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Well I don't know but the paint-runs are really small on a 1/35 scale model, so a certain skill is needed to make it look realistic...I kind of wonder how many points you’d lose in a competition if you entered a model of this exact tank without supplying this photo with it, though...
Not for me it ain't Karl......And road wheels weren't masked in real life either, overspray happens, scaled down overspray is difficult though.
The judges would probably knock you down if you didn't get the "runs" in the right place!!Don’t worry if you’re spraying camouflage on your model tank and the paint runs:
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(Via Bas Slaats on the TWENOT forums.)
I kind of wonder how many points you’d lose in a competition if you entered a model of this exact tank without supplying this photo with it, though.
Tools weren’t always removed either, as I understand it Karl, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen that modelled.And road wheels weren't masked in real life either, overspray happens, scaled down overspray is difficult though.
TBH, I don’t think you’d want to paint a model of this tank using actual paint runs — I would try it by spraying it without those, and then adding the run paint with a fine brush.the paint-runs are really small on a 1/35 scale model, so a certain skill is needed to make it look realistic
I have, and I would do it again if I were to build a model of a WWII German vehicle in camouflage pattern But most modellers seem ignorant about the colours of tools anyway, painting them all in wood and bare steel when certainly American ones were dip-painted olive drab at the tool factory. Not sure about other nationalities, but chances are several did it in a similar way.Tools weren’t always removed either, as I understand it Karl, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen that modelled.
Yes that's what I meant ; )TBH, I don’t think you’d want to paint a model of this tank using actual paint runs — I would try it by spraying it without those, and then adding the run paint with a fine brush...
BTW, another thing to note (that I did spot immediately) is that the rims of the roadwheels have had all the paint worn off them where they rub against the track teeth. This was very common on all American vehicles with this kind of suspension/track (so M2, M3, M5 light tanks, M2, M3, M4 mediums, and all their variants), and not just in desert sand like here, but is very rarely modelled because it’s often not obvious in photographs.
Rub marks are relatively easy Dave. Just rub the edge of an HB pencil lead along the wear point…..instant worn steel effect! You can have a fun hour or so colouring in track edges and sprocket rims etc….Oh Gods! So now that's three colours I'll have to mask to get accurate tank wheels!
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