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MODEL NAME: Vespid Centurion Tank MK 5/1, Royal Australian 1st Armoured Regt. “Buku boom boom”
IPMS #:
ENTRY#: HCON17_10422
REGISTERED EVENT: 2025 HeritageCon
MODEL SCALE: 1:72
MODEL MANUFACTURER: OTHER
MODEL CATEGORY: ARMOUR 2532-1/72 and Smaller-Fully Tracked AFV & SPGs
MODEL KIT(s) AND TECHNIQUES USED:
Vespid #VS720007
Kit was built from kit supplied parts and no extras.
The canvas mantlet cover was a 3D printed part supplied by Vespid, the kit part needed to be modified, which involved cutting off the original mantlet and fitting the 3D printed part.
kit supplied a metal barrel and PE.
Primed in mr oxide red surfacer 1000.
paint: layer 1-Tamiya olive drab and raf dark green 2. layer 2- olive drab, raf dark green 2 and dark grey. Layer 3 highlight- olive drab, raf dark green 2, sky and touch of buff.
Weathering was achieved with AK interactive enamel washes and AMMO Vietnam earth.
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