Dragon 1/72 T-34/76 Mod. 1942

[johnsan]

Thank you, Ralph. I tried to be logical about the weathering. It's heavier at the rear than the front or sides. All that exhaust, heat, oil, and mud thrown from the tracks.

I've added the tracks, but they still need some washes and mud. So they look a bit flat and not a part of the model.

[BWP]

Told you! Looks great to me.

[johnsan]

Yeah, they look better than I feared they would. There's a little bit of dishing (strange curve at the front left roller), but I think I hid it with mud.







Need to gloss up the mud bits yet. I imagine this one entering a wet, birch forest and throwing mud this way and that as it proceeds.

Guess I'll need to make a base for it, too.

[BWP]

Looks fantastic! ... but ... where are the exhausts? (You seem to be missing the hand rails on the right side of the hull also? Needs a radio aerial, too.)

[johnsan]

Patience, Bruce.

I hadn't painted the exhausts when I took the last photos. There is no hand rail on the right side for this one. There are 2 wooden crates on the right side. These also had not been painted for the last photos. I haven't decided as yet whether to add an antenna. The headlamp also needs a little work.

Photos tomorrow. Almost done.

[johnsan]

Finished earlier today.







I've decided the radio antenna snapped off from rough handling and no spares were available for repair. The lens for the searchlight came from the thin metal in an rfid tag salvaged from somewhere. This metal is very shiny and very thin. It is easily punched to the proper size and glued to the searchlight. Not perfect but it will do.

[MerlinJones]

Really nice.

Regards,
Bruce

[BWP]

That's the bees' knees, for sure.

[Dirkpitt289]

I really like the way this turned out. Well done