Gazzas Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, This is my first attempt at a destroyed tank. I only have 18 days to finish as it's part of a group build. There are lots of photos of destroyed Valentines out there, and they usually fit into two categories: 1. Blown to pieces... really hard to model without detailed knowledge of the beast's innards. Most photos in this category appear to Russian-use lend lease machines. 2. Not much external damage, and usually just some holes near the center of the hull beneath the turret. As it runs on diesel, there aren't many pics of them in a totally scorched state. IN this photo there appears to have been a cook-off of one round at the base of the turret causing a scorch mark up it's side. I didn't want to leave the damaged track in a long line outside of the vehicle. So, I tried to emulate some of the damage from a destroyed Russian-use machine: I thought it would be more visually interesting. Thanks for looking! Gaz Edited June 12, 2018 by Gazzas MikeC, tucohoward, Jeff and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Cool, I have plans to do a similar thing with an old revell Sherman kit. I'll be watching. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Neat! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 What kit are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 What kit are you using? I apologize for the huge pic. It came from the miniart website. I talked to some fellows from my armored SIG club and they pretty much said that any Valentine model Except the one with the cast front hull would have served in North Africa and that Miniart only threw in some Russian Tankers to create the "Russian" version. Gaz BiggTim and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Gaz Terrific start on nice change of pace build. Looking forward to following your progress especially the weathering. Keep ‘em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Very interested in seeing how this turns out! Chris BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 A red hot soldering iron is going to be your best friend. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi everyone! I am Luvin my new Iwata Hp-B! Except for dry-brushing the silver on the tracks, all of the painting on the chassis was done by airbrush. I'm amazed at the accuracy that can be attained with a better A/B. Here are the photos... I'll call this state D+0 (Destroyed plus zero days). I want to put a few days onto that showing rust starting to get a grip as well as the dust that would be packed onto the chassis by day-to-day existence in Libya. Thanks for looking! Gaz Out2gtcha, tucohoward and BiggTim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi Everyone, Most of the evening and part of the morning adding rust and dust... And a shellhole. First I washed the tracks 3 times. Yellow oxide, then burnt sienna, and finally burnt umber. Then I dry-brushed the 'metal' surfaces with three shades of red-brown-orange I mixed with Tamiya enamels. Finally I made a paste with four pigments, white, gray, yellow, and brown, mixed with glass cleaner and water. Last step was to dust it off where I wanted color to show through. The results: The shell hole was made with a soldering iron. Now...I can attach the superstructure. Thanks for lookin, Gaz TorbenD, BiggTim, F`s are my favs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 I've used the harsh sunlight to highlight my elements for this update: The markings on this tank are completely spurious and incomplete. This was to be a fun, new type of build experience. I know. It makes me look lazy. But the cool thing is: I made all of the markings with my Silhouette Portrait. I need the practice! To help to complete the image of destroyed and abandoned, the tank had to look a little looted, too. Stolen toolbox, open and empty storage boxes, and a lack of pioneer tools anywhere. I left the fire extinguisher, but put a hole in it. The coax MG has been taken too. And why are the container interiors Green? Because I wanted to throw in some color variation and give a bit of story that the tank had once been green. Thanks for looking! Gaz tucohoward, BiggTim, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Very cool work so far. I like the color contrast, and I especially like the realistic way the tracks are draping over the idler wheels. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Gaz Looks great .. and the tracks ... wow Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Hey everyone, Time to color this puppy done! I'll let the photos tell the story: Thanks for looking! Gaz Out2gtcha, TorbenD, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Looks great! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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