DioRandy
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I'd always wanted to try my hand at a whitewash, so I used Dragon's Initial Production Tiger I SPzAbt 502 Leningrad 1943 (6252) for my experiment. It's a great 3 in 1 kit, which includes a nice sprue of photo-etch parts and a metal barrel. It was a bit pricey, but worth every penny. This is the kit wearing its base coat.
Here it is after employing the hairspray technique, which worked out quite well. Basically, you apply a coat of hairspray over the base coat, then a coat of white paint over the hairspray. Then, you apply a little water and carefully brush away at it with a clean brush until the white paint begins to wear off. On a real vehicle, the whitewash wears off on the flat surfaces and where crew members or riders scuff it off as they climb off and on the vehicle.
Here it is with its crew, in their winter whites, and a group of riders, sporting a variety of uniform combinations, made possible because some were reversible.
... do you intend to make a base?
