1/35 Meng VsKfz 617

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Hi,

Completed my Gundam recently and thinking to venture in military. I have been thinking to make one myself using acrylic paints as seen in youtube so managed to get myself a few AK and Tamiya acrylic paints. I bought the 1/35 Meng 617 few months ago and wanted to build one myself. It is a weird looking minesweeper vehicle and my first tank too! From this build, I wanted to try the following

1. Chipping
2. Rusting
3. Weathering like streaking filter, washes and fading
4. Preshading Panzer Grey and other layers

Here is my WIP and hope to get some feedback.

Here is the picture of the box.



Bought the Windex to thin my acrylic paint. It is better than water because amonia and fast dry too.




Build and minimum putty seam line. Lost a few very small hooks : ( . Not easy to built.



Few parts to spray versus my usual Gundam parts!


Spray with Gaia Oxide Red as base.




Sponge technique using enamel Hull Red


Sponge using other acrylic rust color from AK




Filtering to unify the colour using Winston Oil Brown


Time to chip using AK chipping effect.


Mist coat with Tamiya white


Time to chip using warm water and stiff brush





Wash with Rust from AK



Work doesn't end here. Still need a lot of work to create more realistic rust here so will continue next week. Thanks for viewing.

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Day 2

Done with the light spray of AK Light rust on the tanks to create a more realistic rust. I also use Tamiya light grey on the upper part for more realistic rust. I will use oil and enamel (maybe rust pigment) tonight for finishing. Will post more. Thanks.





Done with the final touch up using light rust and dark rust oil, rust enamel from AK, Vallejo rust pigment.

Here are the pictures

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Here are the rest of the steps I have taken to make one.

Using AK panzer Color Modulation. Faced some problems using the colours and mainly some of the paints have dried off so force to use whichever paints possible.


Masking using Tamiya tape and mask sol. Have to be careful not to ruin my previous paint.


Painted using AK and here are the colors. Painted using different shades.



Here is the end result. Look ok from here and have to apply filter from here to achieve better result


Filter using blue


Once filtered, apply hull red old rust using sponge technique.


Washing those detail and raised up parts.


Streaking!



Streaking result, quite ok. Ok for first timer.


Applied fuel and engine oil.


Overall result. I quite like the result so far. Worked few hours till 1am to achieve all these. Gained experience from here.





The next day which is today. Ready to paint the wheel and track. Since the theme is rust, I will paint it in rust and mud.





Applied pigment onto the wheel. First time so don't know what to expect.


Done for whole afternoon and it is tiring yet rewarding. My wife likes it.


Ok, that's all for now. I like this kit. It is not too difficult for me (although I lost quite a few small parts during assembly) and the painting is only limited to your imagination. I alway want to try rusting technique that I learnt so this kit is good. Tried acrylic colour which more more accurate grey compare to others. Will post the finished pictures later. Thanks

[Phoon]

First of all, thanks for sharing your works, techs,and mediums with us. WIPS are clear and precise of its content! Not forgetting, your works are superbly executed. Keep sharing man!