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Франкентанк Т-34 in 1/35 scale


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Base coat as applied.  I know...   you're saying way too light...   But I have been assured that 4BO is often portrayed too darkly in the modelling universe.  I have a lot of weathering to do...  So I've started as light as possible.  The color is Tamiya XF-14.  J.A. Gray.

 

And the tracks I started with a light brown.  Usually I started with black.  But as the entire track and wheel assembles will ave been warmed by a diesel fire, I'll have to divert from my normal method.

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Not a bad looking vehicle...   even down on it's suspension.

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I made one attempt on a burnt out tank and it was a lot of fun. You can play with corrosion, smoke and heat faded colors. With good imagination about what heat does to the used materials, it's not that hard to achieve great results. Your prepared T-34 looks like a great canvas to apply some damage.

That's what I've done to my T-55 Enigma some years ago.

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Cheers Rob

 

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Hello comrades,

      Let's see if I can remember what I've done....   After painting it with J.A. Gray, I used a very thinned feldgrau around all of the edges and details.  Then I sprayed it with a few very thin layers of JA Gray mixed with Feldgrau.  After that I did a pinwash in black and green oils mixed with a little brown.  Then finally...   today I did a dot filter.  Here are some shots.

    

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12 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Gaz

Yikes, that sure is a lot of shades of color but it worked very well. On the images I can also see the dot filters, which work so very well.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

Thank you, Peter.  It's really only four colors used for the pin wash.  Black, Green, brown, and yellow ochre.  I don't like to use base colors for the dot filter as they do things I don't like.  Especially white and yellow.

11 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

Great camo Gary. Looks quite convincing to me! 

Thank you, Kai!

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Hi Everyone,

    In my narrative...   the tank hasn't been there very long.  Certainly not since before the last rain.  Some of the reasons for this are:  a.  I wanted to make ashes.  They never survive a stiff breeze.  b.  I didn't want to have to turn it into a total rust bucket.  That wouldn't fit with reason (a).  c.  I wanted the earth around the tank to still show signs of fire damage.

    So, with an eye to that, I've used whitish paint on the road wheels which had previously had rubber tires.  Black paint to show extreme burning and soot from smoke....   and browns to show areas affected by heat. 

    But this is where it gets fuzzy and I begin to lose direction.  I still have room for a fine patina of rust on the tracks.  But I've never really seen any decent images of a freshly scorched tank in color.  Even when I was in Desert Storm, the toasted Iraqi tanks had been there for a while.  So...   if anyone has any ideas...  or pics of freshly destroyed tanks...  I'd love to hear or see them.

Here are current progress pics:

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Thanks for looking!

...  and happy modelling!

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