Hi folks

I finished this project earlier this year. It is the Emhar 1/35 kit, with Accurate Armour tracks and various scratched details. As you may know the kit has a few errors, and not all were corrected here. For example the sponsoons are the wrong shape in plan, but to correct this required more effort than my mojo could spare. Anyway I hope you like it, comments welcome.

Cheers
JT

That is an amazing Finish. I never cease to be amazed at the quality of inishes being delivered these days. You can be pretty proud of that one.
Al

As Al says -"Stunning" amazing the depth and tone you bring to what is essentially a monochrome vehicle

Pat McGrath
Work to become not to acquire

....Well done John, that would have to rate as one of the best examples of the Emhar kit I've seen to date, the extra work you've done to detail what is a fairly basic kit is fantastic, and the paint finish... what can I say ? it's just superb, can you give us a brief run-down on the painting process please... I'm sure there's plenty of people out there with this kit that would love to know what and how you did it.
Regards.
David Scorer

The finishes on your models are iconic yet incredibly realistic! I would love to see how its done.

Your paintjob is absolutely stunning!
One of the best models I have seen up to know!

Regards
Gert

Hello John,

Your MKIV is a great inspiration for my own MKIV i am working on right now.Thanks for posting this photo's on ML.

Cheers,

Roger

Agree with him aswell great MkIV , love the weathering effects!

Ivan

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Now thats beautiful. Love the weathering.

All the best
Steve

Another beauty, John! Those Accurate Armour tracks look the biz! (as does your finishing job)

Cheers, Tracy

That is ridiculously good.

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Hi
Can only agree with al the above comments on how good it it.

Also how do you do your paint work , please do tell

andrew

Hi
Never been a WW1 nut, but you've brought that alive !
Where is Tamiya's version ? - or other(!)

NB
New Mil Mod has good article on the ex-Spielberg 'War Horse' film model re-creation, which moves around convincingly. Now with the Tank Museum, Bovington, going to to War and Peace Show this July. It looks great, very similar dirt to your superb model.

Cheers
Andrew

Well done John ...
As the model of many errors in the set Emhar, the effect is excellent. I really like the model. Atmospheric conditions are great!
Andy


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First the ChTZ S-65 tractor and now the Mark IV tank, what will came next?!! They looks so real and they are source of inspiration. Nuff said.

cheers
Kenneth

Thanks guys for your compliments, here are some progress images of the paint process.

The base coat was a khaki brown I mixed to resemble the colour of 'Lodestar III' in Brussels. The hairspray technique was used to chip, except I used AK Interactives Worn Effects fluid instead of hairspray.


Satin varnish, then some more Worn Effects fluid. Then a layer of acrylic paint mixed to resemble dust or dried mud was airbrushed in a light coat, and partially removed with a wet paint brush as per the usual hairspray technique.


This was followed by streaking, pin washes and general shading with oil paints.


These were the basic steps I followed. Each project is tackled differently, but for the last few builds I've used the hairspray technique for chipping, light layers of acrylics for dust/dirt, and various other effects using oil paints (inspired by Mike Rinaldi's Oil Paint Rendering technique).

Cheers
JT

Your Mojo is working just fine!!! Great Model

Great work!
I am feel a spirit of Great war...

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Paul

John,

Simply stunning!! Really blown away by the finish. Feel free to post some more 'walkaround' shots....please!
Whose AM guns are they?

Hope the WW1 theme continues.

Regards
Greg

Thanks Greg, sorry I forgot to mention it. Gun barrels and track grousers are from Panzershop. I hope WWI stuff becomes more popular too, and we see some good injection molded kits.

Cheers
JT

very nice weathering, finely done details. Congratulations!

Best regards
Mao

.... with a perfect finish!!

Thanks for sharing!