Iraqi T55 wreck nearly complete, lots of new pics

Camo, Edmund, Bill and Bodge thanks guys, glad you like how that one is coming out.

I spent a few hours yesterday and today on the Iraqi T55 and here is what I've done so far.

Both T's are close to being done and still need tracks. I test fitted the Tamiya tracks but they don't fit so I may order some MK tracks. I also started a T34/85 that will be an old negleted monument on a concrete petistal.

Hope you guys aren't getting too bored with these two!!

Rob

Yep totaly bored now with how talented you are, now shuv off to another site and give me ten years to catch up.

Wow...You're a wreck-expert....:)

Really good work....

Hey Rob,

Looking great for wreackage anyway!

I still find it hard to believe that your wrecks are made out of styrene!  I picked up a Tamiya T34/85 at the Show yesterday for $5.00 thar I could use as a painting and weathering test bed.

Keep it coming Rob!

scratchmod wrote:

Alright Rob, now you're just tickin' me off...dang-it this is good work!  Seriously nice effects going on here and those green highlights are AWESOME!...be sure they don't get lost in the "weathering"...or should I say rusting.  You may even want to bury some green and try to get the same effect in an area or two that would be protected from fire (if that's what causud the wreck)  or was shielded from the sun and weather.  That green is so powerful in the composition I'd run with it some more...just my ...any chance or place you could put bright red?  How about a fire extinguisher...there would be some irony, huh?

It's really hard to critique the extensive rusting because I have no frame of reference but what I do think might help is some grease and grime.  Some thick raw umber & black washes in the corners...also some leaks from different areas like the engine compartment, axles, lugnuts, etc.  How about spilled/leaking fuel stains too?  I may be ahead of you on these comments and you may have already planned for this stuff but I think a bit of sheen will be a nice contrast to all the matte finishes...

Tour-De-Force work, I can't wait to see more!!!

Thanks guys, 

SMJ..I do plan on doing most of what you suggested and thought about graffiti. This will all have to wait until I've solved the tracks situation. I tried the Tamiya tracks but they are too short, I started cleaning up the kit tracks but I don't like them much. I will most likely order some Master club tracks for these two and the Tamiya T55, when funds are availible.

Don't be surprised when I start post a new thread soon, I have an idea for a T34/85 then maybe a Sherman. Yep a Sherman, my first OD tank. I was also thinking about finaly paing that Sd.Ah 116 that I built but never painted. I need something to keep me occupied until the Trumpeter T62 comes out.

Rob

Rob, I'm speechless. truely amazing.

If you want info on T34's PM me or to mail terry35@gmail.com  and I will send you my codes to an uploaded image file on T34's.

Terry. 

Thanks Terry and also for the offer, I may take you up on it some time. The T34 will be basically out of the box, nothing special.

Well I hit a dead zone today, I spent the first hour in the hobby room and had no clue what to do there, just could not get my A** in gear. Then I think screwed up on the Iraqi T55 , I always wanted to do a wreck with some graffiti, after DS so I tried it and I think I may have ruined the model. I sprayed some unit names including the one I was in ( 23 Eng 3AD ). Now I don't know if I should add more or not!!

Top things off I sold my Abrams and PZIV today , I kinda was getting attached to them. Told the wife I need new kits now to heal the pain . I think I see TWO Trumpeter T62's in the near future. 

Any hoot, what do you guys think, stop here or add more???

 Maybe some  in yellow!!

Rob

Rob im not going to add any advice or critasizm as im not qualified to  only to say that your work is probably the best work ive seen to date by any modeller. Anyway i couldnt critasize anything anyway.

I saw your stuff for sale Rob as its on the same place  ive got some for sale,well done that looked like a fair price.

Hey Rob,

I really liked the wrecks without the graffiti but I am biased I can't stand graffiti in real life either!

Maybe me being offended by the @@sh@le that spray paints on something that isn't his is what you are trying to accomplish with your art.

It's not ruined by any means though!

It is just my opinion I am sure there are many people who will weigh in with the opposite opinion but at the end of the day it has to sit on your shelf and it's your expression.

What do you prefer?

Thanks Bodge. It was tough selling these two for some reason. I normally don't get attached to my models because they're usually gone quick and it's onto better things and more fun.

Edmund, we think alike brother, I hate graffit too, really pisses me off when I see it. This one is kinda like theropy for me. It was my unit, and I had good friends in the others written on the model. We never painted anything on wrecks, no time for that, we had to blow ammo dumps and then build a compound in Kuwait. I went sorry.

Both T55's are sitting next to each other and well one needed some color so they don't get mixed up. 

Rob

Rob, Marc, Chris and Bill Thanks, I needed the confirmation. I wanted add some color but not over do it and distract from the rust effects and weathering, as Bill stated. It was a cion toss, do it or don't do it, and now I see the model completely different.

Has anyone ever used the Masterclub tracks? I wanted to order some for these two  but don't know if I should buy MK's or the MC tracks. I may bring these two to the AMPS East show so I want them to look OK.

Rob

 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rob,

Spectacular work, very reminiscent of a visit I made to an Iraqi AFV grave yard just North of Baghdad in 2005.  Most of the damaged AFV's there were from the Iran / Iraq war & the first Gulf war.   Your rust & weathering look spot on.

Gary

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That's to prove I am watching this thread, but am speechless at your abilities and effects.   Amazing.

Understated is better than gushing, but you have an amazin talent, sir.

My sincere thanks for taking the time to share. 

scratchmod wrote:

Any hoot, what do you guys think, stop here or add more??? Rob

  Mannnnn, you are a freak! At this rate you're gonna be a legend here; of this I have NOoo doubt.

 I just don't see how you could attach any more bells or whistles (so to speak).......  well, maaaybe somehow dry-rot the mantlet cover a bit (which I understand would be difficult to acheive at this stage) and (fairly easy) "kill the shine" on it.

Taking it to the next level would definitely entail some surrounding groundwork.

This is like the candy in the window of the candy store.

It's  a b s o l u t e l y "delicious".

  I've been told by some here that I over-weather my projects. Well, that's history now  'cause I think I'm gonna ramp it up a few notches. This masterpiece may just be what I need to get my butt out of the ditch it's been deeply impacted into lately.

 My first two sentences are the best description of how impressed I am with your vision and ability.

 For me, this work demonstrates best what modeling is all about.

PS-Where can I get one of those tiny spraycans?

disastermaster wrote:

I've been told by some here that I over-weather my projects. Well, that's history now  'cause I think I'm gonna ramp it up a few notches. This masterpiece may just be what I need to get my butt out of the ditch it's been deeply impacted into lately.

Uh oh Rob...you lit a fire under Sir D!...that's a good thing though, I was wondering what he was up to...

Thanks guys for the kind words and sorry that it's taken this long to reply.

Well the guests from germany left today so I will have some time to model again, atleast til the inlaws arrive on the 10th.

I started on the tracks for the Iraqi wreck today and have one side done. Now I'm thinking of stopping there and maybe taking that lenth of track apart and maybe showing it thrown off the sprocket and wheels. 

The gears are turning and I'm back in the swing of things again. I thank you guys for motivating me  by seeing all the great models that are being posted here. Now I'm ready for a SERIOUS wreck with a new rusting technique.

Rob