Thanks, and here’s the next installment
I applied Vallejo weathering effects light mud to the track and wheels:
This probably needs some more added to better represent the sand the tank was supposedly driving through, and more painting to bring out the detail. Also, the other side is completely untouched by this as yet.
After that, I added the markings:
Most are from the Black Lion
Decals set, but the division and arm of service markings come from a Star
Decals set and the bridge classification disc is from an Asuka Sherman V. Black Lion also supplies all of these, but they’re too big (probably because the man behind the company draws them at 1:72 scale and then resizes for 1:35, or so he told me) and the yellow has a darker dot overprint that looks poor.
I also painted the details some more:
The rubber track blocks got a wash of thinned (about 1:1) Indian ink and then a drybrush of dark grey, while the steel blocks were painted gun metal, given a layer of Games Workshop brown ink (long out of production) and then a drybrush with
Revell rust colour. They still need some matt varnish to dull them a bit more. I also applied that over all the canvas bits I painted earlier.