This is the old Tamiya T-62. It was a freebie, and I was lazy so I didn't go nuts on it. Assembly went quickly. I did grind chips out of the road wheels after seeing that trick in a Shep Paine book I ordered. I had leftover PollyScale Foliage Green paint. I had thought it was more blue and duller, but it ended up being a color very reminiscent of those cheap plastic army men. We all know the Russians pretty much splashed on any shade of green, but this color bothered me. I fretted for a while on how to tone that down, but in the end I just slopped on a burnt sienna sludge wash and left it to dry. Didn't even remove the excess. That did the job but it's probably not modeling according to Hoyle.
On top of the wash, I hit the tank with a silver drybrushing to simulate fresh wear. Then I dabbed on some chalk pastels of various tones to simulate grime, oil and smoke smudges. As a final bit of weathering, I cranked up the airbrush to dust it with a lightened coat of the burnt sienna.
The base is a homemade frame of wood, with plaster cloth dappled with a 2nd layer of plaster mud. I intended to show a Russian tank in a nice European mud pit of red clay, no particular location in mind. I sprayed the plaster with Model Master Leather as a base coat, then shaded and highlighted with various shades of that and various shades of the burnt sienna again.
It needs a few touchups, but I'm callin' it done. Here's some pics:
IMG_0883 by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_0893 by theirishavenger, on Flickr
You can see the original color of the Foliage Green on the underside of the hatch here:
IMG_0905 by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_0883 - Copy by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_0893 - Copy by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_0896 by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_0906 - Copy by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_0906 by theirishavenger, on Flickr