1/35th Challenger 2
My first ever tank build, dating from around 2013, shortly after i had gotten back into the hobby. I cant even remember who the kit was by, likely to be the Tamiya kit, but not 100% sure.
Full build write up can be found here: https://fortunesofwar.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/tamiya-135th-challenger-1-mk-3-build/
Good looking Challenger, nice paintwork.
thank you, it was my first ever attempt at airbrushing, i was so bad, i had to feather the edges with a paintbrush haha
Great looking Challenger indeed, Tam!
For your first ever tank, the result is, simply, wonderful!
Weathering is great, I believe that your edges feathering with paintbrush have finally contributed to realism, adding to the sought after "unevenness" of paintwork we usually witness at camo-ed tanks.
Thanks. tbh, it was more by necessity than design. I was an absolute novice with an airbrush, insructons on how to airbrush were limited to a few articles with pictures only and a few pay to watch sites and it was all i could think of to make the nice clean crisp edges from the masking look a bit more natural.
Interestingly, i havent used it since, i havent needed to since the armour i've done since, hasnt needed that sort of look on its camo, such as the normandy tiger tank, or the kursk panther, the JS-2 etc.
Very well done mate, great work! 🙂
Thank you for your kind words 🙂
Great work, Tam @fow_models
Weathering is indeed beautifully done.
thanks, im afraid though the mud effects is all there is weathering wise, at thyat point, i'd never even heard of a 'pin wash', 'bleaching' and other techniques i use almost without thinking now, so its a wonder it looks as good as it does with no artificial highlights and lo-lights
You do know Wordpress has an edit function, yes? A quick edit/rewrite would have that article zipping right along.
Nice work for beginning back then.
Which is ok, but i already have a use for all 24 hours in the day, and until our conservative overlords who rule this land impliment a day with 28 hours in, then i just cant spare the time for a relatively benal and unecessary task when editing and filming already take up most of my waking hours.
Nice work Tim