Beyond The Sprues

Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Story on March 23, 2020, 08:44:54 PM

Title: Operation 'Restore Hope' T72
Post by: Story on March 23, 2020, 08:44:54 PM

Figured I'd finish off some uncompleted projects that were literally just gathering dust on the shelf.

This is an ESCI 1:35th build that I stopped work on close to 20 years ago. The upper half was left in flat black primer.

(https://i.imgur.com/6hrFHvM.jpg?1)(https://i.imgur.com/pUDt8qN.jpg?1)

(https://i.imgur.com/RO7aTBZ.jpg?1)

So I masked off the fenders and grills, gave it a dusting of GLOSS WHITE from a rattle can (which dulled nicely when it mixed with the dust on the model).  A slight wiff of desert sand from another rattle can and here we go.

(https://i.imgur.com/dekyoIU.jpg?1)(https://i.imgur.com/rYvi937.jpg?1)

Still need to finish off the T/C's cupola, fix some of the small parts where the glued failed over the years and maybe put UN markings on with a 2mm chisel tip pen (have to go source one of those in this time of cooties).

So here's the inspiration - Indian Army tanks in support of the UN Operation Restore Hope; Kismayo, Somalia, Nov 1993.
(https://i.imgur.com/zGMG0b5.jpg?2)  (https://i.imgur.com/1njZBsk.jpg?1)

Title: Re: Operation 'Restore Hope' T72
Post by: Story on March 23, 2020, 08:45:58 PM

Here's Steve Shrimpton's interpretation, from 2018
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/indian-t-72-m1-un-t168842.html (https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/indian-t-72-m1-un-t168842.html)