Decided to keep a track of my projects and progress by creating this blog.

I thought I'd start off by showing my first completed 1/72 scale tank, an M4A1 75mm Sherman, finished last year. This is the Italeri M4A1 model kit.

I built the model and primed it in grey Tamiya primer, and used Humbrol enamels to paint the main olive drab. It was quite a lot of work just to get the base colour down, so will use spray primers in the future. Next I've painted small gloss varnish squares in the areas i would place the decals - to prevent ghosting. After applying the decals, I gave an overall dark brown wash and finished with dry brushing a lightened olive drab colour on the raised edges.

Quite happy with the outcome, especially for a first attempt at a 1/72 scale ground vehicle. The homemade enamel wash nearly destroyed the base coat, so that is something to definitely avoid again. The level of detail of the model is high, but probably unnecessarily so for a wargaming piece. Next I will try the simpler easy build kits from Italeri and Armourfast.

The completed model has been built as part of an ongoing 1/72 (20mm) scale World War 2 Normandy 1944 themed project. Using Bolt Action rules and army lists as inspiration, I'm trying to create a US Army and German late war forces, plus all the buildings and scenery.