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Hi everyone,
I recently finished this Tamiya T-55, the overall paint scheme is meant to represent a tank that has been sitting in a bone yard for a couple of years, and as such I have rusted the barrel. What do you all think? I definitely need to get a new camera as my current camera is not picking up the mud on the running gear, oh well such is life .











Thanks for looking, Tech!

Fantastic.

Beautiful weathering

Wow looks fantastically realistic. The third photo is especially nice.

Very well painted. It looks very realistic.

How did you get that awesome rusty portion on the rear? That looks fantastic.

With the right backdrop and lighting, it could easily be mistaken for the real thing.

Awesome placement of rust. Top notch weathering.

I can smell the Vodka and Cosmoline from here

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!!

Rickfactor: you are giving me some ideas, maybe I should have a go!

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
How did you get that awesome rusty portion on the rear? That looks fantastic.

The rusty portion on the rear was done by using a rust coloured oil paint that was deposited into the knocks and cranies, it was then blended into the paint work running a brush laden with white spirits over the rust wash. I can go into more detail if you want?

Fantastic work! having seen the real tank I can assure you that this looks very very much like the real deal! Well done

 Tech Guard wrote:
Thanks everyone for your kind comments!!

Rickfactor: you are giving me some ideas, maybe I should have a go!

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
How did you get that awesome rusty portion on the rear? That looks fantastic.

The rusty portion on the rear was done by using a rust coloured oil paint that was deposited into the knocks and cranies, it was then blended into the paint work running a brush laden with white spirits over the rust wash. I can go into more detail if you want?

Please do, Iown nothing that needs weathering but I am fascinated by how you achieved those results.

Hugely impressive stuff. Fantastic.

That is a heck of a nice tank.

Great weathering and decal work! That's a good looking tank.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

Trondheim wrote:Fantastic work! having seen the real tank I can assure you that this looks very very much like the real deal! Well done

Thanks heaps Trondheim! I would love to see the T-55 in person, but coming from Australia, tanks are a rare sight down here and it is fair to say that I am always in a constant state of being tank deprived

carlos13th wrote:

 Tech Guard wrote:
Thanks everyone for your kind comments!!

Rickfactor: you are giving me some ideas, maybe I should have a go!

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:
How did you get that awesome rusty portion on the rear? That looks fantastic.

The rusty portion on the rear was done by using a rust coloured oil paint that was deposited into the knocks and cranies, it was then blended into the paint work running a brush laden with white spirits over the rust wash. I can go into more detail if you want?

Please do, Iown nothing that needs weathering but I am fascinated by how you achieved those results.

Ok! When I do my next model, I will go through a mini tutorial on some weathering techniques, I won't do it now though as pictures really speak louder than words in this case!!