Muchmirth Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) Hi all, Here is my finished is-2 heavy tank, zvezda in 1/72. I really enjoyed this one. Trying more techniques and learning more now (finished tank no.4). The white lines are hand painted as I thought the decals were too clean looking and I wouldn't get them to line up correctly. Before I applied the polar bears/red star decals I used a hobby knife and sandpaper to scratch the back of them to give them a slight wear/chipping affect which I'm happy with. The mud is my usual sand/actual mud/polyfiller/paint solution (Don't think I could copy right that one!!! ha) I liked the outcome apart from the zvezda supplied tracks which are a tight fit and didn't have that typical sag in the middle. The aerial is a piece of plastic clothes tag. I used poly cement to errode/mottle the turret to enhance that cast turret effect of soviet armour. Lost count of the amount of times I broke the grab rails. Please ignore the hat tank riders in the later pics, I shouldn't have stuck them onto the tank, as wasn't really happy with them. The finished diorama which this features in is linked HERE All feedback, thoughts for improvement, tips and tricks welcome!!! Edited June 13, 2021 by Muchmirth duplicate pic removed. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steben Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) Looks great. LIke the theme of the dio as well. Perhaps, just perhaps, a coat of flat varnish would give it an extra bonus. Edited June 13, 2021 by Steben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Hi Muchmirth, As the colleague says above, a layer of varnish would help to improve the appearance, especially in the figures, since the clothes, being fabric, would not shine ... And in the vehicle, if not matte, at least satin, because with light effects it can be seen as metal ... I have an IS-2 but at 1/35 to publish later, and I did that ... Cheers and TC Francis.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steben Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, FrancisGL said: Hi Muchmirth, As the colleague says above, a layer of varnish would help to improve the appearance, especially in the figures, since the clothes, being fabric, would not shine ... And in the vehicle, if not matte, at least satin, because with light effects it can be seen as metal ... I have an IS-2 but at 1/35 to publish later, and I did that ... Cheers and TC Francis.👍 One can work the matte to the top, while leaving the wheels atc shiny to get some wet look. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 hours ago, FrancisGL said: Hi Muchmirth, As the colleague says above, a layer of varnish would help to improve the appearance, especially in the figures, since the clothes, being fabric, would not shine ... And in the vehicle, if not matte, at least satin, because with light effects it can be seen as metal ... I have an IS-2 but at 1/35 to publish later, and I did that ... Cheers and TC Francis.👍 Yes your dead right, it has a kind of wax sheen, something I oddly didn't pick up on myself. Thanks for the tip! I actually did Matt varnish but because I layerred on the gloss coat so thickly for the decals to adhere that it still cane through the thin layer of Matt!!! Nightmare. I'll pick that up for next time though. Looking forwards to see your 1/35 version. Thanks for viewing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Great subject (what a brute!) and very good job on the white turret band, which looks very realistically worn and chipped. As mentioned before, a few layers of Matt Cote would enhance the appearance of your beautiful model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Roman Schilhart said: Great subject (what a brute!) and very good job on the white turret band, which looks very realistically worn and chipped. As mentioned before, a few layers of Matt Cote would enhance the appearance of your beautiful model. Hey Roman, thank you very much, high praise from you indeed as I've seen lots of your work and think all your models are amazing. Something to aspire to. Edited June 13, 2021 by Muchmirth Spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Nice build and interesting diorama ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Muchmirth said: Yes your dead right, it has a kind of wax sheen, something I oddly didn't pick up on myself. Thanks for the tip! I actually did Matt varnish but because I layerred on the gloss coat so thickly for the decals to adhere that it still cane through the thin layer of Matt!!! Nightmare. I'll pick that up for next time though. Looking forwards to see your 1/35 version. Thanks for viewing. Hi Muchmirth, For the moment, it will take some time to publish it, but I do have a trio of Soviet armored vehicles from the same period in the forum, and if you have not seen them, I think you can appreciate what I comment / we comment on, they are a T34-85, a SU-100 and a T35 ... If so, just give me a whistle ... lol Cheers and TC Francis.👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardaukar Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Hello, Nice job, I like the weathering especially over the markings. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 10:58 AM, Muchmirth said: The mud is my usual sand/actual mud/polyfiller/paint solution I use brick dust filed from a fragment of brick, concrete powder swept from the garage floor, talcum powder and, of course actual finely powdered soil from the garden. All stuck on with paint. It gives some variation in the "mud". Might be worth some experimentation next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, echen said: I use brick dust filed from a fragment of brick, concrete powder swept from the garage floor, talcum powder and, of course actual finely powdered soil from the garden. All stuck on with paint. It gives some variation in the "mud". Might be worth some experimentation next time. Yeah I used brick dust and ground up rubble for other parts of the diorama. Your right does give a nice variation on textures. I've also used old coffee in some spots. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 43 minutes ago, Muchmirth said: I've also used old coffee in some spots. Sounds interesting, I'll give it a try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Very nice! One of my favourite armoured vehicles with that monstrous 122-mm cannon. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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