James, you're as talented on Armor as you are on cars. Excellent weathering and a superb presentation all around! And even an excellent figure!

You guys should see his cars. Honestly. AMAZING stuff!

Great work on the weathering. This gives me lots of ideas for an M7 Preist I am working on now. I really like the concrete / soil mixure with the washes.

Some of the work in progress photos did not post, says they have been moved or removed.

This Dragon / Cyber Hobby kit is interesting. Almost all the M4A4 were produced for Lead-Lease to other Allied countries. The US did not use them in Europe, but his kit come with US Army riders from NW Europe and marking from a SW Asia tank. A strange combo of a kit.

WOW,, really nice build; love the figure...cheers....Kenny

Really sharp job, love how she came out!

Esp nice job on the figures.

Hi guys, I'm calling this one done, I would like to add a spare wheel and some fuel cans on the front plank but dont have any at the moment.

thanks for looking.

Nice work all around on this one. The stowage on the rear deck is a nice touch as well.

I made some stowage on the  back, i used Styrofoam and tinfoil. 

Impressive.  Proof that you don't need expensive pigments and products to produce quality results.  Well done, Sir!

BackBlast

what did you use for mud and grime between the bogies and on the wheels.  That looks great!

 

BackBlast

concrete, mixed with white glue and water.  dirt on the bogies themselves is oil washes.

made up a simple base

Hitting it with a gun metal or black mix is generally the way I start.  I am using the Friulmodel white metal tracks this time, and someone said to try blacken it i believe.  i like the way yours turned out...just the right amount of weathering...also, what did you use for mud and grime between the bogies and on the wheels.  That looks great!

BackBlast

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Very nice.  I tend to favor understated weathering like that.  Nothing against the heavy stuff, just personal preference.  Can you list the paints and wx techniques/products, please?

thanks

for paint I started with flat black base, just spray bombed it , then tamiya XF-58, and mixed in X-2 to make the color lighter and lighter for the CM,

next I cover the whole tank with burnt umber oil color, right from the tube, brush on a nice layer. then wipe it off and blend it around with a brush.  this changes the tone of the base color and also gives cool effects.

everything else is done with artist oils. just cheap ones from the dollar store.. streaking etc..  dust is just layers of washes.

all the little scratches are made with a pointy brush and acrylic paint, a red brown black mix.                           

for the thicker mud I use some concrete and mix with white glue and water then stick it on. you can change the colors after with oil washes to make some spots look wet or dry. I use this on the lower hull around the tracks in there.

heres a progress shot to show the concrete mix, and you can layer it on, or use the splatter technique with the airbrush and paint brush if you want to build up a lot of layers.

i went with less is more

Very nice.  I tend to favor understated weathering like that.  Nothing against the heavy stuff, just personal preference.  Can you list the paints and wx techniques/products, please?

WOW top notch build! great job!

BackBlast

GREAT JOB....I'm trying to finish two kits, one a Sherman.  Are those tracks out of the box as well?  That's generally where I have my problems...painting and weathering the tracks.

yeah kit DS tracks,  I like them , I find you need to go around all the edges with tamiya extra thin to remove molding lines but other wise no issues.

these in particular I had to remove 2 track links to make them the right length

GREAT JOB....I'm trying to finish two kits, one a Sherman.  Are those tracks out of the box as well?  That's generally where I have my problems...painting and weathering the tracks.