WIP: Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale

Here's a painting guide from the Hat Industries site:

Painting guide - By Ted Schulz; All colors are Testors unless otherwise stated.

BODY

coat, collar -- sea blue 1172

pants -- dark earth 2054

coat front, belt, straps, gloves, cuffs – white

OFFICER (epaulettes, tassle, hat top), buttons, belt buckle, strap buckle, scabbard, sword handle -- gold

hat, boots, collar center, pouch -- black

epaulettes & tassle -- mixed orange

hair, gun -- brown ital. dark 2111

gun barrel -- gun metal 1795

face -- flesh

chin strap, hat right side tassle, pouch emblem--gold

plume, coat trim, hat top -- red 1150

sword – steel

HORSE--black

blanket & roll -- sea blue 1172

blanket & roll trim -- mixed orange

roll top -- red 1150 & white

saddle -- leather 1736

straps -- black

bit -- steel

buttons -- brass

base -- green 2029

And here are some reference art work:

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Matchbox 1:76 Sherman Firefly 2-Color Kit

I woke up to a beautiful morning and after a good breakfast and a brisk walk around the house, I decided to work on my scale models. Now, I recently fubbed some paintjobs and I had left the models on my main workbench unfinished. With my airbrush still needing a new needle, painting was out of the question. The 1/35 Jagdtiger and SU-122 would have to wait. I had some 1/35 figures still on the workbench but i didn't feel like brush painting either. What I needed ws a simple, fast, uncomplicated out-of-the-box build. And a good cup of coffee. I eventually headed to my bodega and decided to crack open an old kit that had languished in my bodega for years. Browsing thru my collection of unassembled kits, I decided on the old Matchbox Sherman Firefly in 1/76 scale. I had bought this kit way back in the 70's I believe, part of my early collection of 1/72 and 1/76 tanks. Even though the Matchbox tanks were smaller than the ESCI ones, I liked them because of the mini dioramas ...

The Model Box

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