Syrian T-55 - Yom Kippur War

[Wong Ryan]

I must admit being greedy ... while awaiting for my Tiran 5 paint job (base coat) to dry, I started a new build. Base kit is the old Trumpeter T-55. The rubber track was crappy, so I bought a Trumpeter individual track as replacement.

A bit of history ... the Syrian T-55 during that era comes in either single tone russian green, or the 3 colored (Green, Sand, Gray). The 3 colored tone is random, and it is different from one tank to another. As it is random, I just scribble away, and hopefully, I can translate it into actual painting.

Base Kit

The paint scheme....

Stay tune for more updates in the next couple of days ....

 

[Lee W]

Tuning in...

Lee

 

[steve scan]

Look forward to seeing this done, built it very quickly myself years ago when it first came out.

 

[papa 695]

Looking forward to this one

 

[Polux]

Me too...I'm tuning in

 

[Wong Ryan]

Here comes some progress pics ...

Well, the original camo on paper, when painted on the kit, it doesn't look good enough. Therefore, I have to make adjustments during the painting process.

You probably see some patches of white on the paint job, it was deliberate, to simulate paint fading. The camo lines are not blended in yet, over the weekend, I would probably "mist" the model with a heavily diluted brown. Hmmm ... spotted the main gun canvas cover is a bit too light, will correct it with a darker finish.

Next, I am going to use sponge method, to simulate paint chip.

Thank you people, for "tuning" in ... now we shall take a commercial break ...

 

[Wong Ryan]

Some updates.

1. Done paint chipping (using sponge method)

2. Wheel assembled

3. Engine cover mesh installed [ will "dirty" it later ]

Coated with Future, to prepare for weathering stage.

I can't find the driver's hatch, hopefully when I vacuum the floor this coming weekend, it can be found.

Thank you for watching .... cheers

 

[Steve Brodie]

looking good

 

[monica]

like the look of this one, looking go so far

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Ryan. Hope you can find that hatch soon.

 

[Wong Ryan]

a lil bit of work done during the weekend ...

oil wash and some streaking and weathering ....

and the tracks are on ...

 

[aaron]

Nice

 

[steve scan]

Ryan this is coming along very nicely.

 

[monica]

coming along nicely

 

[Wong Ryan]

Some updates ...

Did further weathering and streaking with different colors (green, dark brown, yellow and white). Not very visible, as the pics quality is not good. Taken with my Samsung phone. You probably see very light white streaks on the gray camo and green camo pattern. Shall I add more streaks to make it more visible? Or leave as it is?

Next, is to tackle the wheels and tracks.

Thank you for tuning in ...

Signing off for today ..

 

[dubster72]

I think that's just right Ryan.

 

[monica]

looks very good to me,and I think its just right as well,

 

[Steve Brodie]

Think that looks great "less is more"

 

[Wong Ryan]

People ... Thank you for the feedback

Did some pastel weathering today, trying to simulate the tank being dusty, after travelling through the sandy terrain.

Pastel was also applied to the tracks. Too subtle .... I guess I will mist it with sand color using airbrush later.

Yet to apply paint chipping to the wheels yet.

 

[Richi72]

Nice techniques, there Ryan,

Good steps with good info and a nice looking tank so far.

Thanks mate.

Cheers Richi