Tamiya Chieftain…in black & green

[plasticprime]

Essentially built straight from the box. Painted with rattle cans – Tamiya TS-28 and TS-6 for the main colors. Hull masking was done with Tamiya masking tape after tracing a template made on the computer onto the tape and then cutting it with scissors. Turret masking was done with poster putty. The kit design for mounting the side skirts was nothing less than brilliant, and they went into place so easily it almost felt like cheating (unlike other kit manufacturer’s products that I could mention). The few modifications include: vision port “glass” made from clear plastic and painted Tamiya metallic blue; antennas made from thin wire painted flat black; and scratch built tow cable brackets for one side. Tamiya black panel liner was used on lower and upper hull, road wheels, drive sprockets, idler wheels, the main gun barrel, and turret details. After masking off the view ports and fire extinguishers, everything was sprayed with Testors Dullcote.

[Jim B]

Great looking Chieftain.

[stavanzer]

Clean Build of a sinister looking Tank. Great Job.

[slusher]

Excellent Tank!