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AFV Stuart M5A1 - Finished.

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AFV Stuart M5A1 in 1/35 scale (AF35105)

I'm bringin' this.

See ya,

Bill

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AFV Stuart M5A1

:popcorn (y)

I have this kit. Looking forward to seeing it done.

Terry
 
AFV Stuart M5A1

You slid this one by the goalie, looks like fun! (y) :drinks
 
AFV Stuart M5A1

Thanks, Terry, Mike, Sherm, and Bob!


This is my first AFV Club kit.
I'm generally pleased. It sems like there were a lot of little parts. The grousers (32 of them) were in two pieces each. There were no less than 20 handles or lift rings, not couting 4 on the inside of hatches. Lots of tweezer work. Aluminum barrel and aluminum MG riser (what was the point of that?). PE fret for the engine deck grills.The machine gun was a left-over from a dragon kit (it had a little better detail than the kit offering). :good:

Lets paint this thing. :)

Cheers,

Bill


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AFV Stuart M5A1

Well shoot, what seems to be the hold up here? :laugh: Let's get painting then! (y) :drinks
 
AFV Stuart M5A1

moon puppy said:
Been saving up that bench time Bill? :popcorn
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A little bit, Bob. I grab it when I can. I'm enjoying a little me time between work jobs.



Iron Mike said:
.... Let's get painting then! (y) :drinks
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Primer is a start. I like the way it unifies all the different materials and hides all my glue snail trails. :blush: :D .

The spare tracks on the front are a maybe. I will paint them off the vehicle along with some stowage and add them at the end only if they enhance the final product.

Green, green, green, the boys are maarrrrrrrching. :soldier :soldier :soldier

Cheers,

Bill




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AFV Stuart M5A1 - assembled

Thanks, Mike, cb1, and Bob!

Ok, … So a little Tamiya Olive drab applied and subsequently lightened. I swear there is some variation and shadows, but the camera and lights are making a liar out of me. :vmad Who ya’ gonna’ believe? :hmmm :)

Something I have started doing is using a “donor” like this old Tamiya “T” to spray on the same colors so I can practice the weathering and testing other techniques on something other than the real subject. I just blast away and don’t worry about it. I think this “T” has about 5 paint jobs on it. :lol:

Thanks for looking,

Bill


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AFV Stuart M5A1 - assembled

You can clearly see it on the T but not so much on Stuart. Maybe another blast of the darker shades?
 
AFV Stuart M5A1 - base coat paint

Well, the thing is Bill...if you do it right, it shouldn't be noticeable.

So...good job!!!

Looks great, btw.

Tom
 
AFV Stuart M5A1 - assembled

moon puppy said:
... Maybe another blast of the darker shades?
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Right Bob. I think I'll bump up the contrast in the wash and highlight stages to come. We'll see.


TomN said:
...if you do it right, it shouldn't be noticeable. ...
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Thanks Tom. Subtlety is a thin line and one I'm still trying to figure out.

Thanks Dave and Mike! Thanks Chuck! :notworthy

I 'll let the whole shebang cure for a few days then apply Bob L's turpinoid and artist oil wash.

Thanks for looking,

Bill
 
AFV Stuart M5A1 - base coat paint

It looks great (y) (y) (y) (y) I use a test bed too, makes life so much easier. Now if only I had take that thought one step farther like you did and tried the weathering I might be a better modeler. Thanks for another trick to add to my modeling bag of tricks (y)
James
 
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