It's gotten a bit dusty!
Added 2024-07-30 20:20:17 +0000 UTCMy friends, I finished painting the details (and tracks!), and added some dust... with acrylics!
Now, there's the obvious question - why would a factory fresh tank awaiting a layer of paint get dusty? Well, the reference photos show that the tank was really filthy. You can see spots of dust all over it (pretty thick in some places) and it's also covered in stains of oil and grease. But I didn't get that far yet! :)
My theory is this: it's possible that they drove each vehicle for a short distance to test if everything worked correctly. It's also very possible that some components were stored outside for a while. And lastly, a factory hall is not a dentist's office, and there's dirt and oil everywhere.
So why did I decide to simulate the dust with acrylics? I kind of missed those nicely defined streaks of dust on vertical surfaces. And it's quite hard to replicate that look with enamels. So I went back to the good old acrylic rain marks, but this time I didn't use a Tamiya paint + water + soap mixture like in the old days, but instead AK 3rd Gen acrylics mixed on a wet palette. Their super matt texture is perfect for the effect!
So as I said, I'll finish the model with stains of oil and grease and attach the tracks tomorrow. Speaking of which, they were blackened with VMS Black Track, then I airbrushed my Tamiya Hull Red + Flat Yellow rusty mixture on some of the links, and generally in very thin layers over the entire track, added some speckling with rusty oil paints, and finished them off with an acrylic dust wash. Here I found it easier to pre-moisten the tracks with water and an airbrush, and after that, the diluted acrylic paint was absorbed around details just like an enamel wash would do!
Comments
Yes, it will have a small factory vignette :)
Night Shift
2024-08-02 21:01:29 +0000 UTCWell, I always try to find an excuse to add heavy weathering to everything, even a brand new tank :D
Night Shift
2024-08-02 21:01:16 +0000 UTCI hope so, too!
Night Shift
2024-08-02 21:00:38 +0000 UTCI actually noticed a few more typos there! But interestingly, some of them are visible in the historical pictures as well. My guess is that the factory workers weren't so good at grammar :D
Night Shift
2024-08-02 21:00:23 +0000 UTCIt got a bit dusty in the factory hall :)
Night Shift
2024-08-02 20:59:44 +0000 UTCHaha, when it comes to these "challenges" such as "I challenge you to build a tank fresh outta factory" I always try to think about some NS spin on the topic :D
Night Shift
2024-08-02 20:59:09 +0000 UTCWhoah, really? I'm flattered!
Night Shift
2024-08-02 20:58:15 +0000 UTCThat's actually a great point, thanks!
Night Shift
2024-08-02 20:57:56 +0000 UTCIt definitely would. On a rusty, abandoned tank, or a desert tank as well :)
Night Shift
2024-08-02 20:56:58 +0000 UTCThat was the Chi-Ri! But these were infinitely easier.
Night Shift
2024-08-02 20:56:28 +0000 UTCI can't remember which kit it was, but I remember watching you do some tracks where you must have put 7 or 8 layers of speckling over the track. Can't wait to see what you do this time!
Robert Hallack
2024-07-31 20:39:59 +0000 UTCGreat work sir. Love the idea on painting the tracks!!! Wonder if that will work on any type of tracks. I imagine it would!! Great idea. really excellent project.
Bob Yack
2024-07-31 20:36:13 +0000 UTCAstonishing!
Paul Adams
2024-07-31 17:46:21 +0000 UTCSo cool! All your hard work and effort is most definitely noticeable! I love what you’re doing to the tank and I am loving these updates!
Quintin Paparella
2024-07-31 17:04:03 +0000 UTCLooks great except one thing. The tools around the front include a wrench with a lot of oily mess around it. My thought is that to make it stand out you used something similar to Tamiya panel line enamel. Ive just put a wrench in the hands of a little two inch mechanic and like many wrenches, it is quite shiny. A nice steel wrench would stand out well against the primer base coat. If it isn't too late to reactivate whatever you used to online it please do so, as it is, it seems unusual for your fantastic modeling skill set! You know me, when I ever been cruelly critical. This is meant as helpful criticism!
Cliff Leverette
2024-07-31 17:02:59 +0000 UTCBest model you've made ever in my opinion 😁👍
Joxar
2024-07-31 01:04:21 +0000 UTCLooking great mate!🤠
Stephan Joubert
2024-07-30 23:47:07 +0000 UTCWow! 😍 love it!!! This is not what I imagined when you were making a ‘factory fresh’ subject! This is NS Awesome 🏆👍👌
Kevin SKB118
2024-07-30 22:45:26 +0000 UTCLooking gorgeous, so looking forward to the video
Charlie phillips
2024-07-30 21:34:43 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the oil stains!
Solomon Hollowell
2024-07-30 21:27:04 +0000 UTCWhatever happened to it?
Justin de Lavison
2024-07-30 21:23:56 +0000 UTCLooks amazing! As a German ex-pat, one suggestion: it should say "Viele fleissige Haende, not viel Haende". :)
SourKraut Models
2024-07-30 21:19:54 +0000 UTCLooks lovely mate! Hope to meet at East Models Challenge Martin 🤜🤛
Michał Wiśniewski
2024-07-30 21:12:32 +0000 UTCShe has a nice lived in look now. I've worked in factories years ago and I confirm shit gets dusty. It is good to see something from you without heavy weathering etc and man, did you pull it off.
Paul Garrity
2024-07-30 20:59:51 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for the video and start with mine! Not sure if you mentioned it but are you planning a small factory setting?
Laurens_From_The_Netherlands
2024-07-30 20:42:03 +0000 UTCAmazing.
Cushionbelly
2024-07-30 20:40:44 +0000 UTCFactories are just dirty and dusty inside-they don’t have time or make the time to sweep. You can see a light coat of dust on Sherman’s during assembly
Sherminator
2024-07-30 20:23:15 +0000 UTC
