I pretty new to armor (it started on Ebay: I snapped and bought the 1/16 T-34...)
Since then the new Dragon armor came out, and I started to really, really like these beasts. (Mainly the expense was keeping me far from tanks: extra alu barrel, extra links, PE and so on - could bring the price up considerably.)

Anyway, finishing the story of my life, I bought a 1/72 Dragon T-34 (I'll get a 1/48 and a 1/35 as well), and building it I realized that it's very easy to overwork on the weathering if you follow the "protocols" for 1/35 scale.
So: what can be used for small scale and what should be omitted?

(As soon as I have a little time, I'll put up a few photos of my T-34.)

I hate to give out a stock answer, but I have found several different things that work for me.

1) Dial back the amount of weathering you apply. In 1/72 a little goes alot farther than a long ways, lol. "Scale effect" in your paints applies to the fun stuff as well.

2) I recently used a filter for my 1/72 Panther and for the most part it came out better than a traditional wash. There are still a few areas that I will pin wash, like the engine deck, metalizing the tracks and scratches, it took care of fading and dust.

3) What ever clear flat coat you use to seal everything up will tone down alot of your weathering, so if you think it's to much dull coat it and see what happens.

4) And has the catch all - experiment and play with different amounts and techniques till you find what you like and what works for you

Hi there,

I am doing a Revell Pz III and thinking of trying out with winter camo. I have never painted winter camo before, any advice?

I built the Hasegawa 1/72 Jagdpanzer IV and tried a winter wash. IIRC I started with a base coat of dark yellow and sprayed white over the top. I messed up the decals and will redo those sometime in the future.

Less is best in this scale. Damage is best done with the swipe of a file than to truly mangle an item. Try to keep weathering to a minimum since too much would look like buckets of mud heaped on the vehicle.

Here is the album where my kit is: http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/12210.
Not my best work, but I liked the little kit.

I just recently completed Dragon's early Stug IV and the method I used was to paint the basecoat and disruptive colors in enamels, then with a brush I applied thinned Vallejo acrylic white. Next, I used a brush soaked in alcohol to wipe away some of the white paint from places where it should wear quickly. On the shurtzen, I used downward strokes to reproduce streaking. Sorry, don't have any pictures yet, but it turned out fairly well.