Hobby Boss T-24 Russian Medium Tank

[mz3]

Quick build, goes together really fast. Not a lot of parts.



Took a few days building after work and in between steps on the Abrams in my other post.



I scratch built the air intake, not sure if it's right, could only find one pic online and measurements on a review for the kit.



Looks good enough for me. Paint will be simple faded green, nothing special.

[Leon]

Nice work mz3.

[sfcmikej]

Looking good MZ. I love the interwar year armor.

Mike

[deafpanzer]

Great start... nice work on the air intake!!!

[danb.]

Great work nice to see another early tank cant wait for the paint

Dan B

[bullardino]

Very nice

[wbill76]

Got to love these pre-war designs. Looking forward to seeing it with paint on!

[TRM]

Nice work on this!!! Time for a little "Prime-time" I think!!!

[Teabone]

"Looks good enough for me." Paint will ................

That is my motto for all my builds I never stress over the fine points. Nice looking build.

[mz3]

Grrr...



I had to strip the primer off. I tried to use Vallejo white primer, but it didn't work at all. It was scratching off too easy. Not sure why. I wanted to have it painted with at least a base coat by now.

[Leon]

MZ hope the next round goes better.

[mz3]

Thanks, I'm going to use my normal black automotive primer. Anywhere the Vallejo is sticking I will try to use as the base for rust and dirt. I hope.

[mz3]

Primer, round 2, FIGHT!!!!

Alright, some of the old primer didn't come off-


So, there is something I've wanted to try for a while and this is the prefect time to do it. I went ahead and sprayed the black auto primer over the whole thing. What I'm hoping for is the look of rust under paint. Where the paint starts to bubble because of the rust under it.







I'm thinking after the base coat, some oils and pigment will get it to look the way I want. I also lost about half of the PE parts on the suspension, nothing major, I'll just cover the areas with a little more mud/dirt then I usually use.

Paint goes on later today. Hopefully.

[Leon]

Round 2 is looking good.Great idea on the paint bubbling cause of the rust.

[deafpanzer]

I have to say it is starting to look realistic now with the bubbles! Great work there...

[paulh.]

nice job MZ!

[wbill76]

Sounds like a good plan MZ, nice to see this one moving forward again.

[TRM]

Nice base coat!! Moving forward to the fun stuff soon!!!

[mz3]

Thanks guys.

Paint went on nice with no problems. The bubbled paint may not happen. As I was painting all the areas where the primer was stuck, they kinda faded away. I might be able to get a couple of them to come out. Anyways, green green green!!!



I used Tamiya Olive green and yellow green mixed at different ratios. It's faded, the flash is making it look like it's not. I also sprayed Vallejo Satin mixed 50/50 with tap water on everything to protect the paint.

Now for the fun part-



I use oils to do paint chips. Usually I only do a dark brown color, but this time I am using a green first. The color is slightly varied. I put the oils on the cardboard last night to soak out some of the oil. Then with a sponge, I start chipping.





Then I soak everything with odorless mineral spirits, blending and removing here and there.



I'll let this sit for a day or 2 before I start with the dark brown chips. I've found chipping with oils is a lot easier then using enamel or acrylic.

[wbill76]

Nice start to the chipping! Man what a weird little design this vehicle had...didn't realize until your latest set of photos that it had another MG turret on top plus MGs sticking out the sides of the turret.

[ironhand6]

good save,i hate when a paint/primer goes on badly.im curious on how you use oils for chipping so im keeping an eye on this build.

[bullardino]

Nice job. Interesting technique for chipping, I'll definitely try it in the future

[Leon]

Coming a long nicely MZ.I am also interested on how you did the chipping with oils.

[mz3]

Apr 10, 2013 20:17:57 GMT -5 wbill76 said:

Nice start to the chipping! Man what a weird little design this vehicle had...didn't realize until your latest set of photos that it had another MG turret on top plus MGs sticking out the sides of the turret.

I think that's the main reason I like this one so much. At times it seems like there are guns everywhere on this thing.

Chipping with oils paints is pretty much the same as using any other paint and sponges, except you have more time to get the chips to look the way you want them to. Also, I posted that I use Odorless Mineral Spirits above, I actually use Odorless Turpenoid. Sometimes I do use OMS, but it's very rare. The OT takes a little longer to dry, but that gives you a good amount of time to work the chips. I also will run the OT through my airbrush in some areas to move/work the chips for more randomness. I haven't taken pics yet, but I filled in most of the green chips with Raw Sienna. I'm thinking about doing a few more with a different green and Burnt Sienna, to get more rustyish colors.

Also using oils, if you don't like the chips, it's very easy to completely remove them without damaging the basecoat. If you use acrylics, which I think most people do.

[ironhand6]

interesting. i will definately try oils on my t34. could you show me the sponge you use please? ive never understood what to use here.

[mz3]

These are the sponges I use...



I think a more proper term would be foam. I've gotten it from a number of places. Electronic boxes, appliances at work. I used a real sponge years ago and it sucked.

Here are some pics with Raw Sienna chips...

I thought this looked really nice until I realized that most of it will be covered by the wheel...








I used a brush to fill the green chips in. Then hit them all with the OT.

More to come...

[bbd468]

Thats a cool little tank there MZ3. Ive not seen one built before. Looks great...luv tha chipping too.

Gary

[bullardino]

Great chipping

[deafpanzer]

Excellent chipping work there!

[Deleted]

This is looking sweet.

G