Showing posts with label red army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red army. Show all posts

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Heavily weathered JS-2 Stalin tank

by Michael Rieß



The kit is from Cyberhobby and includes the old JS-1/2 kit from Dragon, Magic tracks and four figures.
I made this model only to test some weathering techniques i saw in the last time on youtube. Therefore the tank looks very derelict and dirty. I think the whole weathering is a bit overdone, especially the rust effects. This model helped me a lot to learn some new techniques.

The worn out winter camouflage is made with my Humbrol Maskol chipping technique and white oil paint from 502 Abteilung. I applied the Maskol on the green basecoat of the tank, white acrylic paint followed, applied by airbrush. After removing the maskol i applied the white oil paint with a brush and a sponge on the model to accentuate the disparity of completely worn out and remaining winter camo.

The rust effects on the exhausts are made with Vallejo rust pigments, the rust marks on the rest of the tank are made with "Standart Rust Effect" from MIG, applied with a very fine brush.

I made the spilled oil and fuel effects on the addition fuel tanks with black oil paint.

I used black acrylic paint and my airbrush to create the smoke effects on the main gun and the exhausts.

The mud is a mixture of earth from my garden, water and white glue applied with a thick brush.

I would love it to hear your opinion about the weathering effects.






Sunday, January 30, 2011

Dragon T-34/76 "Krasnoe Sormovo"

by Hamilkar Barkas


The kit is from Dragon (#6479) and belongs to the Smart Kit series, although it looks more like it is an old kit with some additional parts, so the term Smart Kit is not right in this case. Anyway, the quality of the kit is superb and the kit itself is quite beneficial. I had no problems to assemble the model, just a tiny amount of filler was needed on the gun mantlet.




The base-colour of the tank is a mixture of Revell Aqua Color 39 and 65. To depict a used paintwork on the tank i applied MIG dark wash and several sessions of drybrushing with a light base-colour. Some subtle chipping rounded off the work. The mud was done with a mixture of earth, white glue and MIG pigments.




I hope you like the finished model :)


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