AND DONE!!!!! Tamiya's M8 from 1974

Build a classic kit (first issued before 1990) without modern aftermarket additions. Any subject, any scale. Campaign runs from 20/05/16 - to 01/07/16. Campaign medals awarded for models completed within those dates.
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Re: Tamiya's M8 from 1974

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Philipp Gross wrote:
The end is July 1st. 2016 that is :P

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Doh! I thought it was the end of July :P

Looking good John :)
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Moving along with the running gear. If we're going to use crappy rubber tracks, let us be glad that there are equally giant fenders to cover those tracks.
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Hey John, those tracks don't look too bad.
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Thanks, Woody.

But were it not for the giant fenders, I would have built the tank as an abandoned wreck without its tracks.

And.......Dullcote!
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Ermm, the dullcote looks shiny. :?

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PS. Yes, I get that it is just not dry, but, there isn't a joke there and seriously who cares about facts when it comes time to make a joke. (Or political speeches apparently.)(Yeah, I'm lookin' at you Donald.)

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Matt Parvis wrote:Ermm, the dullcote looks shiny. :?

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Matt, it's going into a diorama where it is flogging down rain..... :P

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No rain and no gloss. Just a flat green canvas for oil based weathering.

If you're going to drybrush, drybrush like Michael Jackson still has a top 20 hit :!: :!: :!:

Sheperd Paine would be proud! :D
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HELL YEAH!

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I know the drybushing technique is so ancient and out of date, but i still think it is an extremely effective technique. Your right John, Shep would be damn proud! :D


I see the rain has stopped :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Totally radical dude! :geek: :lol:

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Hey! I started out with dry brushing as the first "advanced" technique and it still has it's place.. especially on such an old kit - it's retro dude! :lol:


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