This project is to built an East German T-72M1 with crew during the winter drill of 1984 with Russian Sptesnaz on the rear of the tank.
You will find here under some pictures of my T-72M1 (in progress).
I used following sets :
- EDUARD PE set for TAMIYA 1/35 T-72M1.
- MODELKASTEN workable tracks for T-72.
I made an East German tank on three tone scheme black/light green/grey.
I used bomb spray of following colors :
- Black : Tamiya TS-6
- On the lower hull as "vehicle original green base one tone camo patern" Tamiya TS-28.
- Tamiya TS-60 flat clear.
- The grey : Humbrol 64.
- The light green of the three ton scheme : Humbrol 80 Grass Green.
- Humbrol 105 (used only for the MG and MG ammo).
For the weathering I used following colors, all from Vallejo :
- Black Wash.
- White Wash.
- Dark Green Wash.
- Engine grime.
- Petrol Spills.
- A stick of charcoal.
For the snow :
- Vallejo pigment glaze.
- Sodium bicarbonate.
- Vallejo wet effect.
- Vallejo white wash.
- Tamiya weathering master B (snow/soot/rust), not received yet.
- Prince August still water.
For the moment the model is unfinished.
I have a little weathered it.
The stains/wash on the camo :
On the grey I used only the black wash.
For the lightest stains one drop of black, 45 of water.
For the medium stains thinned one drop of black, 20 of water.
For the darkest stains, one drop of black, 10 of water.
On the grass green camo, I used only the dark green wash, thinned with water.
Thinned 20 times for the lightest, 10 times for the darkest.
On the Black Camo, I used white whash, black whash and engine grime.
For the lightest effect, I used a drop of black wash, thinned with 40 drops of white wash.
Then I used the engine grime to reproduce stains and dirts on the black camo which are so typical on this color.
For the lighest effect, I used a drop of engine grime and about 20 of water.
For the darkest one, a drop of engine grime, 10 of water.
But in any case, I never entirely washed all the camo patterns. Only add dirts and stains on some locations for the effects.
On the road wheels, I directly used the darckest wash.
The soot.
On the engine meshes, the drums and fuel lines of the drums, I used the black wash thinned with water.
On the vertical plate under the exhaust on the skirt, I used Vallejo black wash and Vallejo petrol spills.
The firt layer I covered at 95% the vertical plate of Vallejo petrol spills and the end of the exhaust.
Once dried, I mixed Vallejo petrol spills with black wask to have a dark oiled effect, mainly on the center of the plate.
To end the effect, I used a stick of charcoal.
I used the charcoal on the mouth of the barrel for the soot effect too.
Afert having applied the charcoal, I spayed the Tamiya TS-60 flat clear to fix it on the model.
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So actually I am stucked with my model.
I would like to depicted an East german T-72M1 during the winter drill of 1984 (with Russian Spetsnaz on the rear of the kit).
So I do not know how to proceed and I would like to have your opinion/help before applying the sodium bicarbonate.
I do not know if it is necessary to reduce the color breaking of the camo pattern for a winter vehicle ?
If yes, I would like to know if the following technic (I do not know its name) is suitable for this kind of matter (go directly to 30 minutes of the video to reach the process) .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raZZxpyILKQ
I made some test on a model, but the effect is particulary horrible on the grey which "absorb" the color and becomes... something else, look at these pictures :
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For information instead of the color in the video, I used humbrol oil colors.
