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Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:58 pm
by Stikpusher
LyleW wrote:Here, kitty kitty. Looks great
Thank you Lyle
speedgraflex wrote: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
Floki wrote:
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.
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:42 pm
by BlackSheep214
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:32 am
by Stikpusher
Thank you sir!
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:34 am
by jeaton01
That's a very visible target, Stik!
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:06 pm
by Stikpusher
Just a bit! Good thing that it was pretty well armored.
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:27 pm
by speedgraflex
Inspired brush work, sir. Looks properly tough and artistic too. There’s always a bit of both those elements in everything we model.
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:49 pm
by Stikpusher
Thanks Bruce. It sure does have those qualities in appearance.
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:29 pm
by Medicman71
Wow! Hand painting tiger stripes. Incredible!
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:18 pm
by Stikpusher
Those were not hard to do at all.... a lot easier than I expected... especially the white...
Re: M46, 6th Tank Battalion, 1951. The Patton Project Pt.I
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:25 pm
by 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.
