Scale Military Modeller International – August 2019

comes with the choice of either open or
closed hatches and I chose to close them.
The top and bottom parts of the hull are
also ixed with poly-caps, but I opted to glue
them together. So, with construction inished
I considered the painting stage, for which
I had paint set from Ammo by MIG, that I
wanted to try, so I set out to paint the tank
Russian Green!
Time now for some chipping, weathering
and general dirt and grime, so irst I applied
several thin coats of rust

coloured paint. Some areas were then

were covered with Ammo by MIG Chipping

Medium and left to dry. Then later, the entire

tank was sprayed White. Once dry I armed

myself with water to soften the chipping

medium, a toothpick and a stif-bristled

paintbrush, and I began to chip away the

white paint to expose the underlying

colours. When reasonably satisied I painted

the lettering on the turret and faded these

a little before I put the tank to one side and

started working on the tracks. These are the

winter t-34

1943 Production Model

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