M3A1 BY ILOVE KITS IN 1/35 SCALE LEND LEASE DIORAMA

[Jim R]

Coming together very nicely John. Figures looking great - you've had a fair bit of practice of the years

 

[scottie3158]

Coming on nicely John.

 

[JR]

Ooh , warming up now......

Thanks Neil, getting there.

Coming together very nicely John. Figures looking great - you've had a fair bit of practice of the years

Thanks Jim, yes looking back I used to hate them, now quite enjoy.

Coming on nicely John.

Cheers Paul.

 

[JR]

Redid the base, applied some Eastern dark mud that was found in many parts of Russia. I'll put some garden soil on top of this later.
Also fitted the tracks, Mike @Scratchbuilder very kindly built a set of tracks, they were just too small for my good eye.
Had to remove the teeth from the tracks to get them to fit around the drive sprocket as expected.
Pleased its got this far

JR

 

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice JR.

 

[JR]

Very nice JR.

Thanks Lee, I've done some more since that dried.



To day I hope to start adding the vegetation grasses etc.

 

[Andy T]

I'm loving how this is going John.

 

[Strenko J]

Groundwork looking spectacular

 

[Jim R]

Already the ground is looking superb. Mud certainly looks muddy

 

[Waspie]

Already the ground is looking superb. Mud certainly looks muddy

I think John is modelling it to resemble my garden at this moment in time!!!!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

I think John is modelling it to resemble my garden at this moment in time!!!!!

Don’t know about your garden at the moment, but it looks like most of Somerset most of the time……great stuff!

 

[scottie3158]

John,
Looking most bodacious me old mate.

 

[JR]

I'm loving how this is going John.

Thanks Andy.

Groundwork looking spectacular

Cheers Joe.

Already the ground is looking superb. Mud certainly looks muddy

Thanks Jim, that AK mud is certainly muddy looking stuff.

I think John is modelling it to resemble my garden at this moment in time!!!!!

Doug I think most are like this.

Don’t know about your garden at the moment, but it looks like most of Somerset most of the time……great stuff!

Thanks Tim.

John,
Looking most bodacious me old mate.

Cheers younger mate.

 

[JR]

Sprayed the upper half this afternoon and did a little to the base, I'll need to lighten some of the earth about the water and tone done some of the grasses. Also the add some loose static grass with the dreaded electric thingy thing !




Next need to spray some shadows and following that a few high lights.Been very please with the stippling of the cast. Those tracks will be cleaned up and the lower hull improved.
Thanks for the continued support.

JR

 

[Fernando N]

Neat work on the Lee and base John!

 

[JR]

Neat work on the Lee and base John!

Thanks Fernando, good to see you. Hope your enjoying the show and keeping an eye on Mr Dewire @Allen Dewire

 

[SteveT]

Wow, I keep looking at that and the detail is so good, what an excellent job you're doing!

 

[scottie3158]

Looking good John, really like the cast texture on the hull.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Updates are nice JR. Tank looks good

 

[Jim R]

That groundwork is looking better and better. That cast texture really shows well under your neat paint job.