French tanks. But with a difference …

[Jakko]

On with the camouflage. On the H39 I used the same Khaki Green No. 3 as I used on much of the B1, but now hand-painted with a fairly small brush:



The contrast between the two is so low that I think I did something wrong, though. It's hard to see in the photo, but it's even worse in the flesh.

It's a little better on the B1:



Here, I painted the horizontal surfaces (again with a brush) using an old bottle of Games Workshop Charadon Granite. That colour was especially odd: when I applied it, it was only barely darker than the brown already on the tank, but it got noticeably darker when it dried, ending up pretty close to the SCC 1A sample in Mike Starmer's book. This one definitely isn't done, though, as it still needs the splotches etc. around the edges of the vertical and sloping plates.

 

[Jakko]

Sickness, difficulty finding the right colours, an airbrush that didn't want to cooperate … everything together this is once more taking longer than I would like. But by now I didn't just finish the camouflage on the B1 but also added shadows and highlights to both. I will get there eventually

 

[BarleyBop]

I will get there eventually

I hope your return to health happens faster than that!

 

[Edbert]

Sickness, difficulty finding the right colours, an airbrush that didn't want to cooperate

I think they look great!

 

[Jakko]

I hope your return to health happens faster than that!

Early last week, I got what I think was a heavy cold (the COVID test I did was negative) but I'm still coughing quite a lot even though it was otherwise entirely gone over a week ago. In any case I kind of want to get these models, and the M4 (105 mm), done so I can let myself go on to the next one