I have only just jointed Armorama and recently posted this, my recent of only the 4th 1:72 armour kit I have done (excluding all the Matchbox ones I build 29 years ago!) in the Soviet armour forum so I hope that is OK. Normally I build winged things not armour

The Braille Scale Forum seems to be a better forum to post perhaps.

This is my Trumpeter JS-3M OOB painted with Vallejo, Ceramcoat and citadel acrylics and weathered with washes and pastels. I used Humbrol Polished steel to represent wear and tear.

I am enjoying 1:72 armour. Very refreshing!







Hope you all like it

cheers

Mike

Looks good!
I think it would be perfect with a bit more weathering and shading. Still not bad from a "winged thing"-builder
The dio base is very nice, I like it.

Now gotta check the Soviet armour forum...

Very nice build Mike !!!

It looks to be a good clean build and the painting is well done.

I also like the base which is well executed and looks great !

For being only your 4th attempt in this scale I can see where
this is going. I'm really looking forward to seeing your 5th and 6th
and so on.

From my personal view I would like to see a bit more depth and
variation in the paint. I know it's hard with a one-coloured vehicle
but you could try to drybrush edges and other parts that stick out
with a lighter shade of green to obtain a bit more depth and also
try some darker local washes around bolts and things like that
to make them stand out even more. Well, enough with my nagging.

All in all and the wonderful base I must say it's very nicely done!!!

Good job!

Best regards

Sven-Åke

Sven-Åke

Thanks for the kind words. Funnily enough, the dry brushing and wash combinations look fine but a little muted. I am moving exclusively to Vallejo acrylics now I have sourced the right colour combinations in that brand as I find Ceramcoat acrylics a little grainy.

My camera set-up is working far better now with two 60w gooseneck lamps. this way I need not use the flash and produce far too lightened images.

Armour is a totally different kettle of fish from aircraft, which is most refreshing!

cheers

Mike

Nice IS!
But in my opinion it could be less clean.

Regards

Love it Mike, but when you put it down on a base like this, don't forget to impress track marks in the dirt behind it so it doesn't look like it was "miracled" into place!

Karl

They are there truly.

Plaster is a shocker for either too dry or too wet when adding track marks, so I got me some Celluclay for my Sturer base.

Here is what I do with plaster.

I place and glue the vehicle on the base. Then I rebuild the ground work along the track to give the vehicle the illusion of weight.

I then run beads of PVA glue from the track rear, 4 runs in all making sure the racks are parallel and gently sloped on the outsides of the run. I add the base material, then paint/dry brush to match the base. I then re-wash the ground base orginal colour back inside the track to further add relief to the track mark.

This method is not as good as using impressing a track run in Celluclay for instance but it does give the vehicle a sense of belonging to the base

If you look at my T-34/85 post, you can see what I mean.

Now I have the Celluclay, I am using your fantastic base tutorial to make more defined track impressions!

cheers

Mike