| Cacadores | 20 Jul 2009 10:53 a.m. PST |
Vickers Light Tanks I thought I'd have a mess about with a troop of little Vickers Light 'tanks' to oppose my Italians. These are type VI, with the three varients, a, b, and c with the longer BESA machine guns. Rubbish armour of course, but nice and fast for reconnaissance. They also had some in the caunter scheme, but I only discovered this after I started painting them, and then I couldn't be bothered to change them. link Any comments mose welcome. |
| Tango India Mike | 20 Jul 2009 11:54 a.m. PST |
lovely paint job. love the "heavy weathering" |
| donlowry | 20 Jul 2009 11:55 a.m. PST |
VERY nice weathering effects! |
| Cacadores | 20 Jul 2009 12:11 p.m. PST |
kyoteblue,
Thanks – 1/76 they are. Only 2 inches long!
Mishima,
Re: weathering. Well I reckoned they're not going to be state of the art for the time I'd use them, post-1940, so perhaps they might not get first turn at any new stocks of paint! |
| fred12df | 20 Jul 2009 1:00 p.m. PST |
They are very nice. I like the atmospheric photos, really makes them look real, rather than models. I think the Sergeant-Major may have been ranting to get them spruced up with a new coat of paint though! |
| The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour | 20 Jul 2009 2:32 p.m. PST |
Nice! Presumably the JB Models/ Airfix model. They could really do with some added rivets, the real life item was covered in them. |
Frederick  | 21 Jul 2009 7:15 a.m. PST |
Nice paint job and especially nice photos, notably the "looking up" views |
| Cacadores | 21 Jul 2009 10:23 a.m. PST |
Still Lucan
'' They could really do with some added rivets, the real life item was covered in them.''
They are – not sure how I'd do that though – they are only 5cms long…….. |
| The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour | 21 Jul 2009 1:39 p.m. PST |
Well, a couple of suggestions. There was a write up in On the Way or one of the other AFV modelling sites that suggested cutting up very fine platic rod and then filing to equal length. That sort of thing sounds like a complete pain to me. I've found that for cheap and cheerful rivetsfor smal scale items dabs of white glue applied with a toothpick work well enough. |
| DC Bommel | 26 Jul 2009 10:01 a.m. PST |
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adds a tower to his 15mm trainyard.
