Excellent as always. I am working on her little sister T-55. I will be studying your techniques here in detail.

Subfizer, glad you liked it.  Yes, I wanted to have that "cooked" look...not sure it came out right but aaa...works for me.

Thank you very much.

Hi bigjsd, thank you.

I dont consdier myself an expert by far.... Ima lso a beginner, just 2 years in the hobby.

So I also have a lot to learn...

Thanks for your appreciation.

So desert weather beaten that if you touch it, you'll burn your hand. Well done!

Karl,

You know Im your fan... so your words always make me try better for the next model, which is good. I still have a long way to be at your level and  thank yhou very much with the compliments.

See you around.

Stikpusher, my friend, thanks for your comments, I wanted a more sublte dust effect but ...aaahhh.... the experiment went wrong, but found out how to scratch paint...  

Thank you very much.

Hi Rbaer,

Thanks for your appreciation on the base, yep, I did had to use almost all of my pigment fixer, $$$$, and lots of white glue. Yes the sand is hard to the touch, I did not wanted to worry for a breeze of air to take away the dio...heheheh...

Thanks again,

qcarr, I consider myself also a rookie, I've been doing this for the past 2 years versus some of the other masters in here which have decades of experience.

I think Im still doing a lot of experimentation, I still have not done any kit with hairspray technique, so I have a looong way, plus I can only build 2 to 3 kits per year....I need to retire...but....I stil have another 25 years of work ahead of me before I can do that.

Thanks for your comments

Gamera!

Thanks buddy.

Holy crap, Hugo! I never want to hear you make another bad comment about your model building skills, because that it AWESOME! The weathering looks perfect, and the base perfectly suits the finish!

Great!!!

That looks great Garzon! Especially on that base to put everything into proper context! Very well done sir!

Hugo, excellent base, really sets the model off.

Well done!

Wow, amazing job and definitely inspiring for a rookie hacker like me!  Thanks for sharing!!

Hey Garzonh, congrads on your well deserved wins!

Beautiful work on the T-62, everything works! Just a great job all around.

Thank you Bish, I tried some "technics" to add dust, didnt came out as expected but oh well, you try and you fail and you try again.

Nicely finished build and the weathering really fits into that scene.

Jack,

Yep, I tried on the photos, I live in a crowded city, so getting pictures without houses in the back is troublesome.

Thank you very much for your kindness.

Eric,

Thanks, what can I say coming from an expert...

Scarecrow Joe

Thank you sir

Hugo, great job on this, honestly it is both an inspiration and something to aspire to.  

Weathering looks spot on, and great choice on the photo backdrop, it all combines into a very realistic presentation.

regards,

Jack

Well done Hugo. I really like the weathering, it seems to fit the vehicle perfectly.

Just....Excellent!

Soorryyyyy....it took forever to finish this model. So many things going on, work, life, travel, stuf... 

Anyway, I was able to finish the model in a nice desert setting to make it look abandoned..

I really like how it turned out. I was even able to finish it on time for the regional IPMS contest. It did not won any prizes... which is weird for me since I really look the cooked, fading color...HOWEVER...I also put a couple of other kits:

• My dio of the Hummel: WON 3rd place in dio.
• The Renault FT 17 WON 2nd place!!   in armor before 1939

Also, lots and lots of model stores...too hard to keep my wallet inside my pants..

Thanks for stoping by...

It did turn out well. for a quick base you lay out some sheet plastic cut like large concrete slabs, slightly stippled and painted concrete. or put it in a u shaped hull down revetment.

Truly nasty looking, I love it.

I've got the same kit in the stash, and about five pounds of old Verlinden AM stuff, starting to get the urge.....

Ohhhhhh very cool, big kudos sir!

M.Brindos, thank you very much, yep I did not want to add too much rust since its a dry place, mostly is all sun burned and lots of dust.

Disastermaster, appreciate your comments, photos are very bad, I hope to have better once I build the small dio.

CarnivourousDonut, yeah, it is a cheap, very very easy to build, I had a lot of troubles with the rubber tracks they seem a little small for the lenght needed so the return idler came off. Lost of glue were needed. Thanks for commenting.

Exceptionally well done, I just picked up one for cheap at a show, will tackle it later.