Tamiya 1/35 M16

[LyleW]

Looking forward to seeing more, Lyle. Looking good.

Thanks, Tom. Should have some updates in a day or so.

[Gary Brantley]

That's some nice half-tracked work, Lyle!

[LyleW]

That's some nice half-tracked work, Lyle!

whew...had me eorried for a minute there, Gary. Thanks.

[LyleW]

went ahead and did a few pics. Avoiding putting the quad mount in place yet to try and preserve it. I'm very bad at weathering, so just applying various washes, some accents with a Prismacolor silver pencil, etc. The star on the front grill slats was a pain. No decals to use, so I ended up spending a $1.00 on a file off Etsy. I know. Anyway, tried to use the Silhouette cutting device to cut the star with horizontal slices. Sort of worked. Not great, but it will do. Thursday and Friday will likely be "off" days running errands and going to various appointments.

I'll be adding a darker "mud" and wash to the tracks and maybe a hint of steel.



my attempts at creating some color variations so far. I will likely break out the oils next.

[speedgraflex]

Lyle! I agree with you that locating that star in four pieces seems like a real pain and what you did works except where it doesn’t. Just a thought—why not build some stowage and cover what doesn’t work?



Keep building!

[KSaarni]

Starts to look what it should look like!



- Kari

[LyleW]

Lyle! I agree with you that locating that star in four pieces seems like a real pain and what you did works except where it doesn’t. Just a thought—why not build some stowage and cover what doesn’t work?


Keep building!

I don’t know. Th bottom two points were cut from a whole star, but would not sit properly. I mat re-do those. I do have some storage somewhere!

[speedgraflex]

Gas cans, a tow cable—viola!

[Stikpusher]

You could always do the ETO circled star marking…

[BlackSheep214]

Or a 10 point red stag carcass across the hood
Soldiers gotta have some good old fashioned venison...