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AFV Painting & Weathering
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Making Rain/Wet Marks on my Tank
hetherrh
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 08:38 AM UTC
I'm wanting to depict my tank moving in the afternoon after a rainy night. My question is, how much wetness to have?? On a flat painted surface, how wet would the tank be?? I'm sure there would be spots of wet areas on the flat surfaces, but how much streaking of water would be on the sides?? I'm wanting to show at least 12 hours past the rain storm, so mud on the tracks/hull and light mud on the wheels. Just can't find any pics showing how wet or dry a tank would be.

THANKS
retiredyank
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 08:57 AM UTC
Are you talking a lite sprinkle or monsoon?
hetherrh
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 12:46 PM UTC
I kind of thought "rain storm" would be just that, a storm, but........

Lets go with thunder storm on the Ukraine planes.
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 01:40 PM UTC
How wet a vehicle would be twelve hours after some heavy rain would depend on various factors, like temperature and windspeed - on a warm breezy day, non-porous surfaces dry quickly; if it is moving around then it seems likely that water will slew around and possibly drip off faster, think about a car sitting parked all day after a night of rain, compared to it having been driven. Maybe on some of the flat surfaces and in any grooves, corners etc. you may get pooling water that may stay for longer than anywhere that is sloped and therefore drainable.

I'm not sure you should be going with thoughts of how wet the tank should be for a certain condition, I think instead you should think about it from the point of view of what kind of look you want it to have... the conditions then fit around that, if you see what I mean.

Remember that after heavy rain, vehicles tend to get a bit cleaned up, with dust being washed away, so you might have an opportunity for a bit of contrast between a relatively clean, damp looking upper, with the odd wet patch, with liquidy mud splashes lower down.
hetherrh
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Posted: Friday, March 09, 2012 - 02:05 PM UTC
Yes, that is what I'm thinking about, BUT what I had hoped for, was that a vet would respond with pictures or views of his/hers experience.
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