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Tamiya Austin Tilly

a photo feature by George Stray of a Tamiya, Inc. kit
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This Tamiya Austin Tilly kit has been finished recently after being left on the shelf with basic painting for two years. Built straight out of the box, with the addition of MV lenses, Fingerprint Designs data plates and some random gear in the cargo bed. The vehicle was finished with Model Master and Floquil paints, representing a truck from the Princess Irene Brigade in the Netherlands, 1945. The figure is from Resicast with a Hornet head.
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About George Stray (gstray)
FROM: WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

Been sniffing glue since I was 6 or so. I am now 44. I became obsessed with armor when I saw Tony Greenland's work in FineScale Model Magazine. I try to get better with each model. I am thankful for having a wife who really allows me to get in to my hobby!


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accelr8
I think the lights in our meeting room have a brownish cast, because this looks better here in what i assume is more whitish light. Great as usual! I'm sure i'll see this again in April.
MAR 18, 2015 - 02:29 AM
dimkaras
Wonderful figure painting - resin matters always. An excellent clean version of painting, in a ...heavy weathering world. Keep doing your good work!
MAR 18, 2015 - 10:54 PM
Szmann
Hi, George. Indeed, wonderful figure. And the clean finishing I love it too. I built the model myself, in a very different way, I must say...
MAR 23, 2015 - 02:19 AM
gstray
Thanks you guys! I like the texturing on the tarp to make it look like fabric. What did you use? Is the body color bluish grey? What driver figure did you use?
MAR 23, 2015 - 10:59 PM
Szmann
Hi, George. For the tarp I sprayed the enamel undercoat from afar, so I obtained a slightly gritty surface, painted afterwards with semi-gloss acrylics and dry-brushed with matte enamel (Model Master is my all time favorite). As the cross stenciled on the tarp suggests, it is a captured vehicle so, yes, it is panzergrau. The figure is the one provided with the kit. Warm regards, Gabriel
MAR 26, 2015 - 05:37 AM
highway70
Anyone do a Tilly diorama with Subaltern Princess Elizabeth. SKP offers a figure of her based on a photo of her standing in front of her Tilly in WW2. It and several other photo are in the book Tilly Colours by Michael Shackleton.
MAR 26, 2015 - 06:26 AM
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