MERKAVA MKIV מלחמת חרבות ברזל WAR OF IRON SWORDS,GAZA

[Pavel]

For me, what I saw is the main motivation to WORK!
I see the goal, but I don’t see the barriers! (C)
Only after reaching the top do you look at the next one; if you look down, it’s a disaster...

[HERMAN BIX]

Well I didnt look down so I kept going.................but looking up with no result was P íng me off so on with the primer!!
Mr Surfacer 1000 was the order of the day.
We are on Cyclone Preparedness here in Sotheast Queensland, got a right royal smashing coming at us.
But I have enough Jack Daniels & everything in between to survive a siege of Leningrad!! (figuratively speaking)
As long as our power stays on I should have this monster in its final coat by Sunday.

I thought a King Tiger was a big canvas to cover, but a Merk
Took almost 3/4 of a large can of it to cover the thing. And thats without roadwheels and the belly plate.
Im now questioning if I have enough topcoat paint to cover it !
She's right, onwards..............

[Pavel]

Wow!
Board up the windows with shields and put the car in the garage.
I always have a gasoline generator and a "Captain Morgan" Special Gold at the ready.
I wish you to survive the cataclysm successfully!
We pray for you.
There is a rubber cushion glued to the barrel holder...
brothers from the Celestial Empire turned this holder 180 degrees....
I decided to restore justice!
Maybe not so beautiful, but it suits me...

[HERMAN BIX]

Great re-work Mr Pavel. Very nice effects.
I did see the barrel holder was round the wrong way (handle on the right hand side-not the left) out of the box but I really could not find the need to change it over.
I did the fix up to my JS-2 barrel support, and my Jagdtiger , but this one , could not be $#$'ed !!
Thats a sign I need to get past the MBT phase & go back to my roots I think
For sure its not that I cant do it, I just cant want to !!

[Pavel]

I understand you!
My daughter-in-law is a conversational translator from 5 languages, Chinese is still uncertain, if something is unclear she also translates slang...

[HERMAN BIX]

Oh the slang here in Aussie and also in England is shocking !!
New Zealand has a lot but not as much.
I guess all languages have loads of slang terms but the ones I know are many and colourful !!

[Pavel]

I try to write in a language close to English.
On Groups, I decided to chat, like a bro.....
People didn't accept me, it turns out we are old-timers and modern manner of speech is alien to us.
Many suspected that I was pretending to live across the puddle in Moscow.

[HERMAN BIX]

Oh yes, theres no doubt that slang is Generational !!
I sometimes cannot understand my daughters one iota

[Pavel]

How right you are.....

[HERMAN BIX]

Using what time & electricity I might have before the Cyclone hits, it was wise to use time carefully.................PRESHADING !!!!
The wife is filling the bath in case we need water( dont know why-I have Jack Daniels to last me to eternity but if I run out of ice there's going to be trouble) and ensuring the place is as ready as it can be.
Me ??, well I'm glad you asked............I have topped off the compressor so I can still paint on the compressor tank storage reserve, got several big rubbish bin liners to put in the toilet or a hole in the ground ( my female family are mortified at the thought) and mixed the top coat blend into a big pottle ready to go !!

Using Nato Black XF-69 instead of flat black to add to the grey rather than stark black.
These Merkavas are BIG............at some point I will get a pic of a T72, a King Tiger and show the proportions.
I already know the turret of the Merk when held over the top of a StuG III totally eclipses the poor little thing, and thats just the turret.
Looks like the Death Star is about to engage the 4th Moon of Yavin back in 1977

Still a lot to do on this to get it the way my minds eye sees it, so get on with it is the order of the day.