Hey guys,

This is my most recent build. It is Dragon's T-34/76 kit in a winter whitewash. I tried to use the hairspray technique, but whenever I went to start the chipping step, the paint wouldn't chip. Well, since everyone else in the modeling community seems to have no problem with it, I just attributed it to my own ineptitude. So I painted the chips on by hand using MM Acryl Russian Armor Green, then drybrushed the same color to give the look of worn paint. I used real mud mixed with white glue and mixed various consistencies for the different areas of the tank.

Overall, I think it represent a somewhat mitigated disaster, but it is only my 3rd tank, and my first try with PE and indy link tracks, so I can only hope to learn from these mistakes and do better in the future.

Feel free to tell me what you think.






Thanks,
Samuel

Sam - I think it looks brilliant.

Perhaps just a tad too much white removed around the front edges of the glacis plate and turret?

But I hasten to add that's only meant as a constructive suggestion, because it's probably much better than anything I could do (never to date having attempted a whitewash job).

- Steve

Hi Sam, I like your winter worn T34, it really "pops".
A couple of things, ... Keeping in mind the way white wash was applied in the field, using brushes, rags, or even mops, the paint would not be very uniform or would it cover every nook and cranny. Try using a lighter coat of white, allowing some base coat to come through here and there. My favorite part on your T34 is the tops of the fenders and I like the feathering of white showing through the green. But you could leave some spots devoid of white altogether, giving the model a realistic feel as well as a little character. The rust on the tracks and muffler are the same colour and consistency try adding some black to the mix for the tracks, these are different metals and would have a different appearance when rusted. When applying mud use a smaller brush and think about how the mud would attach to the tank, IE: apply using strokes in line with the tank instead of blobbed on, you will see the difference. Although you did a nice job on yours and the "blobby look" could be explained that your T34 traveled through some very deep mud.

Keep Em Coming
-Bruce

Great work, Samuel! She looks the part. Well done. Dave

Thanks for the encouraging replies.

Steve: I agree that there is too much white removed in those areas. I started with that area and had intended to do the whole thing that way, and when I didn't, I couldn't paint the white back over the chips (I've always had trouble with white paint). You should try a whitewash, it really isn't that hard, you just have to convince yourself to risk ruining a perfectly good paint scheme.

Bruce: Thanks. You're right about the mud. I used a mixture that was too wet, so when it dried, it looked like this. As for the whitewash, I was going to use the hairspray technique to remove large ares of paint, and since that didn't work, I was more conservative in my approach. I did a Sherman in the "messy" winter white that you can see in my gallery. I like your idea of leaving the whitewash totally off in some places.

Dave: Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

Samuel

Samuel. Very nicely done. I am getting ready to work on a Panzer III with whitewash I will have to come back to this one for reference.

hairspray technique

also cracking job on the tank

Wow. What great skill. NIce job dude.

I think it looks great I'm impressed,keep them coming

Sam-- she is a beauty! I really like the white wash. Did you apply total white then go back and highlight with the base color or vice versa?
thanks
DJ