Showing posts with label Firefly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Firefly. Show all posts

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Revell (Matchbox) 1/76 Sherman Firefly **repaint** (by Kürşad Kaan Akkoyun)




Hello everyone,

I have started to combine the parts of M4 Sherman which is one of my favorites that belong to WW2 tank group. The model that I have is 1:72 scale. Revell's M4 Sherman kit is not a very detailed model. In addition to the tank, a bridge diaroma is available in the package.

When I first started to work on the model, unfortunately, I had been inexperienced about painting. I probably made a wrong choice and used just desert yellow to color the tank but afterwards I didn't want the tank to remain with that color. This is why, a few months later, I painted it once again.
This time, I firstly started to work on the bridge where the tank is positioned. I assumed that the bridge was constructed by brick and painted the structure into dark red while using brown for the soil ground. Then, I left the part to get dry. 

I washed the tank with light brown as it had been dyed with desert yellow formerly. I washed the bridge with the same brown. As a result, the frames of the bricks were filled with yellow. I painted the path and the parapet of the bridge into concrete grey.

 Actually, it had been a mistake to paint the tank into desert yellow at first. Since there was a bridge in the diaroma, why would people build it into a desert without water? Even so, I dusted the bridge with desert sand. I used dry brushing to highlight the details on the tank. I applied dust effect all over the tank.

This model had been on my mind for a while, soon I had the opportunity to fix it.

Happy modelling,
Kürşat Kaan Akkoyun...

Before...




W.I.P.





completed..








Thank you for sharing Kaan..
Erhan..

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Matchbox / Revell 1/76 Sherman Firefly (by Gürkan Özkan)





Hello,

Its a variant of American Sherman tank. British tank designers fitted a huge gun in it, a 3 inch pounder anti tank gun. Fireflys production was started in 1944. More than 2000 have been used in British Army.
Its gun was really quite effective, the germans easily hunted the shermans, but if it was a Sherman firefly it was not easy for them.

The Revell 1/76, It's an ex-Matchbox. (Kit number : PK71)

 Not many parts, the detail is not good. The wheels and tracks are so many, but doesnt show any quality. The Revell 76 kits are hard to beat.

I'm not satisfied with the details. So I have to add some. I cut some places, I do something extra, I worked for the hand made materials may fit to the model.

I used acrylics, and I painted by brush. After the paint, I used oil colors. Then I used pigments. It was a very simple model, I add some extras to see a more detailed model. I think I done it.

The drums, sandbags and the others make the model more beautiful
I hope you enjoy
Thank you,
.
Gürkan Özkan..

Thank you for sharing Gürkan... Erhan


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