Spent most of the evening treeing up the tools and other lose parts that need paint before being stuck to the main construction. Plus putting on all the external handles. I have actually painted a whole tank once, and only found I had not glued the handles on until I went to weather the darn thing. Trying not to make that mistake again!!!
Had a hunt around for an appropriate colour and settled on Vallejo dark sand #123 for the base and camo olive green #096 for the squiggly bits.
So the big bits are now painted with the base colour.
While that is setting hard, I will take a look at those tracks. Now the kit does come with individual link tracks but they need glueing together. I also have a set of Bronco models tracks which by the look of things do not need glue to hold them together. They look a tiny bit better as well. having said that the kits tracks also look very good.
I will do a lenght of each and then chose which ones to use.
In the meantime you can look at the painted bits.
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Lurking amongst the fiddly bits is the 'wooden' box that also got painted this afternoon after work. Oil pains over light tan Vallejo. Then as the thinly applied oils where almost dry (its been on top of the desk lamp, nice and warm but not hot....) It got a couple of passes with an old tooth brush.
Right thats it for today. Telly time!
Ian M
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