Luft46's Blog

So here is the main part. I have been doing just some basic weathering, putting a few scratch marks in as well as standard things like a dark green wash on the body etc, mostly techniques from 1.35 modelling but writ much much smaller and less is definitely more. A lot will not show in the photos but in real life are there.

Yesterday wasnt too bad but 45 degrees Celsius is a bit much with no modelling today.

Here’s where I am up to on the first of the KV2’s approaching completion.

From bottom to top. This is after the rubber band tracks were first painted with Tamiya rattle can Matt Black. Lacquer paints will at least adhere to rubber band tracks. This was following by a track colour and 4 or 5 rust colours from AK and Mig

The next photo is me stirring a bottle of AK rust. These all require stirring but dry in an hour. The MIG stuff is well mixed but requires a day between coats.

I put these on in random patterns all over the tracks to try for the right appearance.

The next photo shows all the paints with the MIG tracks pigment jar at the front.

The last photo shows the MIG pigment fixer that you apply after putting the track pigment on. You just use a brush to flow it on and leave. With the pigment on it covers over much of the rust making it look less stark. Next stop is the dirt pigment.