freddietello 12 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Spain bought six Schneider CA-1 tanks to use at the Morocco war in 1922, some years later 4 of them had survived and sent to Madrid where they remained unused until in 1936 begun the Spanish civil war. The tanks that came form Africa received some minor changes; a gunhole at the front and another at the back, front light changed and added armor at the front made of a sewer cover. I wanted to make two of the models suggested in the decals set, the one in Morocco with the girls inside the numbers and this one I finally choose, one of the CA-1 used in Madrid against the nationalists at the beggining of the war. To adapt the Hobby Boss kit I had to build the back sections that enlarge the tank, the reshaped exhaust and the opther modifications I said before that were specific of the Spanish model called M-16 With the model built I primed it with olive green Then I applied a first filter with a warm light green to make the first lights Then another filter with a cream color to soften the contrast of the formar filter and stand out some parts a bit more. A copule of filters with satin washes allowed me to darken some parts and enlighten others. I painted the big brown zones with a brush I applied a gloss varnish and once dry I started placing the decals With the tracks primed with a dark brown color, I used the old drybrushing technique to stand out part of them using lighter rust tones Some stains, a pin wash, dust and steel pigment rubbing to call the model finished. Or maybe not, I still decided to add some mud. And this is a photomontage I made with a Madrid park photograph as background. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RLFoster 39 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Outstanding model and an excellent step-by-step recap. Thanks for posting your build here! Link to post Share on other sites
RickCummelin 10 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nicely done & without an excessive amount of weathering/chipping. Looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
catdude01 35 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Awesome work Brother! really nailed! Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Aldrich 89 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nice little Monster!!! Link to post Share on other sites
freddietello 12 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Thank you very much for your words guys, I´m glad you liked it. Link to post Share on other sites
ghodges 537 Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 That's an awesome build of a subject that's new to me! It's really amazing to see just how different it looks from where you started with the painting.Thanks for showing us how you did it! GIL Link to post Share on other sites
802chrisg 38 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Great piece! Link to post Share on other sites
VonL 51 Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Wow...! Link to post Share on other sites
KevinWasson 0 Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Very nice work. Link to post Share on other sites
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