September was not a good month. Three models ended up FUBAR: a Hasegawa 1/48 P-47D, an Airfix P-51D, and a Revell King Tiger. The P-47 was built and ready for the exterior color. I very foolishly tried to use a spray can from the hardware store - Ace Hardware Chrome Aluminum. It went on very shiny. After it had dried for a couple of days, I masked it to paint the ant-glare panel. The masking tape brought up some of the paint. At that point, it went in the trash.

The Airfix P-51D is currently on the shelf of doom. It has a lot of inserts. It went on the SOD when the gun inserts in the wings did not fit at all. And the Revell King Tiger, which is a rebox of the ICM kit, only lasted about ten minutes. I assembled the two halves of the gun mount, and that was enough to tell me that the kit was not worth spending any time on. With the size of my stash, I've learned not to spend time of ill-fitting kits.

At this point, I went looking for something simple, and I spied this kit, which I had purchased from Sprue Brothers some time ago. This kit represents a tank from World War Toons, which I believe is a video game. I didn't realize it until I started working on it, but it is intended to be assembled without cement, although I did use some in a few places. It went together well, and I had all the assembly done in about an hour and a half. It makes my optimistic about their P-51D kit, which is also cement free.

I primed the exterior with Krylon Gray Primer. I've been trying to evaluate what green to use on my next Soviet Tank. I used Tamiya XF-73 Dark Green (JGSDF) for the exterior, and I liked the way it turned out. I don't think it is historically accurate, as I believe the actual color was a bit more of an olive. I didn't paint the tracks. The track on the turret was painted with Tamiya X-18 Semi Gloss Black.

I used Future as a gloss coat prior to applying the decals, and also as a sealer after the decals had been applied. The flat coat was Model Master Acryl Flat Clear, thinned with Jason Jones' reducer.

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