Type 59 [1/72]
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Let´s see what I can get out of that...
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I present: The Great Ol´Pile o´Plastic... actually not that many parts
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Hull details are okay-ish, but some work will help to achieve a (hopefully) better result
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Note the weird "sunken-in" protective armored cover on the rear right of the engine deck. This was one of the factors that led me to replace the whole deck with a part from a revell T-55A
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Turret is accurate for a T-54A or Type 59. Not a T-54B however, as it is missing the IR-searchlight and the new gunners sight.
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After a good ammount of saw usage, I replaced the rear engine deck. I also did texture on the glacis plate
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Cast texture on the turret. I still hope it didn´t turn out too "heavy"
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I filled the periscope-openings with plastic sheet as I rather like them painted dark than having big holes in my models 🙂
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The plate overlap seems to be correct for a Type 59... any experts on Type 59 hull-welding here?
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I replaced some of the more visible parts holding the fenders with new ones from plastic
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My absolutely crude replacement work in all its beauty... oh well :/
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It does look somewhat Type 59-esque however, you gotta leave me that 🙂
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Jumping forward in the build, I added some details from wire
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Flame cuts on the front came out a little weird due to the putty scraping of differently than the plastic
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Again you can enjoy crude weld-replication on the turret. Maybe I should find some epoxy putty that lets you d o precise welds in this scale. Stretched sprue doesn´t realy work that well for this imho
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Edit: a shovel has been added from my bits-box
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Additional details toward the rear of the vehicle and most importantly: stronk tenk need stronk log
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The wiring on the side is a connection between the fuel-tanks. You can also get a glimpse at some of the details on the turret
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Headlight-cage with electronic wires 🙂
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I probably misplaced the hooky things on the turret a little so please don´t burn me on a stake for that 😉
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Doesn´t look that bad from above... hehe
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A little "tarp" was placed on the fender to consider wether/where storage can be added
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There are several places where I could potentially put some tarp or maybe some ammo boxes if I find some among my spare parts
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Although I wanted to use no dedicated accesssories, I ended up grabbing some ABER ammo belts out of my stash and added them to the machinegun. Little details such as this can in fact have a trendemous effect on the finished model
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The whole thing got primed in black. You can also see how I grabbed different spare parts (shovel, tracks, jerry can) and clustered them around the vehicle
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I did some wood-grain texture on the wooden board on the front of the vehicle. It came out quite well and I´m thinking about later painting it in a wood color to make it stand out further
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I am thinking about painting the jerry can in blue later to give a touch of color to the tank ...
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The turret detail came out quite ok, though I´m not 100% happy with the weld detail. Yet making a mess trying to sculpt them from milliput or something is less than desirable so it should work the way it is
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Finished the primary painting in one session. Unfortunatly, I was so carried away that I forgot to put the camo onto chipping fluid, so I guess I just have to do little more handpainted chips 🙂
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I went for a three-layer-approach with the base color:
1) Dark coat from desert yellow and earth on the lower parts/shadow-areas
2) Desert yellow and a little buff for most of the vehicle
3) Buff for highlights
1) Dark coat from desert yellow and earth on the lower parts/shadow-areas
2) Desert yellow and a little buff for most of the vehicle
3) Buff for highlights
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To be fair, I tied some of the effects described in the previous picture together by spraying thinned paint over it
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I then freehanded the camo with a green tone and rather thinned down paint. Maybe I will highlight some individual places before moving on to the next steps
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The black primer + light base color combination really brings out the deep grooves on the splash board 🙂
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I might have to enhance the shadows of the engine deck a little using balck paint, but there´s plenty of time for that later in the process
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All the four colors I used for the primary paintjob (excluding primer)
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It does start to look somewhat like the original now... these tanks look very similar to iraqi ones, but aren´t quite similar.
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Did some further highlights on parts of the green using a mixture containing the green and a light cockpit-color to give a dusted and bleached appearance.
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Also I used pure buff to do some highlighting and distressing on the tan parts of the vehicle. I first planned to use chipping fluid to create an uneven effect, but I think I´m going to continue with this 🙂
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Thats the primary paintjob from five colors. Just missing some brushpainted highlights and then I can fix everything with varnish in preparation for the weathering
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I set my pressure on the airbrush a little to high which led to some of the diluted buff-color spilling on one side of the turret, but it partially worked in my favour (lucky me). All "off" looking parts will be tied in during the weathering stages
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A rather large ammount of light colored spots are found on the turret, as this is one of the most visually exposed parts
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Some paint spills will require some weathering to tone them down. While I usually repaint areas with larger painting mistakes, I just leave those very small errors as they are easily hidden later 😉
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Some brushpainted Light Wood color (roughly similar to Buff) provided a highlight for some parts
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Opinions about painting contrasts such as this may (rightfully) differ, but I think that ,considering the smaller size of the model and the weathering that is yet to come, the application of such highlights helps to make for a convincing appearance that follows the look of the original and is pleasant to view
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Track links are also basecoated. Experts will note, that those parts may not match the T-54 tracks, but I devided against ripping them off again as that would just bring problems 🙂
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I did go for a dark green can, as blue looked a little off
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The log was also painted with a translucent coat of a basic tan color. As it will get drybrushed and washed later on, that basecoat is sufficient
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I also basecoated the shovel handle and painted periscopes etc. in grey. I guess I can finally start weathering now 🙂
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After being given a clear coat, I speckled dust-colored enamel washes onto the vehicle. those where thinned and the intention behind this is to distress the surface somewhat further.
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The turret recieved less speckling than the hull, as it would naturally catch less splashes and the vertical turret sides would be spared from things moving around them.
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I added some further dry-earth splashes (visible on the front fenders). The paint I used for this has some texture in it which makes for a rather realistic appearance. A wash has aslo been applied to enhance the details
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I did in fact play around with the wash to thinner ratio to achieve not only a pinwash, but also darken up some areas around the fenders and prevent some contrasts from getting too strong for my taste.
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Did a two-stage chipping using a ligther color to do the less deep scratches and then filled some with a dark grey color
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The DShK has also been fitted
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The log was drybrushed with the "light wood" color by AMMO
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I mixed tracks wash and a rust wash to get a really dark and slightly rusty tone. this was applied over/around some chips and quite heavily around the exhaust. This part will later be darkened further by spraying thin black paint over it to simulate smoke residue
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The grilles on the rear plate will also recieve a shadow using black color
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Some dry-earth and dust washes have been used to give the lower hull a weathered appearance
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I will hopefully manage to get the rubber band tracks fitted properly...
Коментари
7 20 September 2020, 16:48
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I´m afraid I have to put this on hold for a bit :/ Whatever I am trying, those rubber tracks won´t really do what they are supposed to. This includes the paint not sticking to them properly and them having too much tension to look nice. At least that means that I can collect some experience with resin aftermatket tracks.. hopefully
11 October 2020, 15:16
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My "converted" Type 59 from Trumpeters T-54B (really a T-54A). To be honest, I think the kit is exactly the same as their dedicated Type 59-offering.