reconron
Active member
Re: T 34 and German trench
Yes AND no.
There is this thing of years of oxidation for sure!
BUT....under Stalin's U.S.S.R they used sometimes some really bad armor-plate with these dents in it,they didn't care much about the quality of it....If a tank was ready they put it into action as soon as possible,there are cases known that some tanks even didn't get painted and went into battle in it's bare metal,by the way.
For the people who know this Tamiya 'ChTZ' kit,know that the turret allready has this rough texture.
I have sanded the plate a bit,like Tom said,but ofcourse you don't see that very clear in the pics.Think it will look ok when I have finished this one.
Would not use this method as heavy on U.S or Western European tanks as I did on this Russki one.
Greetings,Ron.
Very cool Ron, good stuff but..
I wonder if a factory fresh tank would be this pitted, would this be years of oxidation at work?
Yes AND no.
There is this thing of years of oxidation for sure!
BUT....under Stalin's U.S.S.R they used sometimes some really bad armor-plate with these dents in it,they didn't care much about the quality of it....If a tank was ready they put it into action as soon as possible,there are cases known that some tanks even didn't get painted and went into battle in it's bare metal,by the way.
For the people who know this Tamiya 'ChTZ' kit,know that the turret allready has this rough texture.
I have sanded the plate a bit,like Tom said,but ofcourse you don't see that very clear in the pics.Think it will look ok when I have finished this one.
Would not use this method as heavy on U.S or Western European tanks as I did on this Russki one.
Greetings,Ron.