Hi,

This is one of my tanks that I thought I would share. It is the Tamiya T34 76 Chtz. I painted it with all acrylics. Comments welcome:
P.S. Don't gun me down! I'm only 13.












Enjoy!

Q,

Personally, I think the paint looks great! I really love the spare tracks, looks like real rust! Did you just spray the white wash remenant or how?

I guess you don't like figures, it'd be nice to see one in the drivers hatch.

I am finishing up a Tamiya T-34/76 1943 model. Since I have been out of 1/35 armor for awhile (but was in O Scale trains!) I need a little brush-up. So I thought I'd use the older Tamiya kits to practice on.

Thanks! Keep it up!

Bill B.

I thinnk it looks real good!

Except it looks like the tracks are coming appart

William: Thanks for the kind words! Once I improve my figure skills (and beg my mom to drive me to the hobby store to pick up a few figs) I will add a commander. As for the white wash, that is either a figment of your imagination or my dust wash reasting to the brightness of the white poster. (I think the latter). It pretty much a 2 in 1, as it was intended for a dust wash but on the net it looks like a white wash. Just to clear that up.

Jon: Thanks! Yeah, I never really got around to gluing those tracks...

Thanks again!

Looks great, and I like the touches added here and there with the dented fuel tanks, buckets, rusty tracks, and the turret number is cleanly placed. I got one of these (but in 1/48 ) in the to do stash. The T-34 is such a great tank. Congrats on the finish!

Nice job and only 13 well that is great.

Nice finish all over.

Only thing is might fix that rear engine hatch cover looks loose to me.

Cheers and fine build.

Thanks!

Awsome job,Simply gorgeous. If you are producing this kind of stuff at thirteen I can't wait to see what you are putting out in 15 or 20 years. Well done

Nicely done young man!!!!! Keep up the good work.

Frank

likeing that weathering nice work

No need to ... wish my models looked this good when I was 13. There are a few things that can be improved on, but overall you deserve praise for the things you can do really well. Painting, weathering, decals, good attempt at replacing the mesh grill, etc
Keep them coming, you have a bright future in modelling.

Thanks everyone for the praise! Feels good to read.

Thanks!

Good work so far. You've removed the awful solid plastic engine grill and replaced it with screening. Nowadays, there are photoetched brass screen sections sold separately for particular kits which are more delicate and detailed, but in the early days, it all had to be home made if a modeler wanted realism. If your budget does not allow for photoetch parts, visit your local fabric store and pick up a yard of wedding veil material, known as tulle. A dollar's worth will last you many years. It comes in several weaves. The hexagonal type is good for simulating chicken wire (sometimes used on tanks to attach camouflage), and the diamond pattern is useful for applications like this. The window screening you've used on your T-34is rather too heavy and stiff to bend into the shape you want, but wedding veil bends easily and can be attached with any kind of glue or cement.