Hi Guys,

I started modeling late last year and sites like Armorama have inspired and helped me in this wonderful hobby.

Sharing here my 2nd model the Tamiya T-55A. It is painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics weathered with artist oils, pastel and real dirt. Built basically out of the box with the following scratchbuilt items added: auxiliary fuel lines, front light conduit pipes and exhaust hood. I love to get your comments and suggestions because through your precious feedback I hopefully will improve my craft.











Thanks,

Al

Well I like it!

Nicely done, especially the DhSK.

Cheers

Mike

Hi there,

this is a good build according to me. You've achieved the right amount of "shinyness" of the paint and the dirt and shading looks convincing, especially on the glacis plate. Not too less so it looks like a toy and not too much to make it look overdone, spot on!

Perhaps you could give the machine gun (DhSK) a bit more wear and the spare tracks look a bit too new. What also helps is replacing the plastic antenna with some steel wire.

I would say: keep on ging like this

I have on of these on my work bench right now. Great kit. i enjoyed looking at your build of it. Nice job, keep posting up your work!

Scott

very nice. Really like the MG and the weathering.
Scott

Really nice job on the mantlet cover, and the weathering! Keep up the good work

Thank you all for your kind words.

Mat, you are right, I'm aging the spare tracks tomorrow
Scott, please post your T-55 and BRDM when completed.

Happy Modeling!

I REALLY like your AA gun. How did you get it come out like that? What techniques did you use? I can't get my weapons to look that smooth.

Overall, it looks great!

Thanks William,

I sprayed the Dushka MG with thinned flat Tamiya acrylic black. After drying I rubbed powdered graphite (2B pencil rubbed on fine sandpaper) with my finger. This will highlight the raised areas and to a lesser degree the flat areas leaving the recessed areas dark. Quite Easy. I think the secret is to thin whatever paint you are using. “thick” paint applied on small objects tend to make an uneven surface.

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,

Alan

Thanks. I never thought to use pencil graphite. That's a cool trick. I will use that on my next AA Gun.




I keep my paint about the consistency of milk and that seems to work pretty well. It was the highlighting of the weapons that was not smooth. I typically drybrush a mettalic paint; but, using powdered graphite sounds like a much better idea.... And it shows!!

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