Tamiya type 74 winterversion 1/35

[Silenoz]

A long time ago I started this one OOB, arrived at the point of weathering, and got some cold feet, so it went to the shelf of doom, waiting patiently till I got some more experience...

 

Nowadays, I don't seem to really get over this point, so it is time to get the cow by the horns and hopefully I don't get thrown over the fence ;-)

 

So this was an OOB build, only thing I allowed myself to alter were the tracks. these were replaced by Modelkasten ones

the kit:

 

the parts:

 

 

 

 

 

painting of the MG

 

 

and the rest of the tank in basecolors:

 

 

 

as it is a winterversion, some white needs to be added:

 

 

 

 

 

 

so, this is where I got, and where it begins... It will advance slowly

 

but tips on how to get further from here are much appreciated...

 

Edited November 21, 2016 by Silenoz

[murad]

Silenoz you wouldn't need any tips, doing great already. built the very same kit some time ago and it was a a lot of pleasure. only problem that i had was finding reference shots, which i hadn't came across at the time (and still got nothing significant except couple of pictures on the net which seem to be taken with a dishwasher) so weathering was open season free for all...

[Silenoz]

Hey, thx.

 

After a long search I came across these:

 

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/type_74_camp_iwate.htm

 

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/type_74_camp_chitose.htm

 

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/type_74_camp_asaka.htm

 

I use these, there isn't much damage, mostly dirt, but I have never done this before. Hence the question

 

 

[murad]

modelling snow is tricky in miniature. if you intend on doing it check out this blog for a good comparison of the available methods and products: https://minionvault.com/2016/11/05/let-it-snow-yes/

as for accumulated snow in roadwheels, cravices and wherenot iirc tamiya has a lipstick kinda snow product which should come in handy as well: http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87080weathering/

 

these 2 options are all i am aware of wrt snow.

 

regarding general wx toadmans' pictures are a real good starting point, especially the camp iwate set.