to build something else. Like his dad, he obviously has a talent.

Yep, top work.....

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Very nice job, I have tried and tried to get my kids to have a go with me but the laptop/ ps3/ iPhone holds a much greater bond than my lump of plastic ever could
 
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Looks great to me, certainly not over done.
 
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What a cracking job Alan, the paint and the weathering look good. Ido think you should add a figure or two in and it will look good in a dio. Have you considered building one?

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\ said:
What a cracking job Alan, the paint and the weathering look good. Ido think you should add a figure or two in and it will look good in a dio. Have you considered building one?scott
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Thanks noble, unfortunatly I can't do faces on figures or I would have seriously thought about doing a dio for it.

I'm fine with small 1/72 1/76 figures but Bigger than that they all have a rather serprised look on there faces lol
 
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