Wednesday 11 January 2012

M10 Achilles finished ! / M10 Achilles fertig !


British 17pdr S. P. M10 Achilles (Model by Britannia Miniatures)
So... Es ist Zeit, mal die ersten Arbeitsergebnisse für 2012 zu präsentieren:
Mein M10 Achilles !
Das Modell stammt von Britannia Miniatures und ich habe es schon vor einigen Jahren gekauft. Irgendwie lag es immer hinten im Schrank und wurde nie fertig...
Es handelte sich um ein recht einfach (aber schön) gehaltenes Modell. Die Details wie Gepäck, Maschinengewehr, Abschleppkabel, Tarnnetze und die Staukiste habe ich selbst hinzu gefügt. Möglicherweise ist nicht alles ganz korrekt, aber ich habe mich an Bilder aus dem Buch "British Tank Destroyer Achilles" von W. J. Gawrych orientiert. Auf der Platte ist das ohnehin nicht so wichtig.
Das Modell habe ich mit Farben von Vallejo lackiert, mit matten Klarlack versiegelt. und hinterher noch etwas mit Pigmenten bearbeitet.
Insgesamt bin ich recht zufrieden, aber einige Verbesserungsansätze sehe ich schon noch. Vor allem beim Weathering...
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Well then... It's time to present my first results for 2012:

My M10 Achilles !
The model is from Britannia Miniatures and I bought it some years ago. Somehow it rested in the deep of my cupboard and was never finished...

However it's a nice but simple model. I added details like camouflage, M2HB, the storage box and the towing cable.  Maybe not all details are absolutely correct but I looked up some examples in W. J. Gawrych's book "British Tank Destroyer Achilles". For wargaming it should do I think.
I painted it with Vallejo colours and sealed it with matt varnish spray.

Although I'm rather satisfied I know that there are some points to improve. Especially the weathering...

The camouflage net is made of gauze bandage and some chervil.

I made the towing cable of some kind of synthetic threat. The wheel was part of a broken Sherman-kit by Hasegawa.
The markings are largely correct but I had to collect them from other kits since the Britannia kits are delivered without decals as usual for those wargaming manufacturers.

10 comments:

  1. Nice tank! It really looks like a fighting vehicle with that rust and the attached camo.

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  2. Excellent work Monty!

    Regards,

    Monty

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  3. Hi Monty!
    Looks like a good piece of work! I like it :)

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  4. Thanks to you all. I'm honored to hear that you like my work.
    :-)

    On the next model I'll use brigther dust-pigments. Especially on the photos but in real too it looks too rusty and too redish.

    Cheers
    Monty

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  5. Some excellent work!! Love the conversion work, very cleverly done!!

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  6. Very nice, I like your use of the camo.

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  7. Very nice work, especially on the camouflage.

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  8. Like it a lot! Especially the camo netting works great in this scale!

    Gruß
    http://dhcwargamesblog.wordpress.com/

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