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Still dabbling in "Braille Scale" armor pieces. This time is the old ESCI mold re-popped by Aurora in the 70's of the Elefant. Of all the ESCI pieces I have build, this one seems the nicest of the releases. Lots of detail while molded in, popped out nicely with washes and dry brushing. A real plus was the thin vinyl tracks that fit good and looks the part. Two-part epoxy glue was used to put the two ended together.

The base was made from furniture sliding pads which, to me, are ideal for this scale.

Jeff

beautiful little Elefant there and so clever an idea for the base.

David

Nice bit of armour Jeff

A well executed model, and a good idea for a base.

That's a beauty and very nicely presented.

Well tidy,well tidy indeed.

Excellent; the camouflage looks really neatly done

That looks great.

Brilliant build, great idea with the base, what type of paint did you use?

Regards Splash

Hi Alan. Tamiya paints throughout on this project. The dark green squiggles were done by dappling the paint on with a micro brush that dentists use. I drew the pattern on with a pencil and applied the pant over the lines.

jssel wrote:Hi Alan. Tamiya paints throughout on this project. The dark green squiggles were done by dappling the paint on with a micro brush that dentists use. I drew the pattern on with a pencil and applied the pant over the lines.

That sounds like a great technique I must try.

Cheers Splash

That really looks the part! Excellent work.