Dear colleagues,

I really want to say thanks to all the members of the community which are helping me so muchi in my "re-entering" in the plastic modelling hobby after 20 years! Sincerely speaking sometimes I feel like an alien... Because so many things have changed during this period... Specially about weathering the kits... In my time I used very "primitive" techniques and I considered François Verlinden pics as "one must!". Once I have my new tracks and the Eduard Model kit for the t-34/76 of Tamiya, I will need to weather the model. I want to use winter camouflage, some white paint over the green of the tank. I found this Tamiya kit, but also found the Mig Productions: www.migproductions.com/

Tamiya Weathering Master B Set
Item No：87080
Snow (for winter camouflage and light snow)
Soot (for soot from exhaust pipes and gun barrels)
Rust (for rusting of AFV and boat hulls)

Which are the best? By the way I reviewed the fantastic topic about the JSU-122 in this forum and I got depresses... It was simply brillant! Too many ideas for a nearly "newby"

Thanks again!

Welcome, Lluis!

I have that weathering set and have found it to work quite well. The snow color would work for a winter camo, but it will be lighter, so would best represent a late-war tank. There are many different ways to represent a winter camo, though. Here are a few results:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/1143


http://armorama.com/forums/100358&page=1

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/904

Enjoy!

BTW, if you start your model after October 1, you can build it as part of the White Washed campaign.

Remember to post pics of your finished project!

Hi Lluis. Welcome back to modelling.
Personally, I don´t believe there is any one complete set for weathering. And what works easily for one modeller, is not neccessarily the answer for another modeller´s problems.
My advise is to start small ... and if that works for you, expand and buy more, but along the line add to your kit by adding similar from another brand. Eventhough there will be similaraties, there is differences also and you soon realise that different products work best for different effects/looks/results.
I started out with packet-sets of pastels from an arts shop .. earth colours (browns) and grays (range from white to black and about 6 colours inbetween). These have proven to be indespinsible, and I can add particular colours from brand names, when and as needed.
Soot isn´t just one shade of black, and rust isn´t one shade of red-brown, so you´ll need a small range of colours to get the best effects. Try a local art store and start there.
Also experiment with different mixes ... water, thinner, alcohol, acrylic gel, paint and dry.

I've got to agree with Frank (really freaking me out with that profile pic Frank), try a lot of different things. I started out with pastels, scraping them into a powder and applying them that way. Later, i bought the Tamiya Weathering Master kits, and I still use them for soot, etc (they work great on figures that you want to make dirty btw).

But now I've gotten into washes, Mig products, and the other stuff. just try some stuff, and use this site! Honestly, I have a good friend who has been doing this for decades -who used to actually make a living making models-who teaches me alot, but I'll find things on here that he never even thought of.......It's a sickness really, a joyful sickness.

Not to change horses in mid stream or anything, but this site, IMNSHO, is probably the best on-line resource you will find. I truly think that the modeling community in general would be at a great loss if this site ever folded.

Hey Lluis,

I forgot to say that I also have the "A" weathering set (Sand, LightSand, Mud) and have had great results with it, too.

Here is a pic of the tank I used them on. I was going for a dusty vehicle.



I have heard a lot about MIG powders but have never used them myself. There are always artist's pastels from arts and crafts stores, too, as well as MMP powders.

Hope this helps!