Military Illustrated Modeller – August 2019

 Military Illustrated Modeller - August 2019

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Close-up of one of the tail-light assemblies. These are handed,

so make sure they are fitted in the correct positions and

painted accordingly. For the super detailer, there is scope to

replace all the deep wading screen straps and buckles with

photo-etched parts!

The shape of the paper template made earlier has now been transferred to some

masking tape, which has been placed onto the photo-etched mesh to aid cutting the

mesh to the correct shape

At the time of building this Sheridan, the only detailing set available

specifically for the new Tamiya kit was the set from Passion Models

(35-144). This set is superb and in the author’s opinion offers all the

important parts, including those prominent engine screens

PAINTING

I’d had a few conversations with the Editor regarding the actual colour

of these tanks in Vietnam. We came to the conclusion that it was a

very dark green, certainly not the regular olive drab we associate with

US armour. Thanks to platforms such as Facebook and pages within

that specialise in so many modelling topics including Vietnam photo

references, there is an absolute wealth of amazing colour photos that

have been unearthed, which have helped me no end to get a firm idea

for the base colour I wanted to choose.

For the base colour, the author chose Vallejo’s Model Air 'Yellow

Olive' with a few drops of Alclad’s Aqua Gloss, which was added

to help create the distinctive sheen seen on the real vehicles

Hycote’s acrylic

automotive grey

primer was used

to prime the model

prior to applying

the camouflage

colours which helps

key the acrylic

camouflage colours

to the surface of the

kit, especially when

additional materials,

such as resin and

photo-etched parts

are present

AMMO by Mig’s Dunkelgrun was used to base-coat the

numerous .50cal ammo boxes stowed on the Sheridan

that are needed to feed the two M2 heavy machine guns.

Archer’s waterslide decal sets were used to provide the

authentic stencil markings for all these boxes

To add some tonal variation to the base colour,

a mix of Vallejo Green Game Ink and Light Grey

were added to the base Yellow Olive. As can

be seen in this photo, it has added some fading

to the centre of the panels, along with some

warmth to the tone of the base colour