Chariot(Merkava) Mk. 4. Glass installed . Cables run .

[imatanker]

It's all I can do not to say what I want to say about those round things   Primer has brought that thing to life Carl. Your "tape tarp" looks killer.

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Jeff I agree about holding off on the comments . Dang difficult aint it !

Thanks for the comment mate !

[Leon]

Awesome work on the ball and chains Carl.They look great as does the turret in primer.

[wbill76]

Very nice Carl, I can't fault you for taking the half-way route, looks just fine under paint!

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Thanks ye gentlemen Leon and Bill . Very swell of you both .

[heico]

Good that you've pulled through! Most people who build a Merkava would have put it on hold at this point

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cracking balls Carl! looks really nice

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Heico thanks . as far as pulling through this stage of the build I owe it to past experience ......that is to say I've already got a huge pile of unfinished models already .

Pete ,bout them balls , uhhhhh , errrrrrrrr ...... ......nuff said . And yes , thanks mate.

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Mar 21, 2014 12:01:44 GMT -5 @snipersmudge said:

cracking balls Carl! looks really nice

Been a while since I posted here Carl,but rest assured I've been watching your superb progress from afar,and I have to agree with my esteemed armour modelling colleague

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Chris its always a definite pleasure for me when I see you have posted here mate !

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Nems your proficient with the English that's for sure mate ! Sometimes it is necessary to resort to verbiage in order to get the point across .

Speakin of "double entendre" ( which I googled to be sure ) yours must be bout the best of the afore mentioned phrases written here so far mate !

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Got some painting done did .How very exciting , right ?




Base coat is a enamel medium gray with variations in an overcoat of Israeli sand .Paints are model master .



Thanks for lookin !

[deafpanzer]

Mar 21, 2014 22:14:47 GMT -5 @shellback said:

Got some painting done did .How very exciting , right ?

Is that our own Gary?!?!?

Your skirts are looking great already by the way!

[Leon]

Skirts are looking good Carl,nice variation in the color.

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Andy . Thanks for peakin in

Leon , always a pleasure hearin from you !

Turret pics tamale's

[imatanker]

Nice job on the side skirts Carl. Enamel, you say? Couple of questions. Thinned with? Ratio? And last but not least, how long does it take to dry?

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Jeff glad to answer those questions .

Thinned with Model Master thinner . The stuff I'm using comes in a black 8 oz. can .

Ratio is at least 50/50 . In this case I went extra thin and used about 60% thinner so as I could build up the sand color over the gray gradually . I don't like to spray heavy coats . Keep psi up around 25 .

This combination of MM paints and MM/Testors thinner dries fast to the touch. A painted part can be handled carefully within 10 min. But can take 24 hrs to cure completely .

Good spray painting !

[imatanker]

Thanks Carl. I've got a build coming up that I may need to use enamels on to get the right look. The info is greatly appreciated.

[danb.]

Great work Carl another stunner on its way

Dan B

[bullardino]

Great job on the paint, I love the fading effect you achieved

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Greetings and salutations on this fine day !

Jeff your welcome and let me know how it works out for you . Fingers crossed !

Dan you are entirely kind mate . :

Lui I must say I appreciate your following this one and your comment is most welcome

Nems thank ye ole musty one ! I did notice all of the color variations to the same shade of what I believe is Israel sand gray . I wasn't happy with how the color looked in the previous posted pics . They look too much towards the yellow spectrum and the models paint isn't yellow at all . So I re-adjusted my light balance and shot a pic of the turret that looks closely similar to the paint color on the model .
Your welcome on those afore mentioned comments I made . I want you to know it took me about 45 min or so to come up with them my friend . I had to look up that word you used and then find something equally as intelligent to reply to it with ! Gawrrd it gave me noggin a head ache mate !

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Lady's and gents I have paint on the turret now !

Same paints and methods as the skirts except that I did spend some time masking off a few panels to get a sharper demarcation line in the two colors

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Mar 22, 2014 18:12:48 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

Oh yer don't 'ave to 'splain it to me fella.....sometimes me ol' swede feels like it's fit to burst......I can barely extrude some of vernacular wittisisms that are ricocheting brownian motion fashion within the internal confines of my cranial cavity.......

Ok Nems I aint even goin to try to equal this one with anattempt at a quality come back mate ....... .........but I'm glad I aint the only one left on the side of the road that leads to a greater understanding of the use of the American language . (that augter stir your English language resources a triffle bit )

[imatanker]

I'm likin' the turret Carl. Neat and tidy masking job fella, looks sharp.

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Good deal Nems ! Glad you like the method .We'll see how it looks after some weathering mate . And thanks .

Thanks Jeff , good to read your liking it .

[wbill76]

You've been busy in the paint department Carl, very nice! It's good to see you've progressed from balls to skirts to turrets, was beginning to wonder...

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Bill
As always its fabulous reading your comments

[deafpanzer]

SUPERB painting job!

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Hey Andy .....



Thanks !

[Leon]

Great paint work on the turret Carl.The color variations really make the details stand out.