Tamiya m41 walker bulldog
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Correct...
I noticed them on my references but forgot about em...
The small one has already broken off... I'll have to figure out another way to make it stick.
Base coat.
Seems a lot of people say that tamyia olive drab is too green... And I see a lot of people mixing flat earth and other colors into it to make it more brown.
But when I look at references of this tank and the M48 in Vietnam, they appear very green, and rather clossy.
I can also see very few chipped surfaces, if any... If there is weathering it's often just faded by the sun. And the perpetual red dirt of the characteristic Vietnam soil.
I do like how the cun cover came out.
Enjoy and Thanx for looking.
Seems a lot of people say that tamyia olive drab is too green... And I see a lot of people mixing flat earth and other colors into it to make it more brown.
But when I look at references of this tank and the M48 in Vietnam, they appear very green, and rather clossy.
I can also see very few chipped surfaces, if any... If there is weathering it's often just faded by the sun. And the perpetual red dirt of the characteristic Vietnam soil.
I do like how the cun cover came out.
Enjoy and Thanx for looking.
ThanxGreat Job on the Mantlet Cover !
Tried simulating the faded surface. I'm gonna go even lighter and this time sponge and brush. I might have overdone it... But plan has always been to tone it back down and blend it with the base color in the end. I wanna ad some yellows, light green and blue ind there as well.... Whacky I know!
Hmmmm pretty hard not to get carried away with weathering. These things didn't really get that chipped, so I'm trying to hold back and only slight discoloration to the edges and engine deck.
But my phone actually doesn't take very good pics... Lol.
I found out I had some old humbrol weathering powders...
One of them made for perfect red rusty tracks... Blended with a darker one they make for good rust...
And looking at the mess I left behind... I'm thinking it'll make for excellent characteristic red Vietnam dirt.
But my phone actually doesn't take very good pics... Lol.
I found out I had some old humbrol weathering powders...
One of them made for perfect red rusty tracks... Blended with a darker one they make for good rust...
And looking at the mess I left behind... I'm thinking it'll make for excellent characteristic red Vietnam dirt.
Hmm I think I overdid it.
In retrospect I should have went with a lot less rust. And I think the scale is a bit off...
Brushing it off did help a bit. But I decided to try and make it look lige the paint flaked off.
This was always going to be a test build of my first tank, so I guess I better start testing something...
I did however try my testing on some scrap leftovers of an old Slave 1 kit.
Here is the hairspray approach
Here is the salt method.
I think I'm going with the salt method.
In retrospect I should have went with a lot less rust. And I think the scale is a bit off...
Brushing it off did help a bit. But I decided to try and make it look lige the paint flaked off.
This was always going to be a test build of my first tank, so I guess I better start testing something...
I did however try my testing on some scrap leftovers of an old Slave 1 kit.
Here is the hairspray approach
Here is the salt method.
I think I'm going with the salt method.
I'm calling this one done.
Learned a lot
1. First time trying salt and hairspray methods. I like em a lot.
2. Vallejo varnish dries white with humbrol picments
3. I didn't quite manage to hold back on the dirt even tho I didn't wanna go overboard. Fail... But I got it out of my system. And anyone can tell this thing has driven through vietnam dirt.
4. I'll get a panzer kampf wagen 3 og 4 polish versions and go all muddy. Getting the dirt stuff completely out of my system.
5. I'll defenatley get the m48 and others of that line and hold back on the dirt.
6. My m1a2 Abrams will only get a light dust wash.
7. Using Micro sol and set, still left the film visible on the decals, in the right light.
8. I had a shit load of fun, for my first tank build its OK.
Enjoy.
Learned a lot
1. First time trying salt and hairspray methods. I like em a lot.
2. Vallejo varnish dries white with humbrol picments
3. I didn't quite manage to hold back on the dirt even tho I didn't wanna go overboard. Fail... But I got it out of my system. And anyone can tell this thing has driven through vietnam dirt.
4. I'll get a panzer kampf wagen 3 og 4 polish versions and go all muddy. Getting the dirt stuff completely out of my system.
5. I'll defenatley get the m48 and others of that line and hold back on the dirt.
6. My m1a2 Abrams will only get a light dust wash.
7. Using Micro sol and set, still left the film visible on the decals, in the right light.
8. I had a shit load of fun, for my first tank build its OK.
Enjoy.
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sanford12
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Thank you Sanford.
That looks really good.
Yeah the. 50 cal, is rather bad. I'll buy a stock of resin ones at some point. Not the last build with a. 50 cal.
KAB Scale Modelling
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looks great. Question though, and please bare in mind, im not the quickest cognitively, was the scratching to represent the casting marks and texture of the roughly cast metal?
Hey FOW
Is the question in regards to my build?
If so... I didn't do any surface modification.
KAB Scale Modelling
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Yeah, you said you scratched up the .50 cal barrel and the side skirts. the main gun barrel looks scratched up as well. I was just wondering if this was an Aestetic thing, or neccessary for the kit build, I've got one in my stash you see, so any heads up before i get there can only be a good thing.
