SPA Modeler

Great progress stik - Love the modification work on that AK.

Thank you Stuart. All the little details are starting to come together now.

Looking good, Stik! I hate doing figures. I never can do them to look right and they come out sloppy. That's why I never paint my pilot figures nor tank figures.

BlackSheep214 wrote:Looking good, Stik! I hate doing figures. I never can do them to look right and they come out sloppy. That's why I never paint my pilot figures nor tank figures.

Thanks. Mine have come a long way, but I still have a long way to go...

Ok, here are my final updates for the month. I started working on the base. Just a wood plaque from Hobby Lobby with Tamiya paving stone on top. The little sidewalk corner is some sheet plastic with a different Tamiya cobblestone and square strip styrene for the curb edge. I still need to paint that, but not time left for that.



And a test fit of the tank on the base



I'll be back on this to finish it up in mid November when I return home from vacation....

Ok, I had a little more time, so one final progress update:

stowage added to the turret rear



and the curb stones painted and the sidewalk glued in place, and a better test shot of the tank on the base...



No more bench time left this month...

Your work looks great on the base! Now I don’t know if it’s going to happen when you return but I had the thought that you could pulverize clear plastic bits of sprues and dust the surface of the entire street with broken glass, but what do I know, I better stick to learning how to paint aircraft camo! Enjoy your vacation, my friend. This project will be ready when you return.



How cool would it be to show a version of this, though? A businessman holding a briefcase in a tank diorama!

Bruce, you gave me some ideas to dress up the base a bit... thank you...