Saturday, January 11, 2014

Slow Progress on the Mark IV Tanks

Had a bash at putting the decals on. Decided to use my mate Plastic Fan's method. Painted the area with a gloss coating and when it was dry I applied the decal on that, using Micro Sol. When the decal was fixed in place I applied another coat of the clear gloss to seal the decal in. The next stage is to use Dullcote to remove the glossy look, but I haven't got there yet.
Black Jack
The decals are from Skytrex. There may have been a tank called 'Black Jack' but if so, I don't know if it was a male or female, and I seriously doubt the lettering was this size and in this position. However, I don't care! I think this is a good name for a tank and I like the sound of it.

Black Jack
I've also given the tracks a wash with a dark rust colour, and I did the Tadpole as well:

Posted by at

3 comments:

  1. AlJanuary 11, 2014 at 3:15 PM

    Love the Tadpole!

    ReplyDelete
  2. SanderJanuary 27, 2014 at 4:48 AM

    Great stuff all round! 2 questions:
    - where do I sign up to follow your blog?
    - what's that red staff car in the background? I sadly lack in all kinds of 1:72 staff cars German, Allied and civilian you name it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. PDAFebruary 21, 2014 at 7:01 PM

    OK. Took me a while, I know. After some experimentation I think I have added a button on the bottom of the page where you can follow this blog. Please let me know if works or not.

    The red staff car is a Renault AX Tourer. It's a white metal kit from Scale Link. Not cheap considering the size of it, but there aren't many civilian vehicles available for the WW1 period.

    My apologies for my tardiness!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)