Paul's Attempts

[PGAS]

Here is my build of the 3R model Stryker in 1/72 scale. It is a nicely detailed kit and was fun to build.


I did buy aftermarket wheels because I did not like the rubber ones in the kit. The new ones looked like they had weight to them, they had better sidewall detail (I like the side wall rib effect) and I think were a big improvement on the kit. I am glad I used them.


Fine cooper wire was used to replace the various handles, add barbed wire and winch cable.






Side straps were made from plastic strip and some stowage courtesy of Apoxie Sculpt.





A coat of paint and dust and I think this is done.













Hope its not too long a post. Thanks for looking.

[iggie]

That's a great looking build Paul, the detail really pops and your weathering looks spot on

[AndrewR]

That's really good. Nice detail for 1/72.

[Softscience]

I like the dusty finish a lot. You seem to have captured the scaled down weathering that is so important in 1/72

[Narayan]

1/72 scale, that's fantastic.

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[Clashcityrocker]

Looks fantastic.

Nigel

[David Silver]

Wow! That is a very highly detailed kit for 1/72 and you've made a brilliant job of it.

[TeeELL]

My goodness, that is a terrific model all the more so for being in ‘gentleman’s scale’.

[PaulBradley]

Very nice!

[skypirate]

I am not an Armour modeller, but I really like the look of that!
Top job!

David

[Canuck2016]

Great work on the Stryker, Paul! I'm always amazed at the results you get especially considering the small scale. The stowage and the dust effect on the lower hull look amazing! :O

[PGAS]

Thanks for the comments on the Stryker. For the next kit I decided to try strange scale. For me at least. My least favorite scale in fact. 1/48. Too small to be impressive in stature like 1/32, but to big to be compact and impressive by being small like my favorite, 1/72 scale. I know opinions may vary!

Anyways, I wanted to try something different so I went with the Tamiya 1/48 scale Matilda in the Caunter scheme. As usual from Tamiya, the kit is beautiful. The engineering and fit is second to none. In fact the issues I had were from my own choices. I chose to build and paint the model in sub sections and this affected the fit of some of the parts. For example I left the side skirts off because of the caunter scheme and painted the primer and base coat I had some trouble getting a nice fit afterward. All my problem. If I had to do it again I would paint inside the mud slides then attach the side skirts, then mask and paint the main body together.

The only addition I did was to add straps to the stowage made out of brass stock and some wires to the smoke dischargers from copper wire.




I had issues with the paint peeling on the turret which was frustrating, but a re-mask and paint fixed this.




Painting was done in single stripe stages meaning I masked one stripe and painted verses all the one colour at the same time. I left the grill at the back as separate pieces to help with getting a good paint line over all the bumps. It was a bit messy at times but it came together. Very, very slowly!
After much gnashing of teeth I was happy with it.
























Lastly it was time for the decals.




Next it will be onto the weathering. Sorry for all the photos but i was happy after all the masking work with how the Caunter scheme went together so I went a bit hard on the progress pics.

Cheers,

[Stuart]

WOW! that looks excellent!

[iggie]

Excellent work on the masking Paul; I gave up trying to mask my 1/32nd Matilda a few weeks back and put it back in the box for another time... so you have my admiration for getting all those lumps and bumps masked

[PGAS]

Excellent work on the masking Paul; I gave up trying to mask my 1/32nd Matilda a few weeks back and put it back in the box for another time... so you have my admiration for getting all those lumps and bumps masked

Thanks. To be honest, if you could see all the date time stamps on the photos, you would see quite the space in the sequence! It made its way back and forth from the shelf to the desk several times.