M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I

[Stikpusher]

Here, kitty kitty. Looks great

Thank you Lyle

Wonderful, Carlos! How did you paint these stripes? Is that done with a brush???

Thanks Bruce! Yup, good old fashioned #1 red sable brush and acrylic paint

I was wondering the same. It's looks to good and consistent to be hand brushed. Also too hard edged to be freehand with a airbrush.

Thank you Clint! Pure freehand hand brush... no masking involved... just looking at photos and using those as a guide.

[BlackSheep214]

Wow....

[Stikpusher]

Thank you sir!

[jeaton01]

That's a very visible target, Stik!

[Stikpusher]

Just a bit! Good thing that it was pretty well armored.

[speedgraflex]

Inspired brush work, sir. Looks properly tough and artistic too. There’s always a bit of both those elements in everything we model.

[Stikpusher]

Thanks Bruce. It sure does have those qualities in appearance.

[Medicman71]

Wow! Hand painting tiger stripes. Incredible!

[Stikpusher]

Those were not hard to do at all.... a lot easier than I expected... especially the white...

[Stikpusher]

I put on the decals yesterday. Not that many to do, but the mouth was a PITA. Dragon should have added a blurb on the instructions to add the tow hooks and tool rack, after the mouth decal is applied. So to anyone who decides to build this kit, leave those parts off until after the mouth decal is on.

Anyways....





and you can see the left lower corner of the mouth needs to be addressed. I’ll be doing touch up painting in the next few days... plus adding some bumper codes from my spares bin, which the kit decals do not include.