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Whitewashed Sherman WIP please comment
sweaver
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Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 01:30 AM UTC
Hey guys,

Recently I applied a clear coat to my Sherman and followed it up with some weathering. The clear coat darkened the whitewash, exactly what I wanted!











I used Tamiya's weathering powders for the rust and dried mud. I still have to apply the accumulated mud on the undercarriage, though.

Any comments are welcome!
BobCard
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Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 03:55 AM UTC
Nice, worked out well on the wash. Just remember to remove the wask off the wheels and rollers that hit the tracks which would have worn off long before the bank body.
Looks good,
Bob
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Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 03:59 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Nice, worked out well on the wash. Just remember to remove the wask off the wheels and rollers that hit the tracks which would have worn off long before the bank body.
Looks good,
Bob


Thanks Bob. I hadn't thought of that.
AlanL
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Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 04:48 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Nice, worked out well on the wash. Just remember to remove the wask off the wheels and rollers that hit the tracks which would have worn off long before the bank body.
Looks good,
Bob


Hi Samuel,

i'd agree with Bob. Once the tracks are weathered in this should look the bees knees.

Cheers

Al
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Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 05:40 AM UTC
Thanks for the tips, guys.

BTW, what should I do with the tracks? This tank is going to be in a winter dio, so what weathering should I do with them? I figure caked snow is a must, as well as some mud, but do you know of anything else?

Thanks!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 09:04 PM UTC
Shaping up nicely Sam.
Mud and snow slopped around sounds good to me. Just try to have the weathering match the terrain.
sweaver
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Posted: Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:28 PM UTC
Hi guys,

Well, I finally figured out how to represent mud: I used real mud.



Please tell me what you think.
Easy_Co
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Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2007 - 06:00 AM UTC
I think you have done a great job on this,the tracks look good the mud is spot on,looks like its just survived the bulge.
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Posted: Sunday, July 29, 2007 - 01:34 PM UTC
Looking real sharp Sam i really like the weathered look of the whitewash, very realistic if you ask me, the mud looks very good also, very nice all round well done.

Ron.
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Posted: Monday, July 30, 2007 - 03:06 PM UTC
Seeing your project and Rob's whitewashed Sherman inspire me to get going on my own "whitewash" project. Your Sherman looks great and the application of mud is very effective. Well done! Dave
sweaver
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Posted: Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 08:10 AM UTC
Thanks for all the encouragement, guys! I'll try to have the dio completed by the end of the week.
sweaver
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Posted: Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 06:56 AM UTC
Well, as I promised, here are some pics of the finished project. You may have seen these elsewhere.







Hope you like it!
AlanL
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Posted: Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 09:47 AM UTC
Hi Samuel,

Looks good to me, nice setting and nice and muddy.

Cheers

Al
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Posted: Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 02:26 PM UTC
Great job on the tank! In the dio it appears to be floating a bit though. You should sink it into the base a little deeper. Other than that it looks great!

-Mike
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Posted: Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:21 PM UTC
More pics of the tank:









Thanks for the comments!
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