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Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:59 am
by HERMAN BIX
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:26 am
by MrChef
Lookin better every day!
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:00 am
by Raminator
Looks great all in yellow, Herman; you get nice contrast with the shadows picking out all of the surface details. Having some of the base green coming through will look great, too (for the same reason)!
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:07 am
by HERMAN BIX
Raminator wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:00 am
Looks great all in yellow, Herman; you get nice contrast with the shadows picking out all of the surface details. Having some of the base green coming through will look great, too (for the same reason)!
Ehhh!!..........the Ram's back
Thanks for checking in mate, the Iraqi desert yellow is a nice shade but still too clean for my(and I hope the actual owners) liking !!
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:01 pm
by Mithras
HERMAN BIX wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:07 am
Raminator wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:00 am
Looks great all in yellow, Herman; you get nice contrast with the shadows picking out all of the surface details. Having some of the base green coming through will look great, too (for the same reason)!
Ehhh!!..........the Ram's back
Thanks for checking in mate, the Iraqi desert yellow is a nice shade but still too clean for my(and I hope the actual owners) liking !!
I think you and I are of like mind in yet another thing;) Owner agrees.
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:44 am
by HERMAN BIX
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:41 pm
by Herr Dr. Professor
Eeewww: Grody to the Max! ...just they way you like 'em. Now the turret needs evidence of having been climbed all over.
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:25 pm
by HERMAN BIX
Turret & hull and wheels
Then Pencil over bits
Then a chip
Then seal
Then filter
Then pigment dust
Thennnnn perhaps it goes in the box for export
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:34 pm
by Mithras
She’s got a face any mother could love.
Re: ASAD-BABIL "LION OF BABYLON" IRAQI ARMY FEB 1991
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:12 am
by HERMAN BIX
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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