SPA Modeler

Floki wrote:Any progress is good progress.

So very true! It’s nice to have basic construction almost complete... better than half way now. That’s progress!

Photography looks great, Carlos! Very sharp! By armor texture do you mean stippling with Mr. Surfacer?

Thanks Bruce. I took your advice on the lens setting. And yes, I’ll be using Mr Surfacer to add the cast armor texture.

that is really looking good. You should build more armor!

Thank you Lyle... and I just might follow your advice....

Small progress on the turret. Over the past few days I assembled the main gun, sanded the seams smooth then installed it into the turret bottom




And today I airbrushed the turret interior white...



I just need to paint the breech block steel, sand off the paint on the surfaces to be glued, and assemble the turret halves... then this will start looking like a TANK!

Well, I just had to forge ahead this morning....

Breech block painted steel. Not sure if it’s accurate or not for the M47, but I like the look, and I’ve seen it before on other types. Besides, the turret hatches will be closed and no one will see it...



Then I glued the upper and lower turret halves together



and well, I just had to fit it on the hull



Now it looks like a tank!

Next up, adding all the little bits to the turret before the cast armor texturing

Looks like a tank! Great progress.

Looking really good Carlos!

John and Clint, thank you. I’m so happy to finally reach this point.