Hey guys,

This is Fujimi's 1/76th scale kit. It is OOB, except for wire grabhandles. I think I paid $5 for it. I had lot's of fun, and is great value for that price(but don't be too hopeful)h. It is painted in Tamiya acrylics, and the kind of paint that you can find at A.C. Moore (I forget what it's called at the moment, but it comes in a large squeeze bottle, and is very thick.). It is weathered and rusted in MMP powders, MIG pigments, and an oil wash. It has yet to get tracks , because I can't decide on using the kit ones or any sort of AM items. Tell me what you guys think!

Lord Stomp

Can you give a step by step process on how you achieved the burnt out look?-- very convincing.


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Stomp jr.

Nice little target you built. What are you going to do with it? I was going to do something similar with a Trumpeter KV2 1/35

It's a very easy technique, sorta based on something I read in a japanese armor magazine by Mig.

Step 1. Build tank, and drill in impact holes. Circle an Exacto in the holes to rough them up a bit. Add any other battle damage in this step.

Step 2. Paint tank in basic paint scheme. (in this instance russian green) You will want to add markings now (but not in burnt out areas)

Step 3. Paint areas that you want to be rusted (or burnt out) brown.

Step 4. Give entire vehicle a wash of burnt umber.

Step 5. Mix MMP rust red, MMP medium earth, a little bit of MMP worn Panzer grey, and MIG russian earth.

Step 6. Make a thick wash of burnt umber and coat the area that you desire to be rusted in it. When it is almost dry (slightly glossy) take the before mixed pigments and stipple them with a brush in the area that you wish to appear rusted and burnt out. Do it heavily, but don't go too over board.

Step 7. When that is dry, take some black pigments abd tap them around the holes you drilled earlier.

Hope this helps. Or at least understandable.

I'm probably going to put it in a simple base. I was thinking a field, sorrounded by tall grass, with the grass near the burnt spot black, charred, and short. Maybe a German soldier standing on top...

Hi David,

I like your end result. It does look real. I hope you post more photos after you have it on a base.

Sincerely,
Brian

Pretty nice work - and convincing result. It will be nice to see how you end up displaying it.

Gunnie

Since you have greatly 'customized' the kit already,I suggest taking a shot at customizing the kit tracks.Paint and weather them.Carefully cut a few links or so from the heavy damaged side for strewing around.Place them where you think they should go and decide how well they look.You can always get the AM ones if you're not happy
Cheers!

I was thinking about just having the tracks lying on top of the roadwheels, broken at the impact site. I like the idea of the scattered links though... it's interesting...

Great job, I like the "pattern" of the missing pieces. Suggestion if you're going to add a german soldier, how about a sniper using the tank for cover, I think that could be cool.

Nah, I was thinking more along the lines of a guy with his hands on his hips, sorta amazed at what he is standing on. Sorta like the tons of pictures of knocked out soviet stuff. It seems like half the pictures of russian stuff you see are pictures the germans took of KO'd tanks :-) I was thinking of something like your idea. I was also thinking about putting it on very loose ground, with a MG post hidden underneath.

I had asked a long time ago about the idea of putting a Pak poking it's barrel through some openings in a Russin tank split wide open from an explosion. I was told that hiding inside a derelict is not a good idea.

1) Derelicts make excellent target practice by passing troops and tanks or can be mistaken as a "live" enemy target.

2) Also a rotting hull in the middle of a field makes an excellent landmark. There is too much traffic and sticks out too much to be an effective hiding spot.