hey guys -[:D]- this is my t-34 at about 95% finished-- I am still working on the weathering and may add a political slogan to the sides of the turret- I love the looks of a war weary, beat up tank, many battles to its’ credit, but honey, this aint that tank!!-- lol [:O]–this represents a fairly new tank of the 26th Guards Tank Brigade of the 2nd Guards Tank Corp, Eastern Prussia ,late fall/early winter, 1944, with appropriate tactical markings- some of the pics are reference pics and then a pic of how i modeled that area-- I converted the smoke generating canisters on the back into extra fuel storage tanks-- the t-34 was often seen this way because there was a shortage of the smoke generator units-- and I made the tarp and ‘leather’ straps hanging from the turret back wall(often seen in reference photos also)— As i said before this is still a W.I.P–nothing I am calling finished-- I know there is some brass hinges showing on one of the pics and a couple other things I want to make look better before I am able to say ‘finished’ – just wanted to post some progress-- feedback welcome-thanks guys -tread[8D]
Wow!, You need to find some way to put this (safely) on public display… library, Hobbyshop, VFW or local guard unit. There are a lot of people that would love [tup] to see this thing but I doubt the majority would appreciate the [banghead] efforts as much as all of us here on the forum do.
Been an amazing journey watching this one come to life tread, the details you’re able to add just keep upping the realism with every set of photos. [tup][tup][tup]
I can never get enough of seeing this build Tread and it never ceases to amaze me take this shot for instance looking closely at the different weathering and textures and details its as close to perfect as you can get, truly brilliant.
WOW!![:D][:P]–thanks all you guys for looking and especially to you guys who took the time to respond–[:D]-- you are are to generous!-- the hull and turret are painted and lettered in MM acryl and the weathering is artist oils with a very very little Tamiya and Mig pigment (and I stress VERY little)–lol-- to do the tactical lettering I bought a small artist brush that has squared off bristles so when the lettering is applied it is almost like writing with a pen-- I highly recommend to anyone who hasn’t tried oils to take the plunge --thanks especially to wbill and Biffa for thier fine examples and tutorials --I have learned much from all here-- as I said in my post, this is still a w.i.p. so I keep lookin at it to see where it will lead me- I will hint I have made a few prototype anti panzerfaust or thoma screens and am trying to decide yes or no on thier installation [}:)]—since posting I have toned down some of the brownish look in some places, lest it be mistaken for rust and done some post shading in black with oils through the airbrush-- looks better to me now-- anyhow thanks guys for looking (jean ,steve and doog–thanks for the ratings!!) I am rambling…thanks again tread[8D]-- p.s. hey Ron – I hope you are feelin better after your surgery,buddy[:)]-- and Terry-my bro–E-mail me dude!— it’s still all inside!!
OH CRAP!!! sorry dave— [:(]-- my bad-- I kinda for some reason felt a little pushy last time i did – I am so lame when it comes to social graces-- I won’t forget ever again[:D]-- your pal, tread— 3 months to football!![#toast]
