The 1/72 Build Log

Just one week ´till Christmas... year is nearly over... but at least I did something and finished the Revell Cromwell I reviewed a few days ago. But don´t get caught up talking, let´s get to the interesting part - the modelling! I started with a primed model consisting of  turret- and hull-subcomponents. As shown in my Review , they were primed with grey Valleyo primer. As the base-coat was to consist of Ammo of Migs british 1944-45 Olive Drab, which itself is really dark, I didn´t do any preshading as the effect wouldn´t really be visible. The olive-drab coat was thinned around 50/50 with acrylic thinner and applied trough the airbrush. I lightened up the color a little bit and sprayed some highlights around exposed areas afterwad. The result of this step was nice and I went on to paint the major details as such as tracks and tool-handles. I used Vallejo ModelAir browns and white for the wooden parts and the tracks/roadwheels recieved a coat of Vallejo ModelColor dark gre...

Hello my friends it´s Christmas time! Which means.. weather isn´t the best here so I had some time for further modelling. Today´s topic is another review, this time of Revell´s 1/72 Cruiser Tank A27M Cromwell Mk.IV... What a designation... but anyways - onto the review. The kit comes in not too pricy at about 15€ as it is the typical fashion for Revells smaller AFV kits. Let´s hope the detail and fitting also goes along those lines. The vehicle: The Cruiser Tank A27M or the Cromwell as it is widely known was a mass produced British medium tank in WW2. It was based on the American Christie-Suspension the UK aquired in the 30s for their new generation of cruiser tanks. These vehicles, namely the A15, the Covenanter, the Crusader and the Cromwell were fast and had mediocore armour plating at best. While the earlier models quickly proved themselfes to be a little out-dated, the A27 was to be a tank up to meet the requrements of the mid to late WW2 battlefields. The first incarnation, ...