G
Thanks 
I always find it fun to make a vehicle from a photo, exactly because you can add all those kinds of small details that you likely wouldn’t on a more generic model.
I always find it fun to make a vehicle from a photo, exactly because you can add all those kinds of small details that you likely wouldn’t on a more generic model.
G
Thanks for the explanation about the tarps. Quite a complex part when you think about it , but certainly looks right .Poles or not :smiling3:
G
I’m now thinking I should maybe not have made the central bit as a separate, wider part but have it as the middle of the tarp not rolled up too neatly. But it is what it is now: a separate rolled-up sheet within the larger tarp
G
Thanks As I was happy with the tarp, I sprayed the whole model with Vallejo grey primer (from a rattle can), and followed it up with an airbrushed coat of SCC 15 from MRP:
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The suspension and lower hull sides will get covered in sand/clay colour instead, so I didn’t bother spraying those yet.
As I was happy with the tarp, I sprayed the whole model with Vallejo grey primer (from a rattle can), and followed it up with an airbrushed coat of SCC 15 from MRP:View attachment 431778
The suspension and lower hull sides will get covered in sand/clay colour instead, so I didn’t bother spraying those yet.
G
With sand colour all over the suspension and lower hull sides:
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That is too much, though, because sand doesn’t stick that well to vertical surfaces, even when it’s wet, and this tank would not have been driving through that all day at the point where it still had the wading ducts on. So, I added more SCC 15 to the vertical bits but left the sand on the horizontal ones:
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This I achieved mostly by spraying from below, as that leaves the sand colour on horizontal surfaces visible from above, where real sand would accumulate:
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That done, I put a lighter shade of OD (IDF Green by Mig) into my airbrush and highlighted the various panels to break the monotony, more on top than on the sides:
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That is too much, though, because sand doesn’t stick that well to vertical surfaces, even when it’s wet, and this tank would not have been driving through that all day at the point where it still had the wading ducts on. So, I added more SCC 15 to the vertical bits but left the sand on the horizontal ones:
View attachment 431927
This I achieved mostly by spraying from below, as that leaves the sand colour on horizontal surfaces visible from above, where real sand would accumulate:
View attachment 431928
That done, I put a lighter shade of OD (IDF Green by Mig) into my airbrush and highlighted the various panels to break the monotony, more on top than on the sides:
View attachment 431929
Jakko,
Looking good.
Looking good.
G
Made a start at painting details:
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The various canvas bits got base coats of OD, khaki and brown, followed by a glaze (transparent furniture paint) to bring out the shadows. The rubber spare track blocks have been painted dark grey, as have the running surfaces of the roadwheels and parts of the track where sand wouldn’t build up all that much, but these all need more work. I also put even darker grey in the areas where I think Bostik waterproofing compound would have been applied,
View attachment 432065
The various canvas bits got base coats of OD, khaki and brown, followed by a glaze (transparent furniture paint
) to bring out the shadows. The rubber spare track blocks have been painted dark grey, as have the running surfaces of the roadwheels and parts of the track where sand wouldn’t build up all that much, but these all need more work. I also put even darker grey in the areas where I think Bostik waterproofing compound would have been applied,
Hi Jakko
Some nice airbrush skills. Painting the details brings it to life.
Jim
Some nice airbrush skills. Painting the details brings it to life.
Jim
G
Thanks, I’m doing my best
Coming on nicely Jakko.
ATB
Andrew
ATB
Andrew
G
Thanks, and here’s the next installment
I applied Vallejo weathering effects light mud to the track and wheels:
View attachment 432320
This probably needs some more added to better represent the sand the tank was supposedly driving through, and more painting to bring out the detail. Also, the other side is completely untouched by this as yet.
After that, I added the markings:
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Most are from the Black Lion Decals set, but the division and arm of service markings come from a Star Decals set and the bridge classification disc is from an Asuka Sherman V. Black Lion also supplies all of these, but they’re too big (probably because the man behind the company draws them at 1:72 scale and then resizes for 1:35, or so he told me) and the yellow has a darker dot overprint that looks poor.
I also painted the details some more:
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The rubber track blocks got a wash of thinned (about 1:1) Indian ink and then a drybrush of dark grey, while the steel blocks were painted gun metal, given a layer of Games Workshop brown ink (long out of production) and then a drybrush with Revell rust colour. They still need some matt varnish to dull them a bit more. I also applied that over all the canvas bits I painted earlier.
I applied Vallejo weathering effects light mud to the track and wheels:
View attachment 432320
This probably needs some more added to better represent the sand the tank was supposedly driving through, and more painting to bring out the detail. Also, the other side is completely untouched by this as yet.
After that, I added the markings:
View attachment 432321View attachment 432322View attachment 432323View attachment 432324
Most are from the Black Lion Decals set, but the division and arm of service markings come from a Star Decals set and the bridge classification disc is from an Asuka Sherman V. Black Lion also supplies all of these, but they’re too big (probably because the man behind the company draws them at 1:72 scale and then resizes for 1:35, or so he told me) and the yellow has a darker dot overprint that looks poor.
I also painted the details some more:
View attachment 432325
The rubber track blocks got a wash of thinned (about 1:1) Indian ink and then a drybrush of dark grey, while the steel blocks were painted gun metal, given a layer of Games Workshop brown ink (long out of production) and then a drybrush with Revell rust colour. They still need some matt varnish to dull them a bit more. I also applied that over all the canvas bits I painted earlier.
Jakko
That really is looking very good indeed.
Great work as always.
Andrew
That really is looking very good indeed.
Great work as always.
Andrew
G
Thanks
Hi Jakko
Coming on a treat. Even a few decal made a lot of difference. Is that Vallejo light mud kind of pigment suspended in an acrylic medium?
Jim
Coming on a treat. Even a few decal made a lot of difference. Is that Vallejo light mud kind of pigment suspended in an acrylic medium?
Jim
G
It seems to be a thick paint with sand-like grains in it. It reminds me of pre-coloured acrylic structure gel, but doesn’t feel quite the same when applying it as that does, and also doesn’t seem to shrink as much as the gel does.
Nice.:thumb2:
G
More stowage added:
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The boxes on the front are both resin pieces from Panzer Art, those on the rear deck are resin as well but of unknown origin (I’ve literally had them for decades). The ones on the front are historically correct, those on the back are conjecture based on that a number of photographs show something of about this size and shape there, but aren’t clear enough to show what it actually was. A 75 mm ammo crate and a generic box seems fine to me.
View attachment 432379View attachment 432380
The boxes on the front are both resin pieces from Panzer Art, those on the rear deck are resin as well but of unknown origin (I’ve literally had them for decades). The ones on the front are historically correct, those on the back are conjecture based on that a number of photographs show something of about this size and shape there, but aren’t clear enough to show what it actually was. A 75 mm ammo crate and a generic box seems fine to me.
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