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Superb realism Daran, I feel like I want to take one of those shells out of the rack and shove it into the breach and I can almost smell the oil, diesel and cordite fumes!!   
Keep up the great work my friend, a fine piece of engineering!!
Kev 
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Thanks for the comment Kev, think there may be a battle in the display case with the Tiger and the T34/85!!
Breach and barrel are now fitted to the upper hull, just the shells to paint and fit, bit of dusty stuff and then I can glue the 2 halves together!!  
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Shells done and fitted in the rack, the two halves of the turret glued together.   
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Looking good Daran!!
Better hurry up and finish it though mate or your Leopold/BR52 build is gonna start going backwards and times-a-tickin!!   
Kev
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Superb! Looks the biz Nem and some great weathering indeed Spencer
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I do like old CD cases, they are perfect supports and turntables, makes turrets so much easier to work on!! Although there are not many parts left to fit, there is still loads to do. Next up is to use some Mr Surfacer and mould the weld seam where the turret halves join, then onto the cupola and hatches.    
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Well thats about it for now. The cupola and hatches are painted and fitted, and i have shaded some of the turret. There was a horrible gap around the cupola where it joins the turret, so this is now in the process of being filled. Once dry, sanded and painted I can carry on with the weathering and detailing.
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Some more progress made. Aircraft recognition stripes are done, coat of Klear next, then the decals. Another coat of Klear to seal them, and then on with the weathering!!!!
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Decals done with paint runs, and not evenly spaced from side to side to make it look like they were field applied. 
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And so the weathering begins! First off a light wash to blend the colours, then on with the chipping and scratches. 
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Well thats this stage done, next up, highlight wear areas, pin washes, streaks, rust and mud!!!  
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This is amazing and inspiring work. I think I'm learning something with your every update, and can't wait to try some of the ideas myself. Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Well the turret has finally met the hull!! A few tweaks to do and then I am calling this done. The next pics will be in the Finished Gallery!  
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Hi Nemesis, Fantastic work on you tank, when I look at your paint work I feel that I'm learning from every picture, and I bet there are other guy's thinking the, same thank you for your support and posts. Regards Trev. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
OcCre- Santa-Maria (Kit).
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tf64 wrote: Hi Nemesis,
Fantastic work on you tank, when I look at your paint work I feel that I'm learning from every picture, and I bet there are other guy's thinking the, same thank you for your support and posts.
Regards
Trev. Thank you for looking in and your kind words Trev, I am by no means an expert at the painting, I just go with the flow and it seems to work, if others have benefited from my advice and my builds, then I am pleased to have been of help to them.
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