The Children of Doom

Or, The Shelf of Doom. Since most of us intend to finish these someday....well, you know.
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After I let the superstructure dry in place, I camouflage painted that, plus painted the bare metal areas on the gun recoil slide and breech block

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The next day I airbrushed on a gloss coat, Tamiya Gloss Clear, and then the next day I added the decals... not too many there

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So now this project is all caught up on here to my current point... :tongue:
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."

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Magnificent!
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Wow… that’s really nice! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Looking good, Carlos. Not much protection from the back, is there. I suppose these were usually back a bit from the point of contact?
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Thanks guys!
jeaton01 wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:30 pm Looking good, Carlos. Not much protection from the back, is there. I suppose these were usually back a bit from the point of contact?
Being a self propelled anti tank gun, its main purpose would be in defensive positions covering likely avenues of approach for enemy armor. So ideally emplaced a short distance back from the line of contact. In offense, they could be employed in overwatch positions to support by fire any advancing elements. The armor is mostly meant for protection from artillery fire fragments and small arms fire, nothing really heavier than that. Employing these where enemy infantry can get close enough to use rifle grenades or hand grenades means you're too close.
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And she's packing a mean gun!
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Today was a case of airbrush, airbrush, and more airbrush... on this project I had recently applied a wash, and then cleaned it up... Today was airbrushing on a coat of flat clear

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next up is final stowage and final weathering,,, plus I still need to add the radio antenna
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."

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and my most recent work on this Spitfire

I applied and cleaned up a panel line wash
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and then today I airbrushed on the flat coat
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finally closing in on the finish line with this one...
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."

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The Spitfire and ground targets look really good
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Nice! Well done.
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