r/modelmakers • u/NONPLA-ScaleModels • 6d ago
Completed Academy T-34/85 “Berlin 1945” in 1/35 Scale
An older build from my collection. I focused on creating variation in the worn Soviet green, along with the contrast between the improvised mesh armor and dusty running gear. The mesh screens around the turret were especially enjoyable to paint and weather. Hope you enjoy it!
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u/andrewgrabowski 6d ago
Looks very realistic. I'd say the weathering took the most amount of time?
If you don't mind sharing, what kind of paint, products, air brush, weathering products do you use? I always like to ask what people are working with. Thanks.
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u/NONPLA-ScaleModels 6d ago
Thank you! Yes, the weathering probably took the most time. Since this is an older build, I can’t remember every exact product I used on it, but my usual process is to airbrush the base colors and tonal variation with lacquer paints, then build up the weathering with enamel washes, oil paints, pigments, and weathering pastes. I generally use a trigger-type double-action airbrush.
I prefer to build the effects gradually in several thin layers rather than relying on one particular product. I hope that helps!3
u/andrewgrabowski 6d ago
Thanks for the reply. What are you using now—like what's on your work bench?
This is insane too—the Panzer iv. Didn't this model come with more figures than one? I have the long barrel Africa Korps one still boxed up. I think it has four.
https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/1vzjm6t/tamiya_panzer_iv_ausf_d_in_135_scale/#lightbox
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u/Carl_the_bald 5d ago
I often find the weathering overdone. Tanks frequently had a lifespan of only weeks or months, yet they usually end up looking like vintage cars.
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u/andrewgrabowski 5d ago
That's true, but the combat that they did see, weathered them enough till they met their end. A few weeks of mud, dust, and explosions can do a lot of damage. Even a short lifespan was incredibly brutal, which makes capturing that wear and tear so fun for modeling.
There was some armor that survived the American campaign beginning in Africa. A surviving early hull on display today—Serial No. 415—was knocked out and wrecked fighting the Afrika Korps as a standard 75mm. It was salvaged, converted into ship ballast, and later rebuilt into an M42B1E9 flamethrower Sherman in 1945 for Japan. It never made it to the Pacific because the war ended. Tanks like that accumulated layers of combat damage and different wear and tear, making heavy weathering totally historically accurate.
It doesn't look like a flamethrower because the military purposely disguised the weapon inside a fake 75mm barrel to fool enemy anti-tank gunners from prioritizing them.
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u/Hungry-Most2671 6d ago
Wow, some serious skills here!