Award winner built and painted British Centurion Mk.5 "Diehard"10 Troop. A Squ.4th Royal Tank Regiment.West Berlin 1961 with realistic weathering. Classic army green with accurate unit markings. Top building quality with outstanding details throughout the whole model and very high standard accuracy on every individual part. Add on brass photo-etched parts and clear parts. The quality of the moldings is excellent overall. The detail on the parts is excellent with some weld seams present as well as nice cast texture on the turret and final drives plus some very finely molded parts such as separate grab handles and turret basket rails to finely represented springs on the hatch hinges. Hull and deck details. Rotating turret and gun elevation. Tracks with road wheel detail. Add on vehicle tools and more add-on details.

* Great details overall model with top building quality.
* The quality of the moldings is excellent overall.
* Detail on the parts is excellent with some weld seams present.
* Excellent exterior features (great rivets, panel lines, and appropriate weld beads).
* Driver’s hatch has separate inner periscopes and outer covers in clear parts.
* The turret shell has very nice cast effect on the surface and very crisp details。
* Casting numbers on the left turret wall.
* The barrels add on with fine rifling in the hollowed-out muzzle.
* The Commander’s cupola has entirely clear parts with inner periscopes with race and main sights.
* Loader’s hatch also has excellent details inside and out.
* Smoke grenade clusters have separate mounting brackets, and grenade racks detail.
* The smoke grenades themselves with just the fine wiring to be added to finish off the detail.
* Machine and pintle mount for the cradle and mountings.
* Machine gun was nicely done with separate rear-firing handles and cooling jacket having well-defined holes.
* Rear hull plate is nicely designed with bolt head details and nice cast texture to the surface.
* The engine hatch panel with full-width intake grill detail.
* Other details on the engine deck included many very small grab handles plus distinctive engine deck ribs.
* The side fenders are separate parts with detail on the underside as well as rib detail.
* Final drive housings with excellent details on the outer and inner sections.
* The drive sprockets have excellent details on both sides.
* The sprockets including the complicated rib and hub details and bolt heads.
* The idler has a poly cap and a separate hub cap for good detail definition.
* The four duel return rollers have nice hub details with separate mounting details.
* The big bogie units have main axle mountings with a large metal spring and more.
* The inner and outer road wheel has excellent bolt head detail and a small weld seam detail.
* Storage boxes with nicely defined side latches and separate small light with wiring.
* Separate fire extinguisher handle on the front box side for excellent detail definition.
* Side exhaust is made up of 9 parts each with new fishtail outlets.
* Elaborate exhaust deflector and upper grill assembly grills visible.
* Large leaf mounted tow shackle as well as the infantry telephone box with detail.
* The front and rear tow shackles with detail.
* Pioneer tools added to the fenders with detail.
* Add 3 antennas, lights, and lot`s exterior details.

Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Washing to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, hatches, rivets, bolt head, and more. Dry brushing to emphasize and highlight texture with an edge for good wear, tear and fading. Multi-color filters for blend color effects. Add nonglossy paint for better finishing. The great detail paint job on rust and paint chips off with scratches, worn and bare metal realistic simulating, flow rust and rain streaks effects, grease with staining appearing, engine smoking and muffler burned representing. Also, smear and dirt with dust and real mud and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.