The T26 is finally done with mud and all...

The new project is a Matilda in russian service...

Hope you like them

Regards

Sven-Åke

Ola Sven

Looking great. May I ask what the scale of both vehicles is?
The T26 looks very good. I love the grubby rusty appearance of the knockedout vehicle. Nice clean hole too.

Looking at the sprues that hold up the Mathilda my guess is that the Mathilda is 1:72nd which makes your weathering most impressive.... Brilliant looking so far... Am really curious what the next update will show.

Great job mate

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

looks great man,
how did you do the mud effects with the russian mathilda?

greets
koen

Thanks Robert!!!

Both of them are in 1/72 scale.

The T26 is from UM and the Matilda is Italeri.

Really glad you like 'em !!!

Regards

Sven-Åke

Thanks Koen!!!

The mud on the Matilda is Vallejo Plastic Putty which I applied
with a stiff old brush. After that i airbrushed several brown colors
and gave it a few washes with artist oils and turpentine...

Regards

Sven-Åke

fantastic weathering on such small scale Sven im very impressed please dont forget to post the finished matilda i would like to see it.

Ron.

Thanks Ron!!!

I won't forget it

More pics will come as the work moves along...

regards

Sven-Åke

The T-26 looks great. I am happy you went ahead with the "stuck in the mud" project. The matilda looks great. Very nice nud effect especially taking the scale into account.

Thanks for sharing and keep us updated

Sven,

Fantastic work in 1/72 once again! I really like the textures you've created on both kits. I look forward to future updates.

- Frank

Looks great, especially in 72d scale!

Thanks Jesper!!!

I'm glad that I did it too

Updates will come soon.

Regards

Sven-Åke

Thank you Frank!!!

I'm really glad you like them. I'm quite pleased with the
mud texture on the Matilda which I made with Vallejo
Plastic Putty...

Regards

Sven-Åke

Thank you Thomas!!!

Regards

Sven-Åke

Sven,

Very very nice finish on the knocked out T26. Absolutely stunning and particularly in that scale.

Thank You so much Bill !!!

A lot of work went into the weathering on the T26...
It was actually a model that I used for testing new
ideas and techniques on and I was ready to throw
it away but I'm glad I didn't



Regards

Sven-Åke

I'm sure a write-up of your techniques/approach that you tried on this would be appreciated by the members and would make for a nice Feature article? Every time I look at it I see more detail/variation in the finish, it's very well done. The new Resolution Center is up and working for content submissions if you'd be willing to submit.

That is tempting for sure Bill

I will make use of these techniques on more models in the future
and when I do I will try to document it with more photos. Unfortunately
this one was a little bit of a "try it and see what happens" kind of a
project with no end result clearly in focus so therefore I never bothered
to shoot any pics of it during the different stages. I believe that to get
full value of this technique all the different stages must be documented
both in text and pictures...

I have a few more small russian vehicles laying about here so the
next one will be well documented and it will also involve some more
physical damage to the vehicle. I have seen a few interesting wrecks
where the german forces have used abandoned allied vehicles for
target practice which made them look like a swiss cheese. I will put
on my thinking cap and try to work out something special for you...

Thanks and regards

Sven-Åke

Sven,

Sounds great and look forward to seeing what your imagination produces next.