SimonT - Tamiya T34/76

[adt70hk]

Looking good Simon. Looking forward to seeing the green paint on.

ATB

Andrew

 

[MikeC]

All that work and now under paint, well done Simon.

 

[SimonT]

Andrew / Mike - yes it has actually made it to paint, see below.......


it is now green

used the AK modulation set again but decided not to use the lightest 'shine' colour this time

going to keep that as the dry brush shade for final highlights

all i have to do now is try and turn this base paint into something half decent

 

[Lee Drennen]

Simon. Looking good so but is that dirt in the paint on the turret or is it supposed to look that way

 

[SimonT]

That's the texture paint Lee - look back a page or two and you will see the red stuff

I stippled it on to give a rougher surface finish and used it to build up the rough casting marks around the turret base

Does look very rough close up doesn't it

Probably should have gone over it with a Scotch pad to take the high points off before paint

Now in a dilemma - do I strip the whole thing and start again or leave as is

 

[minitnkr]

I wouldn't do over. I think I would try knocking it down a bit fist. It's really just a small area of the mantlet that's a bit too rough IMHO. PaulE

 

[rtfoe]

Are you able to press it down Simon?

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Lee Drennen]

Simon. I saw the earlier pics I didn’t see it the paint brought it out for me I didn’t think you would have left dust on it just making sure my hero is not going soft lol

 

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
That AK paint looks nice. I don't know how many shades are included but often these sets have rather extreme colours at each end. I have a German Grey set, not AKs, and the deep shadow is virtually black and the lightest is too bright. Your idea of dry brushing the lightest tone is a very good idea.
Jim

 

[SimonT]

Paul - have toned it down

Richard - no, needs sanding

Lee - would have had to have my eyes closed to leave that much dust on it

Jim - six. You are right, the dark base is not far removed from the black primer and the shine is way too bright in any large amount


As suggested by Paul rather than strip the whole thing I decided to give the whole turret a light sanding with Scotch pad to remove the pronounced nibs off the high parts, which is what I should have done before painting

This left most of the green with red spots where the Scotch pad had done its business

A bit of dry brushing with three of the green shades soon had it restored without too much trouble


still looks rough as a bears **** in the photo but it is actually much improved so i will leave it now


also got some track primer on one of the track units

 

[Steve Jones]

That's better Simon. Back on track now.

Taxi for Jones LOL

 

[JR]

Simon.
Morning.
Just checking in on the paint front.
Looks good, I agree with the dry brushing , those sets are ok but the lighter colours are too bright. Prefer to spray black or dark brown first into the shaded areas, then light coats of 4BO.

Turret.

You could sand a little more on those high spots, but look on here how the lower cast mark is so pronounced.

 

[SimonT]

I use black primer so the 'dark base' is almost the same John - probably more use if spraying over a grey primer

Yes, some of those T34/85's are really rough - I used the red paste to create the vertical casting marks on the base of my turret


will try and remember to Scotch pad the next one before painting it





gave it a coat of Ultra Matt yesterday morning then last night it got covered in 'brown wash for dark green'

I am sure all these potions are the same just with a different name on the bottle - no matter what the name says the contents are always brown

At least I will never be without a brown wash





.....and after most of it has been removed

 

[rtfoe]

Nice wash Simon...have you tried Lifebouy, Ponds or other brands and are not brown I have seen some AK stuff that have tones specifically for their genre like Desert and Ships but I still mix my own at times. Dark brown is normally the general tone for armour though.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Simon. Great detail on the build and nice paint job. Seems to me that the best use for the lightest modulation colour is perhaps to replicate the edge highlighting and reflective spots illustrated in John’s picture above?

 

[JR]

I pm'd this to Simon earlier, but thought other might like to see this.

 

[SimonT]

Thanks Richard - used to make my own brown wash from W&N sepia oil paint. Took an age to dry out. Some of these new enamel potions are called things like ‘wash for German yellow’, ’...for desert sand’ etc etc but they all look pretty much the same shade of brown. Doesn’t really matter though as it just means I can use them on pretty much any vehicle of any colour

Thanks Tim - I decided to keep the lightest colour back for highlighting a page or two back

John - that is a ropey looking T34-85

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm loving this, Simon.

I don't post much because I can't comment with any knowledge .
Still, it looks very like a tank to me!

 

[SimonT]

Cheers Neil - if it looks like a tank I must be doing something right

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Hi Simon,
Just had a good old catch up on this one,and it`s looking great!
It was cool before,IMHO,but worth the extra effort as it`s made quite an improvement mate.
Top stuff indeed,
Cheers,
Andy