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*HELP- How to make a tank look like it took a hit
Posted by ww298kscope on Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:03 PM

anyone have any links or instructions on how to make a tank look like it got shot by another tank/ field gun? I don't mean destroyed but just damged..... shoudl I use black paint or what?remember- It is just a MINOR hit!!!

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I dont have an airbrush

want it to be cheap

able to be done with normal products and not specialty things...

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  • From: Yuma, AZ
Posted by Ripcord on Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:21 PM

I supposed a shotgun is out of the question.  Big Smile

Mike

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  • From: Yuma, AZ
Posted by Ripcord on Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:31 PM

/forums/t/35021.aspx?PageIndex=1

Here is a shot of a Stug hit.  I found quite a few sites of tank damage.  Now thinking about it, I may have missed the question.  You want to know how to make tank damage as step by step?

Mike

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Posted by ww298kscope on Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:16 PM

I`ll save that technique for a french tank Wink

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Posted by ww298kscope on Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:21 PM

well, I just wanted to know of a technique like "heat it up and then slowly push something into it to make an indent like a shell hit and paint it black" or something like that.....actually- that sounds like a good idea Yes

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Posted by ww298kscope on Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:23 PM

CORRECTION- I have an airbrush but no experience..... any links to some good thread on airbrush techniques for military models would be helpfull!!!(but please still keep in mind the orignal point of this thread.)

-Matt

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  • From: Washington, DC
Posted by TomZ2 on Sunday, June 26, 2011 5:45 PM

ww298kscope

It is just a MINOR hit!!!

Id start with a rat-tailed file & some silver (not black) paint.

Bigger hole, coarser rat-tailed file & some gray (not black) wash.

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  • From: MN
Posted by 101stAirborne on Sunday, June 26, 2011 6:31 PM

Make a hole with an x-acto knife, heat the x-acto knife and melt the sides around the hole. 

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  • From: Bedford, Indiana
Posted by AceHawkDriver on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:36 AM

if you are looking for a technique to give you the result of a "glancing blow" you might try using a dremel (don't know if you have one but most people do). 

using the attachments, i have used the engraving tip that came with the dremel, you can make a gouge.  using sanding sticks, sandpaper, whatever you can then smooth out the burrs surrounding the gouge you made.  you can vary the severity of the blow by the depth that you make the gouge.  just be careful to not overdo it! 

as far as colors go, dark greys would work best, even (depending on your basecoat color, dark browns mixed in as well. 

not sure if this is the look you're going for but thought it might help.

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Brian

        

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