Working on creating a piece of the current war-- have the Ukrainian tank done- still need to work on the figures.
Also building a wrecked T-72 using the Trumpeter kit with some aftermarket burnt out wheels, engine, and Panzerwerk Design tracks. Here we have the tracks complete…
Primer coat down. Now on to lots of rust and ash. Gotta build something up for the gun to insert into since the only option is the vinyl canvas cover which is long gone in the reference photo.
OK…just added the first rust coloration- used Lifecolor Rust Base Color…much more to come. The spattering was intentional to try to get some texture to the rust.
That is looking good already- I think you have done well with the spattering effect too.
Thanks! I am nowhere near done- I really want to make this one perfect or as close to it as I can…
Took a lighter to the underside of the right track guard to start the damage there…probably would have been easier to do it off the model, what do they say about hindsight?..but anyways- here is my attempt at mimicing the reference photo.
Pigment work has started-- rust is a mix of some old Mig pigments and some Wilder pigments I won from an SMA contest a while back. The ash is a mix I made from some Doc O’Brien weathering powders I had way back before I realized there were much better options- but they worked alright here I think.
Also- added the best Lifecolor rust coat to the splendid Panzerart Design tracks- much more work to be done on these although the reference photo doesn’t show a whole lot of these. Did some damage to the kit fuel barrels. Even though they aren’t in the reference photo, I figure one may have been blown off and is somewhere off the back side- may place one or both depending of how I feel.
Finally, the very day I received my Panzer Art replacement barrel for the lost kit barrel, the kit barrel made an appearance. Still deciding which I should use…Panzer Art on the left and kit one on the right.
Also came across this in my research and really want to add it to the side somewhere-- anyone know a good decal maker?
More work on the turret…gotta start planning on the base next I think. Got an order into the Scenic Factory.
I can’t wait to see this project completed! Your attention to the details is going to make this diorama stand out!
Thanks Tom…I’ve been giving some serious thought to leaving the T-64 out of it all together and just having the soldiers posing with the wreck…just more manageable.
Got the terrain materials in from the Scenic Factory…turns out the owner is local so he dropped this off today instead of me paying shipping.
WOW! That’s what I call “Great Customer Service!!!”
Running into some fit issues with the Das Werk StuG so happy to get working on the base-- waiting on some green pine boughs from the Scenic Factory for the back side as seen in my original reference photo. Using some dead boughs and pine needles to start things out. Much more ash and debris to add. The bigger space to the side is where the figures will be…need to paint them still but I will add them in roughly soon to get a grasp of things.
@Jeeves nice work 
Following along here because I have never dared to make destroyed vehicles. Observing your steps to assemble a version similar to a Stug IV
I used the AMMO Lock 'N Load pencil to write the Wolverines on the barrel as seen in the reference photo- didn’t turn out too bad. I think it will show up a bit better when the turret is up on top of the hull. Also got the custom decal of the bird in and added it to the side where the figures will be posed…it silvered a bit but after the weathering it should be ok…
Ok…Scenic Factory stuff came in. Turret is attached (shifted a little to avoid the barrel overhanging the edge of the base). Opinions wanted on the base- is the greenery in the back too much? Got to put the finishing touches on the figures and add them in. For all the gear Master Box included, I apparently need to create the cell phone for the dude taking the photo…should be interesting.
I think it looks great! 
I think your greenery is just right- I would assume the heat from the blaze of the wreck would have turned most of the green areas into mulch and blackened wood- which is what you have- with a few bits the flames spared. A bit of greenery gives the viewer the idea what was there prior to the tank being destroyed and provides a nice pop of color to the more sombre tones of the rest of the scene.
Thanks guys.. yeah its been sitting there a while so some greenery should be grown back.
