UNDERCOATED T-55 enigma pics update

[mcevoyi]

hi all

like to say sorry first to the moderators ... i would have added the update's to my thread . but for some reason beyond my understanding the site ? pc ?.. will not let me add

so as you all can see i have done a bit more over the last two days .. its realy been a case of adding detail
which i find the best parts of doing a tank .... intereting to see just how many differences there are betweens tanks ..

there is still a bit to do .. realy ..its clening up ... and few bits of small detial ...
i hope tomorow .. to at least get the first undercoat on the t-55 ... i may do gray first // which i dont usualy do .. i tend to go redbrown .... but as this is desart sand ... i feel the redbrwon my show through
and as the tank was a hand me down form the russians ... i will coat the tank with a nice russian green
and the the upgrade in a very pail redbrown .... then pre shade all the lowspots in black .... to hep define the pannel lines ... then followed by a coat of ultra sticky hairsparay and salt ... for the weathering process
and finaly he beginnings of the topcoats of desart sand ...and patches ? or light or mid green ?

gosh that was ...not to interesting ...

let the pics do the talking

[Saxondog]

Amazing, don't know how you do it but most excellent work. Sax

[mcevoyi]

THANKS SAX

if you could see the end of my fingers that have been cut to shreads by my knife ... you would know how i done it !

[magmer]

Excellent work, I love all the added details. Can't wait to see the paint job. Mark

[mcevoyi]

hi all

well the first coat of paint .. gray undercoat ... and its the first time that the t-55 looks like its one tank and not just a pile of plastic ... what a difference a few hours of prep and paint make

i am quite impressed with my self .. for a change ....

i have to head back to work tomorow so no more work on the t-55 for 4 days .. time for the undercoat to cure ...cant wait to start painting the proper top colours .. and i am realy looking forward to that because i am going to go to town..with this ....

any way pic time

and sorry the two pic are much brighter that i thought

[Panther_John]

I'm liking this, it looks a right beast. Great work so far .

John

[Von kraftwerk]

I've just caught up,there I was asking on the other thread is it desert,Doh! er,umm,yes,are you in UK did you study Bovington T55,neat work I'm looking fwd to seeing this one,what green are you going with? hairspray and salt,this is going to be some savage weathering,

[Saxondog]

Iain, I know little about the Soviet cold war armor, but this is awesome.Really impressive work, some may say the T-55 has not been available long enough to have others try their hand at building this Tank. Well I say this,your build is the standard for others to try and achieve. No matter who or when I will find myself looking at a T-55 and considering how it would look next to this fine tank.

Well Done! Iain. After all it is just my humble opinion, Saxondog