Hi all,
Just for fun, I've painted a couple of pin-ups on my tanks.
Frank

That is great work! I found the decals on ebay and ordered a set. I can't paint nearly well enough to make it look like a woman on the side of the tank...it'd more likely look like an experiment gone terribly wrong.

You guys are making me want to paint women in areola tasselsand thongs on my tanks! lol<div></div><div>Never once thought about putting pinups on my tanks, but now the idea is fairly intriguing!</div>

Go on Tony, you know you want to!!!

Hell, my tanks may soon be rated R

Forget the tassels and thongs...........that's too much detail painting!

I second that!

I see a side business for someone...

Looks like your getting better mate, that girl on the super Pershing looks great, cant wait to see what you do on the next one[8D]

Keith

The pin-ups are the icing on the cake! really sets them off .

You won't be saying that if I get my hands on your sherman
Frank

I would do one of my Ex-wife but it would take the whole tank.

Don

That reminds me of seeing Tom Arnold doing stand up on TV. He goes "I'm feeling great, I just lost three hundred pounds. On another note, I just got divorced!"

soooooooo wrong, but dam funny

Here's another
Frank

Oh hell yes that looks good!

You have a talent for that.This is the first modeling detail I've seen that I don't think I can do.

Is it all free hand or do you have some other secret method? Do you paint from a picture or is she only in your mind? I may have to buy an American tank just so I can try it out myself.

Hi all,
Glad you like the girls!
They are all done freehand. I find a pin-up pic on the web (type "nose art" into google images) and base them on that. I modified "DD" by reversing the pic and bending her leg slightly to fit the space, (and didn't bother with a skirt LOL).
Frank.

Hi all,
I wasn't happy with my sherman's pin-up so I've re-done her
I think she looks much better, hope you like her
Frank

Hi all
Been in the paint box again, couldn't let the allies have all the fun
It will probibly upset some people, but it's just for fun
Frank

And another
Frank

There is an artist named Andrew Bawidamann who makes pin-up stickers. Here is his website:

http://www.bawidamann.com/gallery/military.html

I bought several of his WW2 stickers, (he has both American and German ones), and plan to use them to decorate the outside of transport cases for tanks. I haven't gotten around to building them yet, but I often like to admire the decorations that are eventually going to go on them.

What do these scale out at??

They're each around 3"x5" or 4"x6". Vinyl stickers with a peel-off backing. It would be great if he offered them in a suitable size for sticking on a 1/16 tank.

Hi all
This is the last one (must buy some more tanks)
Frank

You know, Frank; you seem to have a talent for painting these things that most of us can never hope to duplicate. Maybe you should consider painting some onto decal paper and selling them to us lesser-talented folks. It could even go towards funding some more tanks for you!

-Mike