I experimented with a few things on this kit. It is the Tamiya, mostly oob. The barrel is armorscale, added the tire chains and made some stowage.

Hey, I think with all the help I figured out this photo thing. Here are a couple more photos.

thats the best whitewash ive ever seen, what method did you use? the m8 has been one of my favorite armoured cars good work keep it up
calvin ng

Hi Russ,

You'll want to just remove the word "thumbs/" from the image string Nice work on the M8

Rudi

Rudi, thanks for helping with the photos. I'll get it right before too long.

Calvin, I used white craft paint over a clear flat finish. I think it was Delta Ceramacoat. Then I rubbed it with a damp q-tip. It came off where I wanted it to and gave what I thought looked like a worn away finish.

Russ,
Good job. I'm going to have to take notes now. I hope my M8 turns out that good.

Nice whitewash Russ! Your mud looks great as well, thanks for sharing.

Cheers -
Tim

Nice but still need to be a little Bigger.
Hard to see all the detail.
Definitely needs a base.

nice M8 Russ, damn wish i could pull that good a weathering job on my builds, then again i'm still learning all the different weathering techniques, i especially like the inclusion of the AM wheels with chains on.. well smart. Ant

Ant, the wheels were from the kit. I found chain at a local craft store and glued it in place as well as I could. I am trying to put a couple of figures together and modify poses a bit if I can. If it works I may place them with this or the M10 I did. Don't know yet.

I would like to put it on a base. I am going over the diorama info here to see about making muddy roads.

Great M8 i like the white wash you've done!.

Im building a M8 In Vietnam

Looks good to me. Great whitewash and mud - it looks the part. Yes, my bias is I like the M8 without fenders and tire chains too

Hi Russ, Nice looking M8. The winter white wash came out awesome. I like the technique you used to achieve it. The use of crafters acrylic paints is something different and will have to try it sometime. again a nice looking model.

Rob

That's the way I did the whitewash on my M10 and M8. It works great.

Looks good, Russ.

Russ

Great M8!! The whitewash came out terrific.

Stay safe,

Darryl

Russ:
Great looking M8, how did you do the mud over the white wash? It makes all of the difference.



Robert

Robert, I used burnt umber oil on a large soft brush and fanned it on carefully. I thought the wet oil paint might go on like thin mud and it seemed to come out well.

i can't believe those are the kit wheels! they llok amazing, i bet fixing the chains in place was a real pain in the butt though. lol but it seems to have paid off well done. Ant