Ad Lav wrote:Looks cracking with a coat of primer. Looking for forward to green!
Well ok then !
I took a huge risk on a base coat. As there was nil stock of Gunship Grey (TS-48)around, I used a light gun metal spray TS-42.
On it went.
Poor old tank looked like it was off to the moon
But, buoyed by the fact that its only to provide a base for hairspray & scratching later, I figured how bad could it be ??
I also spent time making up my own 4BO green base.
XF-81 Dark Green 2 RAF was the starter, mixed with XF-13 J.A. Green and a dash of XF-4 Yellow Green.
I used the MIG shadow for the usual spots to create shading.
Once the shading was on & dry(and it was 33c outside so that didnt take long!) on went the home made 4BO.
Once that was dry(in 5 minutes flat) i used the MIG light Base to add contrast to the larger areas likely to see more sun than other bits.
Seems to have worked, well better than my previous attempts at this Soviet Green caper anyway
Left overnight to absorb into everything, today I spent the morning making up a mix for the so-called Russian Tan that seems by the few references to be a yellowey Khaki.
I just kept adding XF-52 Flat Earth to a base of XF-49 Khaki and used the rest of the yellow green XF-4 to get the odd hue to it.
As the temp outside was an effective baking oven, the stirrer sticks I used dried, and I could use them as sample pallets until I thought I'd got it close to right.
Lucky I used a very large Tamiya jar to mix in, because by the time it looked right and was thinned, it was chocka.
So without any real plan on a pattern other than 'not too much' on the Russian Tan went.
Now I'm a bit biased...........but I bloody nailed it
Very happy with the look and tone of both colours & the way they work together.
Still a mile to go to finish, but its a proper model now rather than a renovators dream/dogs breakfast..........
A slogan, numbers, clear seal and wash to come on the upper, pigment and mud build up for the lower to tie it all in.
but it worked.
