Tamiya 1/48th scale Kettengraftrad

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Tamiya 1/48th Kettengraftrad

Model Built December 2004 to March 2005

1. It is early days for this little model. The Tamiya 1/48th scale Kettengraftrad. The model has been complemented by etched details by Eduard. This photo from December 2004 shows most of the assembly work done ready for painting.


2. I did not buy the full kit. Instead I bought a cast-off from a Tamiya Me-262 sold on EBay.	3. By March 2005 the major sub-assemblies have been put together and painted. This involved airbrushing first a black undercoat then the camouflage colour. Next the shadows and staining were added with chalk dust.	4. The tracks involved a lot of detail hand-painting.	5. After the chalk dust weathering is applied on the matt base then a coat of gloss is airbrushed on top. This seals in the chalk and provides a better base for an acrylic brown wash that goes over top. The wash runs into cracks and highlights detail.

6. The acrylic wash would not run into the details if we used a matt base coat. Instead it would have just soaked into the matt coat.	7. After the acrylic wash then the final assembly is performed and dry-brushing is performed.	8. The finished model is a little gem and seen here photographed with the Bf109 E4 featured elsewhere on this web site.	9. A final shot of the Kettengraftrad. Thanks EBay!

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