2S14 Zhalo 85mm - Done

Me likes a lot! Looks great!

Looks just like the same condition as most of the vans i drive............coz lazy feckers can`t be bothered to clean it out from when they last used it

Gonna look excellent in colour

Blinking heck, how long does that barrel need to be,

Great work on the interior Paul

Boots, I sure hope so mushty .

Pete, you are so right fella , I have decided to get another and go to town with
re-designing the turret layout a tad .

Mack, the longer the better sir . Thanks too dude

Marco, many thanks my friend .



Today I primed the beast with Edding universal permanent primer. Edding make those marker pens that are really hard
to remove from anything they mark . I happened to see this primer with a wide range of spray paints
and thought, why not give it go .
Straight from the can, it is a tad thin and spits a bit, but the drops do level themselves out quite quickly.
Also this stuff is dry with 10 mins, but you're all gonna have to wait till the weekend before colour goes on .





More at the weekend chaps

Grey ghost! Nice and smooth!

Pete, cheers matey . I think the colour range and primer are new, or at least it's new here in Münster .

Marco, many thanks sire . I love the look of ghost grey indeed, think I need to a wingy .
Ooops, better get the Meteor done first .

Boots, it sure has mucker . And it's really tough too, I tried to remove some just for a test, ain't found
anything that'll touch it when dry .


Todays painting session was conducted with the Mr.Hobby colour set CS584:900. This a colour modulation set which once again, was
advertised as acrylic but is in fact lacquer.
There are four paint pots in the set:
1. CMC13 Russian green shadow
2. CMC10 Russian green base
3. CMC11 Russian green highlight 1
4. CMC12 Russian green highlight 2
Today I used the shadow first as a base coat, then sprayed the Russian base as a lightened base coat .
Having no lacquer thinner, and can't even find any to buy here, I used Revell paint cleaner again.
This works very well but it doesn't help the overall bad smell of the paint, it however speed up the
drying time .
I painted this about an hour ago and it's absolutely dry already .









Hopefully I'll the highlights on tomorrow , but I have got to do the Sunday dinner on the BBQ first .

As always ACACW

Cheers very much Ian .
The gun was actually the failure of this vehicle. Even though it was long calibre and therefore
pact a harder punch with a larger charged round, it still couldn't penetrate the NATO amour of the time.
Maybe if the Russians had had DU ammo back then it might have made it further, just as well DU wasn't
around back then.

So does I Boots, but it don't half ferkin stink when spraying .