Hello everyone

I'm close to finishing Dragon's T-34/85 w/o the bed spring armor. The markings and paint scheme represents a tank from the 3rd Guards Armored Corps in Prague 1945.

Built straight from the box with some replacements and add-ons i.e. turret/hull grab handles, battle damaged fender, after market stowage(boxes, crates). Paintwork and finishing is the emphasis of the entire project. The detailed painting and weathering depicts a muddy look, representing mud with different degrees of dryness. Some detail painting left to do before completion.

Comments and feedback are appreciated.

Julian

Hi Julian. Love the weathered result you have achieved here. Looks gloomy, dark and wet ... but very realistic.
Constructive critism; the thing that stands out for me ... is the 2 light coloured stowage crates/boxes. The panels and wood grain appear very exaggerated IMO ... and dont have the same realistic result as the rest of the tank. The darker box under the tarps is much better. Maybe some washes would tone down the effect and give a more natural appearance? I like their lighter colour though ... adss nice contrast to the rest of the vehicle.

Hi, muchas respect this is a delightful tank, very dirty and very used. I love it!! What did you use for the mud on the tracks/running gear? This looks really realistic and I'd like to find out how to do it.

Cheers
Stu

great work

Very nice work, very realistic. I will reserve comments until you have finsihed though...too many little things I see that you are probably already doing.

That's nice work! The paint is very well done, lots of subtle variations in color and texture. The paint wear is very realistic, especially on the turret. I really like the look of the weathered markings.

I do agree with Frank that the wood grain on the lighter colored storage boxes is a bit exagerrated.

Overall, a very sweet build.



-YL

I am impressed. This tank is a survivor. How did you accomplish the wear/weathering on the turret?

Thank you all for your feedback. I agree the wooden boxes looked exagerrated, that's because the boxes had large grains casted in them. I still have to do some paint adjustments on the wooden boxes, beams, spare track to tie everything in.

Stuart
The mud was a mixture of pva glue+water, plaster powder, pigments, pastel powders, earth color paint, cut brush bristles & gloss varnish.

S B
The weathering (scuffs marks) on the turret was achieved with combination of drybrushing (not so dry) method and then brush painting the worn metal. Time consuming but the results are worth it.

Thanks for looking

Julian

Sorry to be a pain but could you be a bit more specific on how you did the wear on the turret. Did you dry brush blackish/brown paint on over the green?

I think that is one of the best weathering jobs I've seen.

Not a problem. Worn areas are first drybrushed with a dark green color, lastly I went in focusing on a small area at one time brush painting vallejo 822 german camo black.

Hope this helps.

cheers
Julian

Thanks Julian. I tell you this is darn good. That wear on the turret is one of the best I've seen. This is not subtle weathering... you tackled it! That is why i called this tank a survivor.

I have to say this is probably hte best T-34 I've seen that i can remember... I built this model a few weeks ago and i have to say you really do an amazing job.

Would you mind telling us what color greens you used? Also wondering if you plan on putting on some tank commanders or soldiers.

Kyle, thanks for your kind words. Base colors are tamiya nato green, flat green were added to base color for shading flat surfaces.
I don't use any fixed particular colors for base color (green in this case) as not all vehicles have the exact same shade of i.e
russian green, olive drab, etc. This way I get to experiment with paint mix, it also makes variation of colors for your subjects. For now, no plans for figures but I may include a tank crew of some sort.


Julian

Very, very nice Julian, I like it.

Guido

Hy,

Congratulations, it looks this T-34 had really bad days in the past! Won't You make some base under it? Or some figures?

Peter