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This is for the show off section.

Here is a scratch built remote control Churchill Mk III tank as used during the Dieppe raid in 1942.

The build report can be seen at viewtopic.php?f=23&t=31950

The model has the following features;

- Enhanced and corrected Ludwig Mk VII base kit for lower chassis and roadwheels
- Scratch built Mk III upper chassis, turret and all other features
- DKLM metal tracks and 3D printed sprocket and idler wheels
- Mato Panther gearbox
- Clark TK60 control board
- DGS TARR smoker and figures
- Turret rotation, gun elevation, recoil, flash and sound
- Coax machine gun flash and sound
- Bow machine gun with horizontal movement, flash and sound
- Removable deep wading stacks for beach landing

Really outstanding paint and weathering! I have been building tanks since 1973 and never made on near this good.

I have you beat, Marc: I built a model tank in 1964, but neither can I do as well. I am always impressed by the quality of modeling here on RCTW.

Marc780 wrote:Really outstanding paint and weathering! I have been building tanks since 1973 and never made on near this good

Thank you. But I am mostly a builder, not much of a painter. I never really mastered most of the painting and weathering techniques we see in articles and books. The "wash" and the mud i applied on models were mostly disasters. I stick with what works for me, which is simply applying acrylic paint after enamel primer, then i apply dry pigments with a brush, in light weathering finish. Its mostly Black pigments dropped in low areas, corners, and cracks with a very small brush to create depth and shades, then Dark steel pigments is dry brushed freely over raised surfaces with large brush to bring out the details, then sand or European dust pigments is applied freely on road wheels and lower chassis. Then pigment fixer or flat varnish is sprayed over the vehicle to seal everything. That's about it. I usually paint and weather a whole 1/16 tank in a few hours over 2 or 3 days.

Pigments work great, so don't be too modest about your skills. My problem is that I am hesitant to make the weathering heavy enough, so my tanks always look unscathed, as if fresh from the factory. After decades of working to finish models ever more carefully and smoothly, I have to learn to get tough.