Cruising around in my A9 CS

[scottie3158]

Coming on very nicely indeed Paul.

Very well done indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

Cheers Andrew very kind of you.

Excellent detail work as always. That tensioning spring is a thing of beauty!

Tim, thanks mate, I had to add it as the kit plastic one was not very good at all.

HI Scottie well sorry i missed this as im not a tankie person but ive just looked right through your build an wow your build an the exrta bits like the springs an hingers on the turret an the copper handeles really set your work off an im really impressed keep goin an keep up your good work
an impressed chris

Chris many thanks mate. But the details on this pail compared with the details on your build.

Up to your usual meticulous excellence, will be following your build as usual.
Carry on!

View attachment 436978 Jim.

Jim, Good to see you mate and very kind of you to say.

 

[JR]

Paul just having a look through, this caught my eye, what did you use as it looks like material ? Not the PE !
But the strap

Do you employ small spiders to do this ?

 

[RonGlass]

Paul just having a look through, this caught my eye, what did you use as it looks like material ? Not the PE !
But the strap
View attachment 437160
Do you employ small spiders to do this ?

Im pretty sure it was Tamiya tape John (IIRC)

 

[scottie3158]

Paul just having a look through, this caught my eye, what did you use as it looks like material ? Not the PE !
But the strap
View attachment 437160
Do you employ small spiders to do this ?

John,
Ron is right it's strips of Tamyia masking tape dusted with talc to allow it to be passed through the PE buckle. No spiders just a lot of swearing lol.

 

[scottie3158]

Im pretty sure it was Tamiya tape John (IIRC)

Well spotted Ron i like to use it for cloth straps.

 

[scottie3158]

Following a pre shade the main colours have been blocked in, the dark green is a bit of a guess as its black green and nato black mixed. Next will be a gloss coat ready for the next stages.





cheers
Scottie

 

[Jakko]

I think the dark green looks too black — the model now looks like it’s a modern (1970s to present) British tank, rather than one from 1940. The real things were painted in Khaki Green G3 with Dark Green G4 over it, and going by the colour chips in one of Mike Starmer’s books on the subject, the contrast between the two was not all that great. He gives colour mixes for them as 5× Humbrol 155 Olive Drab + 1× Humbrol 10 Service Brown for khaki green, and 8× Revell 361 Olive Green + 1× Revell 8 Matt Black for the dark green.

 

[JR]

Looking good Paul, thanks to you and Ron re the tape. Neat idea

 

[scottie3158]

I think the dark green looks too black — the model now looks like it’s a modern (1970s to present) British tank, rather than one from 1940. The real things were painted in Khaki Green G3 with Dark Green G4 over it, and going by the colour chips in one of Mike Starmer’s books on the subject, the contrast between the two was not all that great. He gives colour mixes for them as 5× Humbrol 155 Olive Drab + 1× Humbrol 10 Service Brown for khaki green, and 8× Revell 361 Olive Green + 1× Revell 8 Matt Black for the dark green.

Thanks Jakko. I did just use black green first but it didn't look right or as dark as the box illustration, so I darkened it down with Mark black. It is still green but as you say it could be to dark now.

 

[scottie3158]

Looking good Paul, thanks to you and Ron re the tape. Neat idea

No worries John. It works well you should try it.

 

[adt70hk]

Scottie

Coming on very nicely indeed. Like the camo effect even if according to Jakko is a bit dark.

It looks very good indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[RonGlass]

John,
Ron is right it's strips of Tamyia masking tape dusted with talc to allow it to be passed through the PE buckle. No spiders just a lot of swearing lol.

No spiders around this place Paul, John's torched them all by now

 

[papa 695]

Looking very good in the war paint Paul.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Scottie. As to the colours, not sure what period you are going for, but that looks accurate for a late 1941 SCC2 number 2/ Dark Tarmak number 4 disruptive pattern. Like this…


These colours replaced the original khaki green 3 and dark green G4 disruptive pattern from late 1941. This is the end of the A9 lifespan, but could have been seen…..the original pre 1941 scheme looked something like this….

Hope this helps…
Cheers
Tim

 

[BattleshipBob]

You must have X ray vision Paul lol

 

[scottie3158]

Scottie

Coming on very nicely indeed. Like the camo effect even if according to Jakko is a bit dark.

It looks very good indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

Cheers mate, as everyone knows I have never been historically accurate.

No spiders around this place Paul, John's torched them all by now

No spiders just eye strain and a shaking hand.

Looking very good in the war paint Paul.

Ian, thanks mate now the fun part, weathering.

Looks great Scottie. As to the colours, not sure what period you are going for, but that looks accurate for a late 1941 SCC2 number 2/ Dark Tarmak number 4 disruptive pattern. Like this…
View attachment 437276

These colours replaced the original khaki green 3 and dark green G4 disruptive pattern from late 1941. This is the end of the A9 lifespan, but could have been seen…..the original pre 1941 scheme looked something like this….
View attachment 437277
Hope this helps…
Cheers
Tim

Cheers Tim, I will have to check which vehicle I am representing. As I said to Andrew I have never been to worried about historical accuracy as long as it's not outrageously wrong.

You must have X ray vision Paul lol

Bob, now wouldn't that be cool.

 

[adt70hk]

Cheers mate, as everyone knows I have never been historically accurate.

A man after my own heart..... You should see some of my builds!

 

[Graeme C.]

The Paint looks good to me Paul.

 

[Mini Me]

Well Scottie, I must say you are doing yourself proud Sir........I "Cruised" through this thread and am amazed at the thought and effort you have put into this build. I'll continue to hang out in the back and see how this goes from here. Rick H.

 

[Steve Jones]

When you do your oil dot method you can change the green to whatever your happy with mate. I do like the spare track additions. Great imagination my friend.

I'm sure you already have this but here is a quick reminder

Colour Sceme