stevej60 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hi folk's,an armour build is becoming a tradition for my first finished kit of the new year,built for the Panzer iv GB I wanted to do a different finish to the usual paintwork on these mid to late war tank's,I poured over endless photo's and found one of a whitewashed Russian front machine with it's side armour still intact the only variation I made was showing the I.D. marking's showing through the wash.Been interesting after year's of trying for better paintwork on my model's to try and represent something badly painted as these machine's were in the field.Thank's for taking the time to look. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Parvis Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 hour ago, stevej60 said: Been interesting after year's of trying for better paintwork on my model's to try and represent something badly painted as these machine's were in the field. Ahh, the very interesting challenge of trying to make the paint job look poor without making your paint job look poor. From where I am sitting I'd say you accomplished it very well. I like that whitewash looks very naturally worn/dissolved away. It looks like you missed a pin mark on the front left schurzen. If they aren't secured, I'd think it might be a relatively easy fix. All in all, I really like it. I can just picture soldiers standing around it in an early spring rainstorm, soaking wet and miserable. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Top job Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 That’s a very nice rendition of a deceptively simple camouflage. I really must give white wash a go some time. Also, if you don’t mind me saying so, the left hand (port side) track appears to be on upside down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Well done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Top stuff,ENJOYED Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Some very nice weathering there Stev looks great 👍 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Very nice mate. I'm doing the same sort of thing at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 10 hours ago, Matt Parvis said: It looks like you missed a pin mark on the front left schurzen. If they aren't secured, I'd think it might be a relatively easy fix. Thank's Matt,I was going to remove that plate originally as there are load's of photos of these tank's with random plates missing,they're not glued so I will get round to a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Bill.B said: That’s a very nice rendition of a deceptively simple camouflage. I really must give white wash a go some time. Also, if you don’t mind me saying so, the left hand (port side) track appears to be on upside down. Cheer's Bill,they're not fixed and the plating can lift off so I'll do a fix before adding the figure's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Excellent job on the white wash Steve, and the exhaust stands out nicely. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Very nice. I did this kit two years ago as well and used it for testing stuff. And, shhh, didn't fix the pushout mark as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Nice job Steve, whitewash looks spot on! Cheers Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Smashing job steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Hi Steve. As I mentioned in your thread, I think this is absolutely superb. The whitewash and weathering are spot on. Makes me want to do another tank in winter camo! Very well done! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetifan Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Really excellent result, i’ve not tried a winter camo before but feeling inspired now 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Great rendition of a winter warrior. I'm quite tempted to put some whitewash on my T34 after seeing this. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Looks great Steve. Especially the schurzen and the subtle weathering on the glacis and the entire front end. Stugs and whitewash just go together, they look better white-ish than they do in yellow or 3 color to my eye anyway and you have done a superb job of weathering and not overpowering the base colors. I think the white wash tended to wash and wear off in random areas and most applications tended to be pretty wishy-washy anyway. (pun intended) and sort of just slopped on quickly. Take care, Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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