Landships II

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Mk.IV Supply Tank

PDA · Legend

Fantastic!

d_fernetti · Hero

Lovely model!

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Thank you and thank you, no progress on this one at the moment as I was washing and weathering the A7V last night.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Small update, cab roof hatch added (thanks Gwyn) identification stripes are on I made these out of decal film rather than painting them as an experiment... I'm not sure which way is more fiddly!

So now it just needs some serial numbers, a wash and dry brushing and then a matt coat, oh and there's no point having a supply tank without a load of supplies so I've been busy casting.

Eric · Colonel

Hello,

Very interesting subject and nice result.
I am waiting to see the next steps.

All the very best,

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Thank you Eric, small update...

The tracks have been washed with black, umber, burnt umber and then burnt sienna. A black wash applied to the bearing caps as most of the pictures I've seen show them leaking and the first of the supplies have been added, canvas rolls and wooden boxes will come next.

And finally here he is with a couple of friends.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Here it is with crates and canvas rolls added, the crates were dry-brushed with burn umber oil paint over the pale yellow resin. To vary the colour more or less oil paint was left on the brush.

I'll be adding some hand tools, shovels, pickaxes and such to finish off the load.

As always any comments, criticisms or suggestions are always welcome.

-- Edited by CrashandBern on Thursday 24th of July 2014 12:57:07 PM

d_fernetti · Hero

Great build! And I like those extras on the roof. The "flimsies" look great (your own molds!) but I feel that the tarpaulin rools look a bit rigid (unless they're rolled stretchers, which had the carrying poles inside) Have you considered making them out of rolled milliput or tissue treated with white glue? The fabric bundles are heavy and tend to conform to the irregular surfaces they're placed upon.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

A very good point, I was think more of them being very tightly rolled and then pulled down with straps which would make them fairly rigid but as your picture show they were more likely to be loose and floppy...so how about this one?

d_fernetti · Hero

Not bad, but it seems a little too tidy yet. Maybe those tarpaulin bundles were rolled over other objects, perhaps they had more equipment tucked inside (things that could get destroyed if exposed, like bully beef tins or jam jars). I'd get a blob of putty, wrap it in tissue paper and crossed by a couple of strings (scale ropes!) place on the model itself to "hang" over the bits and pieces, and when dry, take it away and paint over it, weather it, etc.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Ok when the hand tools go on I'll make up a tarp to cover some of them, that should give some good lumpy shapes. In the meantime I've made up the serial number from individual 2mm numeral decals... wasn't fiddly in the least hmm

-- Edited by CrashandBern on Friday 25th of July 2014 03:49:26 PM

d_fernetti · Hero

Lovely! The close ups show also how sharp is this build!
BTW Here are an article on how to make them from facial tissues and white glue:
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=2710

D.

Captain Wain · Sergeant

Absolutely fantastic model! The attention to detail is amazing.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Thank you for the kind words and thanks for the link Diego.

No progress pics at the moment as with 6 tanks on the go this one's waiting it's turn again.

d_fernetti · Hero

6 tanks! No worries, I have many times that number of airplanes in progress. My excuse is that most of them are from WW1!
BTW, since last messaage I've been looking for pictures of burdened tanks (as your model has inspired me to try something like that soon!) and I'd like to share this pic:
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from which I think I can make out a bulging camouflage net stowed over the roof. Note that the exhaust pipe is somewhat bent and wavy, perhaps due to being hit and stepped while stowing the cargo?

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Great pic, it's gives a good idea of the sort of loads you'd see on a combat tank. They look like bottle crates between the rear frame horns.

d_fernetti · Hero

Yes, I'm intrigued by the seemingly haphazard method of roping the crates and other objects. I guess it was TeeEll who was looking for the stowage attachment points on his Master Box tank projects?

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

You're right they look like they have been thrown on then roped down... I'd be surprised if anything got to the front intact!

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

It's getting close, I'd forgotten the ID stripes on the rear armour plate so that's been remedied, a half-hearted attempt has been made at roping down the supplies... I can't see any ropes at all in a lot of supply tank pictures, I guess at a maximum speed of 6mph not too much fell off?

The tracks and track frames have been muddied up with a white glue/ground pastel mix, it's the first time I've tried it on a track area this visible I have to say I'm pretty pleased with the result .

rkpost · Major

Hello CrashandBern,

Just like your 1/72nd Mark IV - this one is another excellent example of your modeling. I really love the different colors on the "flimsies". Nice work all around.

Rob

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Thanks Rob very kind of you. There's a few small details to do and some sort of base before it's finished but I've really enjoyed building this one.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

Time for a quick update... I mentioned a base in my last post so here's what it'll be sitting on.

Nothing too elaborate just a simple scenic setting to give it a bit of perspective.

Originally I'd planned a cobbled road with muddy banks on either side but after sitting the tank on the semi finished article (pics 1-4) it all looked a bit brown and uninteresting. It really needed some other colours to break it up a bit so out with the paints again and now it's a cobbled road with grassy banks!

As Stefan has done an excellent diorama how-to in the Model Articles section and my technique is very similar there no need to repeat it here, the only thing I do slightly differently is to spray the whole thing flat black to start with.

As you can see I don't get hung up on specific colours I just tend to use whatever I've got, the key here is to get as much variation as possible and keep mixing, dry bushing and stippling them on.

CrashandBern · Field Marshal

FINISHED!!!

I have to admit that I always forget to take pictures when a model's very close to being finished so they make a leap from "getting there" to "done".

It's mounted on a simple base using a Dapol telegraph pole (they're not bad but do need a bit of clean up and refinement) and Barry's (WD Models) excellent British Infantry Walking figures... I'm not much of a figure painter but I really enjoyed doing these little guys as the detail is so sharp.

I hope you like smile