D,

I forgot to ask you....but what did you use for the rope holding down the bed rolls? It looks great.

templar1099

Well you've jumped way ahead of the curve with this one,beautifully rendered.

 

Marcus McBean

Very nice work, nice clean paint job. Now you need to have about twenty guys hanging on for the ride.

 

Hunter

D,

I forgot to ask you....but what did you use for the rope holding down the bed rolls? It looks great.

 

ManCityFan

 

 

Hunter

D,

I forgot to ask you....but what did you use for the rope holding down the bed rolls? It looks great.

 

 

 

 

That is scale rope from a company called Syren.  GMorrison gave me a link to the site.  If you look further down to the techniques heading, I think, there is a thread called "making and painting scale rope", and the link is in the thread.  It really is a quality item.  Used by the ship guys for rigging.

 

 

Your T34 came out great. Like the paint and tracks. The rope added the perfect finishing  touch.

RX7850

Your T34 came out great. Like the paint and tracks. The rope added the perfect finishing  touch.

 

Dwayne, This is a fine build of armor. Great job!!

I'm not too convinced I'll conquer the armor weathering/finishing learning curve as well or as quickly as you obviously have. I've broken some parts and am waiting for Tamiya to get a fret in stock so I can order it. Several more weeks of patience ..... .

1943Mike

Dwayne, This is a fine build of armor. Great job!!

I'm not too convinced I'll conquer the armor weathering/finishing learning curve as well or as quickly as you obviously have. I've broken some parts and am waiting for Tamiya to get a fret in stock so I can order it. Several more weeks of patience ..... .

 

ManCityFan

This is a close up of the barrel.  Hey Mike Brindos, I used Tamiya Weatherline to darken the barrel so it doesn't look like a burnt match stick.  Much more subtle, and looks much better than my first attempt.  Thank you for that suggestion.

 

You're more than welcome, D. It does look good! Not too much and not too little.

As far as your oil concerns, subtle is best anyways and I think you nailed it!

This is one good looking T-34!

Looks great!  The barrel soot looks nice and subtle.

Nice work, she came out great! 

Thanks Mike, Chad and Gamera.  Pleased to have received my first GB badge with this build.  I received lots of help with this build from the GB guys and forum members.  Too many to list.  Some were direct suggestions, and some were from checking out WIP's, so you wouldn't even know you helped me out. 

Thanks again for the encouragement and excellent suggestions!

D

Little late to comment.... 

I saw you say the plastic bedrolls did not conform well to the model. I would really recommend to try using kneadatite (aka green stuff). It's a 2 part epoxy and can be molded into great looking bags/tarps with creaseas. Use water to prevent it from sticking, and use a toothpick/xacto knife for creases. Mold it to shape of model where you're placing it, then brush paint the roll. Weather it up with pigments/drybrush and its good to go. 

Also great work on the tracks, they seem very nicely weathered. It's subtle but looks very realistic!

Kien

Kien

Little late to comment.... 

I saw you say the plastic bedrolls did not conform well to the model. I would really recommend to try using kneadatite (aka green stuff). It's a 2 part epoxy and can be molded into great looking bags/tarps with creaseas. Use water to prevent it from sticking, and use a toothpick/xacto knife for creases. Mold it to shape of model where you're placing it, then brush paint the roll. Weather it up with pigments/drybrush and its good to go. 

Also great work on the tracks, they seem very nicely weathered. It's subtle but looks very realistic!

 

Kien

 

I have watched a couple of youtube vids on how to work with green stuff (I have some on my bench....unopened, but ready to use), and this is definitely a skill I want to learn.

Thanks again for the comments, and it seems we were thinking the same thing.  

D

Sweet looking build D. Great job all around. 

The bedrolls are really easy to make with rolled bathroom tissue, soaked with water thinned Elmers tinted with Craft acrylics and a little imagination.