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White washed SU-122
Hwa-Rang
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Posted: Friday, November 07, 2008 - 05:20 AM UTC
Hi all
I've just finished this Tamiya 1/35 SU122.
Painted in Vallejo model air russian green, Andrea white and weathered with MIG pigments and W&N oil's.
This is my first attempt at winter camo. First I used a fair amount of Humbrol liqued mask and then applied heavely diluted Andrea white acryllic with a brush. I decided to brush paint the white to give it an uneven coat. Removed the liqued mask and sanded it here and there with some fine emery cloth. I prefere the worn look I accieved by sanding rather than the chipped look I got from using liqued mask.
Last I weathered it using oil's and pigments.
All comments question are welcome.







Tojo72
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Posted: Friday, November 07, 2008 - 06:34 AM UTC
Very nice Jesper,you get cold just looking at it,the chipping and the sanding look good,I also like your weathering on the tracks,the mud looks good.I also whitewashed a Tamiya SU-122 only it was the 1/48 kit.
As far as suggestions,in my humble opinion,maybe you would want to dirty up the white on the upper surfaces also ? the white might look a little bright,especially with all the mud on the running gear,maybe some more on the top also,of course it's just my thoughts.But I think that it does look good.

anthony
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Posted: Friday, November 07, 2008 - 03:07 PM UTC
Nice build and whitewash. I would suggest leaving the driver's hatch open or the vision slot open for him to see on future builds. I think some brown &/or black paint or pigment washes would help the used look on top. I'm working on the 48th scale version myself - almost done building. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me to work on this tonight, Greg

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Posted: Saturday, November 08, 2008 - 03:17 AM UTC

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I prefere the worn look I accieved by sanding rather than the chipped look I got from using liqued mask.



I think the two methods work together very well. It looks good. I'm going to have to try this soon.
Hwa-Rang
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 07:30 PM UTC
Thanks for your kind words guy's.

Anthony: Your absolutely right. There should be mud on the upper surfaces. The crew must bring quit a lot of mud to the upper surfaces when entering the tank. Didn't think of it myself, before you mentioned it. Thanks.
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