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Revell 1/76 M24 Chaffee

Well, really haven't been on my computer very much this month, but I did get some more work done on my model.
I attended a scale modelers club up in Milwaukee to check out some other people's work, and I was very impressed! It's funny being the only youngster at the whole club...
In fact, some guy walked up and handed me a free model kit! :) Made me want to run home and pound out the rest of my model in one night :D Of course that didn't happen,
but at least I can show you some of what I have accomplished...

I had a lot of trouble fitting the wheels on the spokes... took tons of filing...


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Looking good GS... I would need Zoom Glasses and a anti-hand-shaker to accomplish anything like that.... Keep up the good work
 
Moving right along. Looking Good! Are you going to do a complete interior? Just kidding LOL.
 
Hahaha, coffee and modeling don't go well together! And yes I will be molding the interior parts from scratch my self! ;)

But hey, It's actually looking like a tank now! Just the finishing touches and then I get to paint.

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She's almost there! Did the whole thing in a darker toned Olive and did some experimenting with a black wash. Startin' to look spiffy

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Nice build. I was just looking at a real one of these at the 1st Division's Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton, Illinois this weekend. If you haven't been, I strongly recommend taking a trip south of the border to see the museum. It has a dozen or so US tanks from WWI through Desert Storm outside and some great displays that recount the history of the Big Red One.

Bob/Lt. Smash
 
Lt. Smash said:
Nice build. I was just looking at a real one of these at the 1st Division's Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton, Illinois this weekend. If you haven't been, I strongly recommend taking a trip south of the border to see the museum. It has a dozen or so US tanks from WWI through Desert Storm outside and some great displays that recount the history of the Big Red One.

Bob/Lt. Smash
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Thanks, and yes I will definitely have to see that museum some time in the future! Sounds great. That's funny, I have an uncle that lives in Naperville IL as well that we visit about once a year or so...
 
tried some drybrushing... It was a lot of fun to do. Not quite sure if I went overboard though...

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Remember, you can dry brush with your base color to tone down if you've gone too far. Alternatively you can use a wash of your base coat as well.
 
thanks for the advice Fac, anybody able to explain decals to me? What exactly do I need for them?
 
You will need a pair of sissors, a small bowl of water, some q-tips and paper towel. The q-tips are for rolling out the bubbles under the decal and bits of paper towel to soak up water that usualy manages to get spilt. I would put the decals on before weathering but you can do a touch-up, no problem.
 
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