Tamiya BT-7...chipping done!

You still think they are too mild Bri?

Dottore

You asked for my opinion and yes i still think that they are too mild but who am i to tell you how to make them. This is subjective and if you like it that way and think that there are enough, then just stop there. But i think that they are too few and too inconspicuous. Just my opinion. Better ask the tank people. I know nothing of a tank and how they were treated but i guess that they were more subject to chipping that aircraft. They were closer to the ground and had more people climbing all over them.

So a tank should have chippings? Why?

For me chippings tell a story, if this tank stand to be a warrior from Barbarossa or Poland so in my eyes it is good as practically the tanks used were never used in anger ...  If this tank would have passed alive from Brabarossa then would be a veteran would have considerable scars and battle damage as it went through a terrible fight ... But this is how I see things ...

Just watch the T64BV in Ukraine the first days they were shiny and clean, practically intact ... If you see them now they are already a complete mess ... Everything tell a story and models are not fashion items ...

On a different note if you want to weather something please weather that piece of block wood, it looks likeit just came out from FIno showroom ... The tank might not be damaged but crew would use that block quite regular ... As it is it really captures my attension ....

And why are the engine air louvres black? Mela hsibtu bil-faham jahdem?

In my opinion it is very good the chipping tell a story that this is a tank from Barbarossa period ... U jafu dan ... The other things just nit picking ... Imma hekk jitghallem dak

all pics i saw of BT showed the mesh overlying the louvres to be very sooty and rusty...so i thought it stood to reason that the underlying louvres would be blackened? or not? Anyway they will be covered with the engine mesh...

Chipping? too little? I add more as Brian (and Alex) suggested?
Wooden block will be dusted with the rest of the tank in later stages or you had other things in mind?

Dottore

Personally if you are adding more chipping which I do not suggest for a Barbarossa tank .... I would go just for some more minor scratches (strips) showing a lighter colour of the green ... Scratches done from twigs and boots as an example but do not overdo it and on designated areas, remember it was a fast tank ... As for louvres what you saw were probably built models not real material they would be streaked with dust and gooo ... Imma insimma nahfrulek din, as for tye wooden area needs more paintwork , drybrushing would create a weathered look ... Hallik mid-dusting ... Next time work on a greyish colour wood turn to a greyish tine when weathered ... Imma nahfrulek ukoll

a bronze in one of the toughest categories at EUROMILITAIRE
WELL DONE MATT

Proset Dott, well done and well deserved. How i wish i was there!!

Qed tara ma qridniex ghalxejn! Prosit Dottore pushing the bar a little will get you what you want!

Well done Mathew...prosit habib I concur with Alex.....regarding your achievment at Euro ...
In Nannu

Well done Dottore.

The finish is quite realistic. and the pin wash really revealed the detail of the rivets. What is the year of operation of this AFV? Is it 1941 or 1938?

Although armoured vehicles were subjected to quite a lot of damages; I would rather have my model finished with some washes and rust, just like yours. Anyhow, that is maybe my humble opinion.

I'll bring the model to club tomorrow...

Dottore

Dottore wrote:I'll bring the model to club tomorrow...

Dottore

I wanna see it too!!

Needless say I'm over the moon with the Bronze...

Dottore