Above all, have fun and just do what your "insides" tell you.........common sense will take care of the rest and if you get stuck, you have a HUGE database at your disposal here on the Forum BTW she's looking good. Rick H.
Generally, I find Sherman bogies (the M10 is a Sherman-based vehicle, the whole lower hull is identical) easier to attach after painting, because it gives much better access for painting the tyres. Only if I’m going to spray the whole lower hull in a dirt colour do I normally attach them before painting.I also built and primed the suspension. When priming I didn't attach to the body of the tank as I wasn't sure if I would be able to spray them all over. I'm not sure if this is what other people will do and I am thinking of spraying them in the base colour off tank too.
American vehicle tools were painted the same colour as the vehicle itself They weren’t sprayed along with it (normally) but dip-painted olive drab at the factory. This makes life a lot easier for modellers, even if most don’t actually seem to know about it: just glue them in place and paint them along with the rest of the model.I've attached most parts on the outside of the Hull but plan to paint the parts such as the spade etc separately off tank and attach later.
Did you brush-paint them? An easier way, I think, would have been to spray the insides white first, with a can of white primer rather than regular paint, then mask off the bits that need to stay white and paint the outside. This gets around the problem of white paint covering poorly and unevenly if you brush it.I then painted the white inside parts of both the upper and lower Hull.
You’re doing very well, if you ask me. The important thing, though, is that you find methods that work for you. We can offer tips and advice, but don’t feel like you need to slavishly follow it.Like I said, any comments would be appreciated as I'm on a huge learning curve. And I'll give more regular updates going forward.
The outside and the interior floor of the real vehicle would have been painted in olive drab, which is a very brown-green colour, not green green
However, the historical accuracy part of me wants to mention that dark green is not the right colour The outside and the interior floor of the real vehicle would have been painted in olive drab, which is a very brown-green colour, not green green
Thansk for that Jakko. For this one, I'm going to stay with the colour I've already applied. But going forward, I'm going to start researching my subject more. Not only will it make a more accurate model, it will be very interesting and an extra level to this hobby.
That makes sense - I've never thought of that.Mike,
An idea for masking where you have raised detail, run some masking fluid along the edge first and then tape over it, then the flud will peel off with the tape.
Mike.
The point is the most important part. The size of the brush is less important than many people think: for most jobs, even ones that require painting very fine bits, you don’t actually need a very small brush — a larger one that holds its point well, will do just fine too. This has the advantage of holding more paint, so you can continue things like fine lines for longer than with a smaller brush.I think I could probably do with purchasing some better finer brushes for detail at some point. I only have a couple which came with an Airfix starter kit and they don't have very pointy ends.
Unless Steve you like me a forget .It is very much personal preference Mike. There are modellers out there who will paint all the running gear and tracks on the vehicle! This I have never understood because as you say you want to reach all areas of the build. When you go down in scale ie 1/72 then its more common. However at 1/35 scale I find it easier to paint and weather the tyres, wheels, tracks and lower hull on a separate basis. As your skills increase you will want to get into the world of weathering and pigment work. This will give you the opportunity to bring all the separate units together as final weathering can be done once all the wheels, bogies and tracks are attached to the lower hull.
For your first build its turned out really well and all heading in the right direction. Keep up the great work my friend
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