Robert Hallack
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
To model an Australian tank at the Battle of Tarakan during the Borneo Campaign in June 1945, Robert converted a Tamiya 1/35 scale Matilda with armored track covers and telephone box from MR Models and Green Stuff Marsden matting over the engine compartment. He painted the tank with AK Interactive Real Colors lacquers over Mr. Hobby Mahogany Brown primer and added highlights with green-yellow. The groundwork is papier-mâché, VMS mud covered with real dirt and scale vegetation.