Hi guys,
I’ve just finished my T-60, which was soon nicknamed by the Russians as “a coffin for two brothers”. Just in time to take it with me to the Lier Convention in Belgium tomorrow.

As I’ve said earlier, it’s the RPM kit, which includes a very nice set of PE, and it was a joy to build this kit.
The only things I’ve replaced are the Friultracks and a Tron lense and I’ve added some minor details.
The model was painted with a mix of Tamiya acryl paints. Then came the filters and local washes. For the weathering I’ve used Humbrol paints and MIG pigments. The numbers are handpainted sing Vallejo paint, which is perfect for this.
The Russian Infantryman comes from Hornet and it’s completely painted with Vallejo paints.
I made a simple base using plaster and pigments.

Well, I hope you like it. All comments and tips are welcome, as usual…

Greetings,
Hugo

Excellent work Beaker. The weathering is very convincing and not overdone. The only thing I'll do is to give a bit more bare metal on the tracks...
Bravo!!!
Ciao

I love the shovel Hugo! Great job, extremely realistic weathering. Looking just like the tanks been rolling around in the Russian snow and mud.

Beaker-

Excellent job!!! I especially like the finish - very realistic. Holy cow, that looks real :-)

Great work

Jeff

Outstanding work Hugo. This is vary convincing. The detail and pant are top notch. The weather is done just right. Ditto on what Fabio says about the tracks. Serperb!!

very very nice !
I love the weathering and all the small details everywhere are very convincing !

Hugo

This is so well done here---good luck with it on your Belgium trip. Thanks for your write up on this one---and do I understand correctly that the pe shown on the first pics is included with the base kit? I guess the best compliment I can give you is others of us will build this one because of the great job you have done here. Congrats.

Also the base, and fig compliment this litle tank very well. Again, I hope you do well at the Lier Convention with this build. Very very impressive.

Please let us know how you come out.

Thanks
Steve

Wow looks great Beaker!!! I'm working on a T-70 right now.. and I love your color.. I use Tamiya too, can you elaborate on what colors you used and what ratios?.. It looks great!!!

charlie

Outstanding work !! Perfection. Can't get better then this. 5 Stars !

Cherrs !!

Robert

Great looking t-60.
Started mine, and put it up! I think you have inspired me to restart it! Thanks!!

Tracy

Very nice work..Detail is great! I like the figure, it shows good perspective of how small the tank is!

nice job Beaker. I like the figure also.

Chris

excellent job, the fig is a perfect add to an allready perfect tank! I congradulate you sir!

Hi guys,

Sorry for the late reply.
Thanks for all your comments.

Fabio, thanks for the tip, I will work on the tracks.

Sabot, I've made the shovel of some alufoil and Evergreen rod. I'm glad you like it.

Yes Steve, the PE as shown on the picture is included with the RPM base kit. It's really nice.

Hi guys,

Sorry for the late reply.
Thanks for all your comments.

Fabio, thanks for the tip, I will work on the tracks.

Sabot, I've made the shovel of some alufoil and Evergreen rod. I'm glad you like it.

Yes Steve, the PE as shown on the picture is included with the RPM base kit. It's really nice. The Lier Convention was fun! Lots of models of very high level in the (international) contest, much merchandise, a nice and educative demonstration of several techniques done by MIG himself, I've talked to old and new modelling friends, bought some nice stuff... a superb day which went by too fast. But no price for this one, and correct, because I've seen some very beautiful models which took the medals. But is was fun putting a model in the contest, and that's the most important thing. Next year I'll be visiting Lier again, it's really worth it, also MIG and those guys from the Italian Model Time were impressed about the Convention....

Hi Charlie, I only use Tamiya acrylics for airbrushing, so here is what I’ve did:
I've started with a base (primer) of 50/50 Flat Green and Olive Green,
Then a mix of 40/40/20 Flat Green, Olive Green and Dark Yellow,
Then added some 20% to the previous mix to paint the central of the panels,
Then added some 10% to the mix just to give some blotches as a first discolouring of the vehicle.
A little dusting of the lower hull and upwards was done using Buff and Earth.

I allways add some 50% Clear Gloss to the paint to create a smooth (not shiny) surface for the following filters and washes, for which I’ve used Humbrol enamel paints. Because we use acrylics for the basecolour, it won’t be affected by the following weathering, using Humbrol thinner and paints. After the filters and local washes I took several Humbrol green colours to add the green spots, using drybrush techniques. Small spots and scrapes were made with Vallejo. I’ve used only very, very little MIG pigments in the seems and corners on the fenders. The lower hull and shovel were also done with MIG pigments. The numbers on the turret were handpainted with Vallejo. And that’s it.

Thanks again for your comments and I hope that I've inspired some of you to grab and build this kit, it's worth every penny and it's fun,
Greetings,
Hugo

simply Great!
well done and well painted! also the weathering is well done.
Nice and intresting the subject...
no critics from me but a big Congrats!

Hi Hugo,

Thanks very much for the color guidelines.. I'll attempt something similar for my T-70... LOL don't know if I'll do anywhere as good as yours though.. It's a masterpiece!

thanks again

Charlie

Stunning work !!!! i like it a lot. Nice weathering and also an interestin theme
BRAVO