This is the Eastern express kit with the Eduard upgrade and some scratchbuilt stuff, i know there are a couple of things i didnt fix but over all i learnt some new stuff and im cool with it.

Before paint.







And painted.













Ron.

Beautiful model Ron. This is something Ive wanted to build for some time ... and Ive seen a few these popping up recently. So glad you decided to update it a bit ... and what a job you´ve done as well. Your painting and weathering is top notch, as usual.

Beautiful work as usual Ron. I liked the worn, tired look of the vehicle. Sometimes you weather vehicles a bit too much for my personel taste, but this one is just like to my liking!

Excellent job on this beauty. Your effort really paid of.

Thanks for sharing

Well... words fail me! Just excellent!!!

By the way, how did you paint it fully assembled? Were there are any troubles?

Congratulations!

A joy to look at.

Jurjen

I like it. Great job

Turned out looking great Ron.

Really a great looking piece of armor.The weathering is perfect , thanks for the pics Bob

Man Ron, it just keeps getting better and better. Your BT-7A looks worlds better than mine, and the detail is MUCH better. That Eduard PE set adds a lot to the kit.

Excellent work and I hope to see more soon.

Thanks guys for the very kind remarks, Hi Aleksey this one was quite easy to paint finished the wheels and tracks being so open but some tanks are better to paint seperately, here is a SBS of the paint and weathering for this one for anyone interested it is my standard for russian armour because i like the results it gives.

All painting was done with acrylics and all weathering was done with oils and lastly pigments.


1. Basecoat of some mix using MM acrylics just mixed it until i liked the colour, then applied a coat of future and the decals were added.



2. A sloppy all over wash using vandyke brown.



3. Another all over wash using raw umber.



4. Next using vandyke brown i did some drybrushing to give the green some variation.



5. The wheels and tracks were painted using acrylics.



6. Wear and tear was added using a bit of sponge and vandyke brown oils paint, the sponge was dipped in the paint then blotted off then dabbed along edges and places where damage may accur.



7. Using Reapers "shadowed steel" i did some dry brushing heree and there, mainly the tracks.



8. Next i went back over the places i added wear and tear with a rust wash made using burnt sienna.



9. The tracks and wheels received a heavy wash using vandyke brown.



10. now the rust wash was dry i used the wet brush from the track wash to feather and fade the rust.



11. A black pin wash in selective spots was next.



12. Next an all over wash using raw umber.



13. The final step was adding the pigments which was done by scrubbing the dry pigments into areas i wanted then hard brushing the loose away, also using graphite touched up the MG's and one or two other spots.



The chain received all the same treatment as the model before being added.

Ron.

Ron-- beautiful job and great explanation of your technique....mucho thanko!

Your very welcome DJ and thanks for the kind comments

Ron.

This is a very nice model, Ron. Do you have photos of the build before paint? They would be very useful.

Cheers
Scott Fraser

Very beautiful work! The tracks look so real.

One of my favorite subjects ... early Russian armor. Thanks for sharing Ron.

I was almost posting a reply, how did you achive that (to me) verry good looking Tank, but hé I scrolled down, and like you've read my mind, there it was, a total explanation of how you got there, verry nice of you

Greetz