"Jap Attack" *completed*

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[tigrazor]

Eddy,

many thanks for those links. Will watch them as soon as I can completely.

[tigrazor]

More work on the "rustcatcher". Almost everything done with different colors of pastel chalks and a little washing. I used tiny amounts of grey for dust on the upper areas as well. I dont do this very often but Im quite happy with it so far.

[Leon]

Lucas,you should be very happy! That looks fantastic.

[k1w1]

Looking good so far. Interesting to see it with the figures and the photo early in the post with the guy standing beside the rusted out one - they were very small tanks. Japan and its history is really interesting. With my work I have visited there over 50 times. It is one of my favourites places. The culture is quite fascinating and the people mostly very nice.

[tigrazor]

Not yet, Leon. Im just thinking how very old rubber looks like. Not black of course - the tank still has his "shoes" on.

KIWI, same here - and now Im slightly jealous, because I havent been there even once.

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Sure is looking sharp!

[wbill76]

Old vulcanized rubber doesn't look much different over time...it just lightens up slightly and of course collects whatever the elements throw at it. Look at abandoned or junked cars for examples of inspiration. Rusting build up is looking good, salt air is murder on exposed steel.

Once you get the lighter colors on, you can add some depth by going back over it and darkening it in places. When I toured Corregidor in the Philippines it stuck me how much different things responded to the elements depending on their size, rate of exposure, etc. Also could add some puddling effects on the flat areas like the fenders where rain would naturally collect over time.

[tigrazor]

Absolutely. I remember a very old Opel Kadett when we visited Georgia in 2003. That was a real rustbucket on four wheels. Savannah in July is really hot and the air coming from the Atlantic does the rest.

[tigrazor]

Some more grass tufts added and I placed the figures on the diorama - the one sitting is of course not glued yet.

[adt70hk]

Lucas

Sorry missed these updates - oops...

Looking very nice indeed. the rust effect looks great.

Andrew

[tigrazor]

Mission accomplished. Beauty pics will follow soon.

[tigrazor]

There you go.












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Thanks evryone for looking in! Have a nice day.

[Tojo72]

Turned out really nice.Gotta wonder how they felt in that coffin when they saw a T-34 coming at them.

Those figures are great too.

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What a fantastic work!

[armorguy]

A very nice rusty relic, great scene with figures fitting in perfect. Well done (again !) Lucas, man you're building 24/7 I bet !

[Leon]

Outstanding finish Lucas! I really like the setting.

[wouter]

Nice scene you built there mate, really like it. Base looks very good too

Cheers

[adt70hk]

Nice Lucas!! Very, very nice!1

Andrew

[wbill76]

Pretty neat finish all around on this one Lucas.

[tigrazor]

Tojo,
the figures are from KV models, if youre interested. Its a Czech manufacturer. Compared to a T-34 the Ha-Go is really tiny. If I understood it right, the tank was originally designed for infantry support, and not as a battle tank itself.

Dogfish,
thank you, Sir.

AG,
as often as possible, but definetely not 24/7 - otherwise Id become mad or something. Sometimes it happens that a few "bench queens" get completed just a few days after another one is finished. Thats why some months are more productive, regarding the completion status.

Leon,
thank you too, very kind of you.

Wouter,
oh yeah, the base... Cost me more time than the tank I guess with all its reworks. But hey, now Im smarter. Never tried stuff like creating irregular shapes (=little hill) with plastic profile and Milliput like that before. And I found out that "Perfect Plastic Putty", recommended by a friend, is really promising putty.

Andrew
Thank you too.

Bill,
that was the plan - glad you like it.



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Many thanks to all of you who followed the build. Hope you had some fun. Additionally, I have to mention that I learned a lot about techniques and building tanks from other WIPs shown here @ MSC.