General Lee

Awarded: Bronze

By: Sven-Åke Grufstedt

Manufacturer(s): Mirage

Description: This is Mirage's General Lee built OOTB. Painted with Vallejo Acrylics and weathered with oils and pigments.

Judge 1: Your photos are well lit but could be cropped much closer to the model which is very well made and difficult to fault, you’ve done a very good job of joining the rubber band tracks. The paint work is well done with good contrast, it could be made more interesting with some additional tones. The smaller details become a bit lost and would really stand out with a darker pin wash. The stowage adds some life but I would expect to see it tied down. It’s hard to make out much wear and tear and you could add some more dust to the sides and upper surfaces.
Judge 2: Nicely built (although no in progress photo). The shading has been applied very well and has some good tonal variety, but it looks a little bland and slightly too uniform as a whole - further weathering to give more variety across the model would improve it even more. Still a very well finished model.
Judge 3: Although a good model in itself, compared to all the others I have studied of yours so far, this one looks only half done. Your the king of weathering finishes (you doing a book or a web article?) the tracks look alittle too long & The dust/mud is heavier on the front & "t no." than on the wheels & suspension. Although the basecoat has interest with a darker version along the joints it needs toning down with more dusting.All the recesses need dusting too decals & extra stowage are well done.I don't like seeing white inner hatches & the barrelcounterweight looks alittle to far down the barrel.