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Offline commissarmoody

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #450 on: November 04, 2022, 02:26:51 PM »
Oh they look great. Is this the a tamiya tank?
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Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #451 on: November 04, 2022, 02:49:28 PM »
Brilliant work!
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #452 on: November 04, 2022, 03:23:42 PM »
Cheers Gents.

It's the Warlord plastic kit. Fairly basic to put together, the second turret hatch is molded closed or I'd have stuck another bloke in it. Had to chop the drivers hatch a bit to get the smaller torso to fit. Only real dodgy bit is the molded on smooth tow cable.
The camo stuff was just the usual medical gauze, and the hessian strips are  tissue paper.







Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #453 on: November 04, 2022, 03:28:44 PM »
Cool stuff! Glad to see the kit is nice, got one cheapish from a local modelshop, might give it a try.
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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #454 on: November 04, 2022, 07:00:13 PM »
Very nice addition Ash.
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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #455 on: November 04, 2022, 08:11:09 PM »
Beatifully done. The mud and associated crud really does have a wet, cold look to it.
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #456 on: November 05, 2022, 08:52:27 AM »
Cool stuff! Glad to see the kit is nice, got one cheapish from a lcoal modelshop, might give it a try.

It's not a bad kit, all went together without any problems. Watch out for the machinegun barrels as they are fairly thin and one of mine snapped off just by looking at it to harshly.

Very nice addition Ash.

Cheers Ragnar.

Beatifully done. The mud and associated crud really does have a wet, cold look to it.

The mud is mainly the good old gap and join hiding Vallejo acrylic 'Thick Mud', great for hiding all the dodgy bits. Then a watery porridge of various Mig pigments over the top.
There's also some Vallejo Model Wash 'European Dust', over most of the green armour.

Offline CapnJim

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #457 on: November 13, 2022, 07:45:17 PM »
Now that, my good man, is a lovely-looking tank.  Well done!
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Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #458 on: November 14, 2022, 10:07:51 AM »
Cheers Jim.
It's a nice little model. Has the usual 'oh bollocks bits' that only get noticed after taking pictures, but nothing too bad.
I was toying with the idea of adding some scratch built storage bins/boxes to the sides of the turret, but allowed my inner apathy to take over and went with the camo netting instead.

Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #459 on: December 30, 2022, 01:58:46 PM »
Recently posted group shots of my Vietnam units, thought I may as well do the same for the WW2 bits.
Pinched Jim's idea of using a terrain matt for a backdrop.

Here's all the British Army so far.









Offline Kikuchiyo

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #460 on: December 30, 2022, 02:11:36 PM »
Great work, like the snow effect, care to share?

Offline Ash

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #461 on: December 30, 2022, 03:36:35 PM »
Thanks. I started doing the snow a while ago (around P24), it's just Woodland Scenics 'soft flake snow', mixed with some watered down PVA.

...and the other side.








Offline commissarmoody

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #462 on: December 30, 2022, 03:51:47 PM »
Again, great looking force.

Offline Kikuchiyo

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #463 on: December 30, 2022, 03:54:50 PM »
Very cool

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: 28mm late war British & Germans
« Reply #464 on: December 30, 2022, 08:14:42 PM »
Brilliant work! 👍

 

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