Finally it's done, i finally mustered up enough courage to do the camo..(my first camo using an airbrush)

all looks good until...weathering...

i screwed it all up...

anyway...here are the pics..hope you guys like it... really need to improve on my weathering...i think i overdid it.... should have waited for the advice of you guys..oh well..smarty-pants i really am







btw, this is my first modern AFV... the camo instructions on the sheet wasnt really accurate...so i had to use some references

They must have just come off an excercise somewhere. It looks pretty good for a first attempt to me! Maybe you could smother it it 'pastel' dust to tone it down a bit, hard to tell from the photos.
Tom

Have you used pastel chalks? If so, it will simply wash off under a tap. I've overdone it like this before and found that using a wet Q-tip (cotton bud) you can wash off excessive pastel with water.

Good job,
as said above your tank could just come from an exercise in a dusty training area

One point, however, I have the feeling your smoke grenade launchers are too outward angled. It may just be the way the picture was shot.

Is it the Dragon kit ?

no..its not pastel chalk, it was weathered in acrylic paint...so it is not possible to clean it now... anyway..the other side of the tank..well, thats where the screw up is.. it is too embarrassing to show here

anyway thanks for your comments guys

yes this is the Shanghai dragon kit..it was A HORRIBLE KIT...got it at 15 dollars i think... oh well..its a 'test bed' for my airbrushing

Looks like allot of vehicles I've seen after a field problem at Ft Hood.

SB

You can drybrush your tank again with the colours of the camo,
on the black camo colour you use the same black colour for your drybrush.
On the brown camo colour you use the same brown colour for your drybrush.
And on the green camo colour you use the same green colour for your drybrush.
So you are lighting out your bad drybrush with an drybrush of your base camo colours.

Greetz Rob!

I think that the weathering looks nice. Tanks can get real dirty and worn no matter how much care the crew gives. Great job.

Jeff

why didnt i thought of that? Thanks for the tip Rob!

I noticed that you have weathered the tank, but not added any decals/markings? You should add those before you weather so that they blend in with everything else. I do agree with all the previous replies pointing out that vehicles on excersise get extremely dirty, but in a 'fresh' way, not the worn way of WW II vehicles. Your's looks like it's been on excersise in the pouring rain. Not bad at all

Cheers
Henk

Nice build, but dont feel so bad. I did the same thing. I was putting on a "light coat" of Buff for a dust coating, but put on way to much. I had already put the decals on, sealed it with dullcoat, glued down the gear and guns on my M1A1. It took me a couple of months to realize that the camo job couldnt be seen under all the dust coat. I ruined a good camo job.

After much debating, I decided to go ahead and repaint it. I took my time, masked the tracks and used a fine tip to paint around the decals, gear, periscopes and IFF panels. I used Tamiya colors so any mistakes and misfires could be removed with Tamiya thinner. The decals cleaned up, the IFF panels came clean and now I have a freshly painted M1A1 that is ready to be weathered again. I dont recommend doing this as a normal part of painting :-), but with some MIG powders it will look OK.

Good luck.

Melon