Ferdinand ' 624 ' Kursk 1943

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Matt

This is already looking like a winner. Fantastic up to now!! :woohoo:

Ant

 

[Matt Beattie]

Cheer's Ant glad you like it
Will be doing the front interior today ( before it get's to hot , 39 C forecast for today )
more soon

Matt

 

[aenea]

Nice job on the interior! Looking forward too see your mapping!

 

[StuG]

Fine job so far....

 

[Matt Beattie]

Aenea , thanks for your kind words , i have done some mapping of the white interior paint ( update photo soon ) , only on the gun breech , i think this will be enough ( turned out ok if i don't say so myself ) as most of the interior will be hidden

StuG , cheer's my friend

Matt

 

[jose luis lopez]

Mmm.... seems you like the big ones!!!

Your skills using rust, burnt and red primer color are more than evident. Excellent!

 

[Matt Beattie]

Thank you Jose , i have added a bit more rust and mapping here and there as well as the front driver / radio compartment which is now finished

Matt

 

[Matt Beattie]

Now for the finished interior , i added some more rust and grime in the fighting compartment along with oil residue from the many seals that would have burnt in the initial fire . I also added some mapping to replicate remnants of the white interior paint , i didn,t go over board as i think less is more and the fact not much of the interior will be seen
Here's what it looks like

Along with the rear interior i have also finished the Driver / radio operator's compartment
While very basic it is perfect as you will only be able to see it through the two top hatches
I first primed it with Mr Surfacer 1000 diluted with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner next was the first coat ot Tamiya flat white with a few drops of Buff added also some clear to give it a slight sheen
Filters were then applied , once dry localised pin washes were added then finally pigment to give it a used look
Oh yeah , the seats , gas mask canister's etc were painted before the filters were added

the photo's make it look more yellow than real life ( it aint the camera but the operator )
Next i will be covering up all my hard work , finish assembling the outer detail then the fun stuff begins , painting and weathering :evil:

thanks again for taking the time to have a look
Any feedback , questions are more than welcome
cheer's

Matt

 

[mike walsh]

Excellent effort Matt,

Well Done .

Cheers
Michael

 

[Ruben Lopez]

You are doing an excellent job on those interiors Matt, they look beautiful.

The only thing that bothers me is the fire extinguisher; as far as I know they were field gray not red. But I may be mistaken so if somebody have better info let me know.

Anyway, it is looking great!

Ruben

 

[shawngehling]

Matt,
Great job...
As a Soviet Armor guy, I love the way you modeled it. :evil: :evil:
The Rust is spot on and should look just like the real ones at Kursk.
Can't wait to see the rest of the build.
Keep on posting them.
Shawn

 

[Matt Beattie]

Mike , Ruben thanks for your kind feedback
The extinguisher i'm not sure about either you might be right . i know they did come out in red (as well as grey ) but that might be in late war vehicles ? i'm not 100% sure ( i have already glued the upper deck in place so i hope i'm right )

this is the photo i was basing it on from the wheatcroft collection
the red ones do seam to be a different style
cheer's again guy's

Matt

 

[Matt Beattie]

Hey Shawn you must of snuck in as i was typing my last post ( happens a lot to me as i am very S...L...O...W at typing )
Thank you anyway my friend i will for sure keep posting this build as i am having a blast doing so

cheer's

Matt

 

[Legio Italica]

Good work Matt
Regarding fire extinguishers: red color was used for those were located inside veichles and the color gray for those were placed outside...

Cheers :cheer:
Massimo

 

[Plushy]

Nice Matt really nice

 

[Matt Beattie]

Massimo , thanks for your kind words and the info about the extinguishers , much appreciated

Plushy , thank you my friend

Matt

 

[Sven_Frisch]

Geeezzz Matt,

I totally overlooked that one. What a massive subject. Great work so far. The remaining white paint on the rusted/burnt interior is a nice touch.

Looking forward to more !
Cheers
Sven

 

[Peter Bibby]

You do know that I will be bummed if you close this up before I get to see
it in the flesh....

I think that I might give you a kit that you can completely knock out.

Talk soon mate

Pete

 

[Matt Beattie]

Hi Sven good to hear from you my friend and thank you for your kind feedback ( this is the one i was going to do an article on but i have changed my mind )

Hi as well Pete armmm .... errrrrr ....... oh crap i better go in to hiding now you wouldn't guess it but i ...... have .......... fixed the upper hull and deck already ........ oh man
any thanks again for your kind words , talk to you soon

Later

Matt

 

[agentg]

WOW!