Im going to call this one done.
Its sealed and lightly pigmented, passed the final test run with all functions including the barrel smoke working, sticky-outey parts left loose for refitting once Mr Mithras has his hands on it, and metal tow ropes all painted & ready to be permanently secured to the owners liking.
A Garry Farrow I am not, but Im fairly happy with the way this looks. For me its conservative but allows a degree of variation at the owners discretion.
Going thru many period pictures, these seem to vary from pristine to average, so this version is a middle stump amalgamation of them all.
Some has the smoke launcher caps black, some were sand, some were missing. I went with sand as I simply didnt like the look of the black caps on the turret cheeks.
Mr Mithras can change that really easily before it goes in the box, or seeing how it grows on him once he gets it & doing them .
Of course there could have been recoil mods and other things, but this is what the owner wanted & I really hope this is the look he saw in his minds eye when he ordered the tank new !
I admit it will be hard to box it up & make it disappear, but to be able to do it is very humbling & satisfying & I have learnt a few new tricks too.............
T-72 Asad-Babil LION OF BABYLON, Iraq, Feb 1991
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HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
