"Armourfast & Airfix AFV's " Topic

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Great work, those look really superb. Fiddly or not, you made a good job of that Churchill.

Thanks Cuchulainn, The Airfix Churchill kit is a nightmare to build and I may try the Italeri version next to see how that builds.

I'm quite pleased with the results

So would I.

Oh and I agree with you on the Churchill too, and loved your "review" in another topic, ha ha.
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Tim

Cheers Tim, You can't beat a straight to the point review eh?

Steve,

I really like the look you have achieved with what seems a very simple technique. Are you only using acrylics for this?

Thanks Hornswoggler. Yes, all the colours used are Tamiya acrylics.

After the base colours are applied (Desert Yellow if I remember rightly, plus the two camo colours) the whole model is given a coat of diluted black acrylic. I tend to start with a very thin wash and build it up with a couple of coats. Once the wash has completely dried I dry brush over the whole piece using the original base colour (Desert Yellow) the last stage is to simply add white to the yellow and 'dust' this using the dry brush method over the surface paying particular attention to the angles etc as it really picks the raised areas out nicely. It's very quick and gives quite an effective finish I think?
Hope this helps.

Yes its very effective indeed. Thanks for the additional info. I shall be giving this a try.

StanleySteve, more for your technique. I know a lot of people do shading and highlighting by actually panting the lines – your work is an excellent example of how the Shepard Paine method works (The 80s classic, Modelling Tanks and Military Vehicles, which was and remains my classic standard) technique works. I always thought in he hands of someone competent (occasionally I can be), the results are much better than the sort of "meat cutting diagram" (expression © reserved, the OFM) one often sees in both vehicles and figures.
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Tim

Thanks for the heads-up on the Churchills – I sometimes see 'Dragon's' on sale – or maybe wait to see if PSC or Armorfast does them.

I'm surprised Armourfast doesn't do a Churchill yet. I quite like the Churchill in the Ready to Roll range but the moulded on base puts me off a bit.

Guys,

PSC have 15mm Churchill listed as "in the pipeline" so 1/72 should be following …

Excellent!!!

I quite like the Churchill in the Ready to Roll range but the moulded on base puts me off a bit.

@StanleySteve,

It looks like your prayers have been answered:
TMP link

Yeh, I've seen these before. They look good and I'm hoping they expand their ranges!