Schneider CA-1, Madrid 1936

[Federico Collada]

Spain bought six Schneider CA-1 tanks to use at the Morocco war in 1922, some years later 4 of them had survived and sent to Madrid where they remained unused until in 1936 begun the Spanish civil war.

The tanks that came form Africa received some minor changes; a gunhole at the front and another at the back, front light changed and added armor at the front made of a sewer cover.









I wanted to make two of the models suggested in the decals set, the one in Morocco with the girls inside the numbers and this one I finally choose, one of the CA-1 used in Madrid against the nationalists at the beggining of the war.



To adapt the Hobby Boss kit I had to build the back sections that enlarge the tank, the reshaped exhaust and the opther modifications I said before that were specific of the Spanish model called M-16







With the model built I primed it with olive green







Then I applied a first filter with a warm light green to make the first lights







Then another filter with a cream color to soften the contrast of the formar filter and stand out some parts a bit more.







A copule of filters with satin washes allowed me to darken some parts and enlighten others.







I painted the big brown zones with a brush







I applied a gloss varnish and once dry I started placing the decals















With the tracks primed with a dark brown color, I used the old drybrushing technique to stand out part of them using lighter rust tones







Some stains, a pin wash, dust and steel pigment rubbing to call the model finished.



















Or maybe not, I still decided to add some mud.











And this is a photomontage I made with a Madrid park photograph as background.

[tobias5555]

Very good work. Did you use the kit tracks?

[S e r z h]

Liked the work, looks good! Work with paints and pigments at a high level, and as a consequence - a convincing result.
Tank as a living! Bravo!

[afvfan]

I just replied to your thread about this build on "the other forum", so I'll only say here that this is exceptional!

[delta]

Amazing work! Looks utterly real and life sized. Even the mud looks in scale. Great subject too!

[dierk]

Outstanding! Congratulations on an excellent model Thumbs Up!

[TRM]

Well done Federico!! Great paint and weathering job!! Top notch building!!

[Tojo72]

Very interesting vehicle,weathering looks great.

[johnt]

Superb!!! Well done, I love it!

[wbill76]

Very nice work on an odd-ball vehicle and setting Federico. Love it!

[deafpanzer]

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!

[Federico Collada]

Hi guys


Many thanks for your kind words, you're really supportive! I designed the decals and resin parts myself and to see the result, I built the model, logical. The worst part of the kit are the tracks, really annoying. And some other parts that are suggested not to be fixed will fix better and stay if you glue them.

Now I'm working on Minart D7 tractor and ICM Reanult AHN, two jewels, I hope to finish them soon.

Cheers

Federico

[reserve]

Now that's just splendid

Regards,
Mark

[noname]

Cool build. I've never seen this rig before. The Spanish Civil War is always an interesting topic. Often over looked in modeling. Good job all around.