After getting some info in the What Color?" question, I am finally at that point. First a base coat of a very dark green. That was followed with Vallejo Reflective Green, leaving the edges and deeper areas a bit dark. Some highlights added with lightened green... almost none of which can be seen in the photos. The side of the hull has been dot filtered. Or as the AKI DVD I won in the raffle calls it... faded. The blotches by the engines covers has since been blended. The gas stains are AK Interactive engine grime that I picked up at the AMPS show.

Hey Marc,

You have made a lot of progress! Good work! Especialy the gasoline staines This is the trick of modulation style (in a nuttshell);
- gray primer- paint the whole model in grey. This because the outcome of the final colors...
- dark 4-bo green- spray (or paint) this only were the sun don't shines like the undersides and the space where the wheels are and the underside of the turret.
- 4 bo base (genuine color)- spray (or paint) the sides of your model and the wheels too. Don' forget the turret sides and the barrel
- 4 bo light base- spray ( or paint) the upper decks, turret roofs and upside of the barrel...
-4 bo highlight- paint small places like hinges klamps and klasps, some small hatches with a bit lighter color than the light base basecolor.

Than a filter for dark green vehicles.

Happy painting!

Remco

Thanks for the step by step remco. I think I need to do more Russian armor. I want to do one fo those turret that have a surface texture like the surface of the moon

Hey.I've seen this before !! Looks god here also Marc.Russian armor looks plain mean

No problem Marc. You can also use this technique for german or allied vehicles.
You dont know much about Russian armor, wel i dont know much about allied armor. That dont matter. We help eachother out here.

I use mr surfacer 500 for making cast iron. I paint it up and poke it with a brush till its dry. Then sand it with p-300 sandpaper. Not to much, just a bit. The surface will be rough then.

Remco

Thanks Anthony




My knowledge of Allied armor is there was one called a Sherman that I hear was real popular. Oh yeah... and the tracks don't sag

Except adding the tow cable and the 2 man saw gonna call this one done.

Hey marc! Your model looks verry nice

Maybe you can weather the decals a bit to get a more used look
Keep up the good work!

Regards,

Remco

Thanks remco. As I was looking at the pics I noticed the marking are a bit stark. It will be fixed.

Great work Mark. One of my favourite tank types of WW2.

Thanks Pat. Appreciate you stopping in for a look.

Very good Marc,congratulations!

Thank you Marcus.