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Tamiya SEP Abrams Tusk 2 1/35 opinions

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Tamiya SEP Abrams Tusk 2 1/35 opinions
Posted by Pvt.Bob on Saturday, January 3, 2015 10:07 PM

Greetings. I am absolutely new to armor modeling and I've just received this wonderful kit as a gift.

From reading online resources, the thing that I should definitely pay attention to is replicating slip-on coating, which is a texture not included in the model.

Are there techniques to replicate this surface effect? Also what are some good resin kits and add-on etched detail parts I can acquire.

All your help will be appreciated.

Tags: Abrams , armor , Paint , Tamiya , tank
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  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, January 5, 2015 6:53 PM
It is a very nice kit, but does need the anti-slip, as you already noted. Here is my technique using Rystoleum Texture Spray. http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=50656 As far as resin, it doesn't need any. Eduard makes a few decent general PE sets for it, as do a few others like Voyager, Lion Roar, etc... I don't think it really needs more than some nice PE mesh for the stowage baskets.

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Posted by Pvt.Bob on Monday, January 5, 2015 8:38 PM

Thank you for that, it seems very helpful.

In the event I don't find terra-cota rustoleum, are there other alternatives?

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Posted by Pvt.Bob on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 12:33 PM

Never mind I found cans of it. It's pretty cool, it sprays nice on top of plastic. I'm going to try to find a pattern for applying coats over Italeri's M109A6 Paladin (which coincidentaly was repackaged by Tamiya).

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  • From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Posted by RBaer on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 2:00 PM

I use Liquitex Artists' medium with sand, but Gino's method is much better for the finer, US anti-slip, and easier too.

There are other brands of texture paints available, my local ACE has them in their own label cans now.

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Posted by Pvt.Bob on Friday, January 9, 2015 7:50 PM

How accurate would it be to install Duke antennas on a post-2007 TUSK 2 build?

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