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What I thought would be a quick and easy little build turned into a bit more involved than I had thought, but it’s finished now. (See here for the build part of this.)
From photos, BATUS vehicles seem to be kept fairly clean and in good condition, other than a layer of dust on mainly the undersides, so all I did after what’s shown in the build thread, was to spray the dust on with Tamiya XF-57 Buff, and also use that to paint in the threads of the tyres before applying black onto the raised bits again.
The figures — as I’m sure many will recognise — are from the old Tamiya Chieftain kit, and they fit pretty well in this vehicle. The commander only needed a bit of plastic card stuck to the bottom of the turret ring for his hand to sit perfectly on the hatch, for example. I didn’t spend a lot of time painting them: just the skin tones, camouflage pattern and details, then a quick shade job with a dark grey glaze. I had most trouble getting them to be matt. The glaze was semi-gloss, due to being based on transparent wood paint for floors etc., and my first attempt with Humbrol Matt Cote that I thought I had very thoroughly stirred, turned out just as semi-glossy as the figures had been before applying that. I then sprayed on Army Painter matt varnish, which reduced the shine, but still not as far as I would have liked. (I want GW Purity Seal from 10–15 years ago back …)
And I still didn’t manage to get all four wheels on the ground!
(Oh, and I think I never did publicly thank @papa 695 for the fire extinguishers — thanks
)
From photos, BATUS vehicles seem to be kept fairly clean and in good condition, other than a layer of dust on mainly the undersides, so all I did after what’s shown in the build thread, was to spray the dust on with Tamiya XF-57 Buff, and also use that to paint in the threads of the tyres before applying black onto the raised bits again.
The figures — as I’m sure many will recognise — are from the old Tamiya Chieftain kit, and they fit pretty well in this vehicle. The commander only needed a bit of plastic card stuck to the bottom of the turret ring for his hand to sit perfectly on the hatch, for example. I didn’t spend a lot of time painting them: just the skin tones, camouflage pattern and details, then a quick shade job with a dark grey glaze. I had most trouble getting them to be matt. The glaze was semi-gloss, due to being based on transparent wood paint for floors etc., and my first attempt with Humbrol Matt Cote that I thought I had very thoroughly stirred, turned out just as semi-glossy as the figures had been before applying that. I then sprayed on Army Painter matt varnish, which reduced the shine, but still not as far as I would have liked. (I want GW Purity Seal from 10–15 years ago back …)
And I still didn’t manage to get all four wheels on the ground!
(Oh, and I think I never did publicly thank @papa 695 for the fire extinguishers — thanks
)
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