I took part in a 24 hour Blitz group build over the weekend on a different forum, I thought I'd share the results here too.
I decided to go with Das Werk's Kugelpanzer
This lttle ball tank is quite the mystery, a single copy is currently in the Kubinka Tank Museum but how it got there or even it's purpose is unknown. The current belief is that It was made by Krupp in the 1930's as a scout vehicle, depending on who you ask it was then either left in the German factory until 1945 were it was captured by the Soviets, or it was sold to the Japanese and used in Manchuria were is as captured by the Soviets at the end of the war.
The entire model is only on one small sprue but you get two in the box and decals for four different versions.
After a few hours of clean up all the parts were ready
I applied some Mr. Surfacer to the wheels to add some texture to the smooth plastic and to also try and fill a large seam running down the middle of the wheels.
I then covered the balls in some black primer.
History can't decide if this hamster wheel was used by the Germans or Japanese, as there are two kits in the box tho I can do both!
I added chips and scratches to the paint with a sponge and then highlighted the larger chips on the German grey with a rusty brown. The Japanese tank is painted brown already tho so rusty paint chips obviously wont work, so I used dark metallic paint over the chips instead.
I dirtied them up a bit with a light dust effect on the German tank and a dark mud on the Japanese version, its not as noticeable tho as its brown mud on a brown tank
It took me roughly 18 hours in total over 3 days (6 hours a day) to finish the build, it was a fun little kit that was perfect for a quick build.
