after having a lot of fun with my ZTZ 99 build, I decided to do another digital camo scheme. this time i thought I would try to get the colours a little more correct.
first of all this is what i am building.I am using the hobbyboss 1/35 scale kit.




I decided to use the voyager BMP-3 barrel set, and i am glad i did because the kit ones are absolute garbage

much better than the original.



as for the rest of the model, it's OOB. the kit P.E. grills are nice enough to do the job. although I cant figure out why they would use brass for the vision ports on the side of the hull like that




I haven't spent much time detailing the kit because as far as i can tell its fairly accurate. and I really don't care about that anyway, this build is an exercise in painting the camouflage. and for me that's the fun part
Dylan

OK then onto the paint:
first step, paint the tan. its a little lighter than it needs to be but when i put the wash on it later it will be a little closer to the right tone.




then the fun part. masking.
i use Tamiya tape on a piece of glass from a picture frame. I slice the tape into little squares and lift them off the glass with the end of the knife.




then I stick them on the tank according to the paint guide. like so


next step, the light green



I just finished masking off the light green but my camera battery is dead. ,more pics tomorrow.
enjoy
Dylan

looking good so far!

Awesome stuff Dylan, keep it up man. I'll be watching this- good luck.

A small update, I spent about 4 hours yesterday masking the light green







its getting close now

I'm doing the same thing to the little Airborne APC for the funky blue /lt blue/olive parade scheme.

Did you meausre the tape squares or are you just eyeballing it?

Mike

Mike:
I am eyeballing it for the most part, but hobbyboss give you a scale five view in black and white to measure the squares with. i just put the piece of glass over it and cut to size

Thanks, I'll look into that when I get to the kit..
after the move this summer..
after packing up and then unpacking the model room

Looks like this scheme is as regular and regulation as the version I am doing. Look at the identical hull sides in that reference pic.

Anal-retentive much, Chinese army?


Mike

holy thread resurrection
well I finally pulled this one back out of the box after 11 months.
this is pretty much where i left it, the dark green is sprayed and partially masked. I am going to spend the rest of the afternoon masking, then I can spray the last green

This is looking real good! I like in the picture (of the real tanks) how you can see the digi pattern even is on the road wheels. That's some attention to detail on the part of the PLA!

thanks John
there are more than one version of this camo scheme i have found. some with camo on the wheels and some not. the hobbyboss instructions seem to be a mix of both.
all of this i found out too late of course.
anyway I made good time on the rest of the masking and was finally able to get the last colour sprayed.







now on to the fun job of unmasking all of this

Looks great so far Dylan....I'll be waiting for great -masks- opening....

Looking good Dylan! Brings me back to my ZTZ 99B ..love the digi camo!

Guess a digi painted tank transport would be fun!!! hmmm

well here it is. there are a ton of touch ups to do but I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

Outstanding. Your patience humbles me, you deserve a few of these

Great result ! Your patience has been rewarded Dylan.

Dylan- I'm real glad you pulled this one out of the box. The camo is looking fantastic, you should be real proud of your work mate!

Nicely done, your patience paid off! She is a beauty.

Eric

Nice job Dylan.
Excellent work on the camo.

cheers
Walter

This is very impressive indeed. The paint job came out perfectly, and I commend your patience in producing the mask, very nice indeed.

I also find it impressive how the camo does actually work quite well (despite the garish colours), it really seems to break up the features of the tank and blurs it into the background.

thanks for the replies everyone
it is really worth the effort in the long run

Rob, I am hoping the colours get toned down with a wash. I had the light green matched fairly close on the ZTZ-99 but the wash completely changed it to a darker shade.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/173305#1454930

now all I need are two days off to myself to actually finish it

Well, I admit at first I was thinking of a video game and not a real AFV, but you NAILED it.

awesome camouflage! reminds me of Indian T-72 in recent Tamiya magazine

Great work, looks fantastic.

Paul

Awesome job Dylan!

If I had had to make it I think I would have gone crazy!

(...so I really hope the digital camo never will be a standard painting for modern AFV )