West German Leopard

This one is also just off the press.

This is the 1/35 Tamiya Leopard. another great kit and one I also enjoyed building. The only problem area was the front armour plating, it seemed a bit warped and needed to be clamped down and finished with some putty. I scratch built the 2 canisters at the rear of the turret as they weren't worth using. The barrel was not the best fit and needed alot of putty and sanding to get  a reasonable finish. Paints were all Tamiya acrylic, starting with an overall flat black, with the olive green final colour. I washed it with some oil paints, and finished with a light dusting of earth powders. The tracks were painted firstly in steel, then red brown, got a light sanding to expose some of the underneath steel and then washed with thinned down rust (testors). Let me know if it was too much. All comments welcome.

Heinkel HE 111 H6

Hi Everyone,

Just finished this one so it's hot off the press. 1/75 Hasegawa Heinkel HE 111 H-6. I really enjoyed building this craft. Most of it went together pretty well. The areas in question ( could of been my own mistakes) were the wing to fuselage fit, the undercarriage bomb bay. Anyway, I decided to finish it in dessert colours, All Tamiya acrylic paints, I used the AIMS decals collection part 2  - VG+ES Wk. Nr 4085, I also used the Eduard mask set as there was no way i would of attempted this kit if there were no masks for it.
this was my first attempt at pres-hading so I'm not sure how visible it is, I hand brushed a thinned down flat black, but i recon I will try airbrushing it next time.. The only scratch building I did was the pilot tube and i lost the fuel hose and had to scratch build one.
Overall i would recommend this kit with someone with a few kits under their belt. comments welcome