This is my Tamiya T-62A. Built stock and painted with light green, it was an enjoyable build. I applied a lot of pigments to it to make it look very dirty. My idea for this tank was for it to be a knocked out soviet tank in Afganistan or Georgia or anywhere else soviet tanks have been used.

Well Kerian
You should post better pictures because thery are blurry and dark.
So I cannot comment that why you dont have some much replies.

BTW it is seems that the T-62A is not destroyed just half build for me.
Cheers
Seb

Looks okey I think. Personally I would add some more orange contrasts on the whole vehicle. Try to experiment with some rust colours. You can achieve some nice results with oil paints blended in some areas, for example hatches.

But overall I like the discolourations!

Keep on going!

Hilbert

I like the weathering! Looks like it has been festering outside for a good while...

Hi, I think in order to effectively display a destroyed tank, it's necessary to do a base or at least a backdrop picture. It's good to experiment and your tank looks good. Keep going! The base can just be a simple scrap wood with Elmer's white glue for dirt or sand or dust (or my favorite plyomeric sand ). Then just blend your pigments into the ground work, and add some broken track pieces. The Mig Pigment computer DVD is really useful and comes with a small manual. I'm trying to learn this modelling stuff too .
HTH, Greg

Overall looks good, and the presentation would be easier to comprehend with images that were not blurry. To me, the model comes first, then the images, so you're on the right track!

very nice thought I may not be acurrat for georgia. Careful on the darkwashes. it looks like the crew had to much vodka and was using the hatches to fuel up . I think it should be more subtle. Oh and are you modeling a destroyed or abandoned t-62?

Kieran,
As others have said before, it doesn't look knocked out. Dirty, yes, but not knocked out. There should be at least an entry hole somewhere that killed it. Also, lifting the turret slightly out of the turret ring may help to give the inference of an internal explosion (although in actuality these tanks tend to go up like a Roman candle). To show fire damage, you may want to sand the "rubber" portions off the roadhweels and then got to town showing burn marks on the paint. In addition, there seems to be no rust marks on the sheet metal. These parts will show rust far faster than the heavy ballistic steel of the main armor plate. I hope that helps.
Regards,
Georg

Perhaps a new title of this build is in order such as “Old Warrior” or Forgotten Hero” and then go to town with the aging process. Depicting destroyed armour is a lot harder than you would think, and it is a skill that is rarely pulled off convincingly. With that out of the way it looks a good build and with some more work it could really shine. Well done.

Nothing more to add to the other posters. Just one point : the lifting hook on the turret is upside down.
Maybe when you've done a base to display it with the tracks broken, it look more destroyed than currently.

Olivier

nice, im currently doin an old one fo these, better than the moden skiff T-series of tanks anyway

If a tank is destroyed/disabled and left behind, wouldn't either the original owner or the guys who killed it try to salvage anything not welded down? I don't think the maschine gun would still be there (quick dismount) and if Afghanistan some of the tool boxes should be open, maybe the fuel-drums in the rear disconnected (if not dismounted)

Sorry guys, I meant abandoned , and I'm doing a base for it now that I've finished my diorama for school.