Really depends on the enviroment the ground vehicle has been in Les. I've been looking at a lot of Sherman pictures lately and seen them with mud caked up to the driver hatches.
Press on sir!
Press on sir!
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1/35 scale Opel Blitz in-progress
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Thanks Moon Puppy and Ron,
The weathering of models is the part of building I always enjoy but I am really out of my comfort zone on these ground vehicles.
This truck will get some mud splatters and road grime on the undersides but aside from that it won't get too dirty.
I do have a reference book about the war on the Eastern Front and there are a lot of photographs of German trucks in it, many of the trucks are so mud caked its impossible to tell what colors they might have been painted in!
So depending on where these machines were used they could really get dirty, I want my truck to maybe be one that was used on the Western Front.
Matrixone
The weathering of models is the part of building I always enjoy but I am really out of my comfort zone on these ground vehicles.
This truck will get some mud splatters and road grime on the undersides but aside from that it won't get too dirty.
I do have a reference book about the war on the Eastern Front and there are a lot of photographs of German trucks in it, many of the trucks are so mud caked its impossible to tell what colors they might have been painted in!
So depending on where these machines were used they could really get dirty, I want my truck to maybe be one that was used on the Western Front.
Matrixone
Thanks James,
On most of my builds I take pictures during the painting and weathering process and convert them to b/w to see what the model looks like compared to the real thing.This way if I see something that looks way off I can correct it while I have a chance to do so. Its not often I show any of the test pictures and glad someone likes them.
Matrixone
On most of my builds I take pictures during the painting and weathering process and convert them to b/w to see what the model looks like compared to the real thing.This way if I see something that looks way off I can correct it while I have a chance to do so. Its not often I show any of the test pictures and glad someone likes them.
Matrixone
After taking a short break from working on this model I have returned to it and hope to finish it soon.
The latest work done was finishing the truck bed and attaching the cab and bed, I also did some weathering to the underside by airbrushing some road grime colored paint and then adding fresher looking mud splatters with some thick paint.
Not pictured is the wheel hubs which also have been given some additional weathering.
Next for the Opel is a little more weathering using the airbrush and then a flat clear coat and putting on the wheels and I will call it done just to get it out of my way because its time to move on with the next model.
Matrixone
The latest work done was finishing the truck bed and attaching the cab and bed, I also did some weathering to the underside by airbrushing some road grime colored paint and then adding fresher looking mud splatters with some thick paint.
Not pictured is the wheel hubs which also have been given some additional weathering.
Next for the Opel is a little more weathering using the airbrush and then a flat clear coat and putting on the wheels and I will call it done just to get it out of my way because its time to move on with the next model.
Matrixone
Thank you Mike,
These pictures make the shade of brown paint I used for mud splatters inside the wheel wells look more like rust than wet dirt but in real life they do look better.
Once the wheels are on the model little will be seen of the paint color inside of the fenders.
Matrixone
These pictures make the shade of brown paint I used for mud splatters inside the wheel wells look more like rust than wet dirt but in real life they do look better.
Once the wheels are on the model little will be seen of the paint color inside of the fenders.
Matrixone
I"m in awe how well you've picked up these techniques Les 
Thanks Moon Puppy,
The weathering would have been much easier if I had better reference pictures to use as a guide, I did the best I could with what I had.
I want to get this one finished and out of the way, my next kit is a real monster and will be a P.I.A. to build.
Matrixone
The weathering would have been much easier if I had better reference pictures to use as a guide, I did the best I could with what I had.
I want to get this one finished and out of the way, my next kit is a real monster and will be a P.I.A. to build.
Matrixone
Thanks Moon Puppy,
The weathering would have been much easier if I had better reference pictures to use as a guide, I did the best I could with what I had.
I want to get this one finished and out of the way, my next kit is a real monster and will be a P.I.A. to build.
Matrixone
I think it looks really nice Les. The weathering looks fine to me. So is this next build a Luftwaffe bird :hmmm
I guess I should check the Armour section more often as I completely missed this one. Looking great Les !
you know thats how it starts Gary, check out this, check out that.. then before you know it, you're buying a book about Shermans.
