Tamiya SU-122 winter wash build

[KalebB]

Chose this kit as my next build, hoping to be a quick and simple one


Kit fell together, as expected being a Tamiya Kit and within a few hours it was ready for primer


Then after 24 hours of cure time, I have now given everything a coat of Vallejo Model Air Russian 4BO Green


Next up will be painting the rubber on the road wheels, a spray of washable white and then the weathering

Cheers all

[digger303]

Charging along, your making Tamiya look like child's play

[KalebB]

Charging along, your making Tamiya look like child's play

Well when comparing it to those dragon kits I bought the other day and peeked a look inside, they are!

[Hawkmoon]

Looking good and Dragon sometimes add more parts than are needed for the tank your kit is building as the sprues can cover all different marks of the same vehicle . I bet you may get quite a few unused items that may come in handy for dio's ect in the future

[KalebB]

Looking good and Dragon sometimes add more parts than are needed for the tank your kit is building as the sprues can cover all different marks of the same vehicle . I bet you may get quite a few unused items that may come in handy for dio's ect in the future

I've noticed which is fine since what I mostly enjoy doing is Soviet armor, I'll always have spare parts for them once I start doing more dragon kits

[digger303]

Looking good and Dragon sometimes add more parts than are needed for the tank your kit is building as the sprues can cover all different marks of the same vehicle . I bet you may get quite a few unused items that may come in handy for dio's ect in the future

I've noticed which is fine since what I mostly enjoy doing is Soviet armor, I'll always have spare parts for them once I start doing more dragon kits

I zip lock my spare parts up and label them ...panzer iv/ Sherman that type of broad classification.

[CygnusX1]

That's looking pretty good so far - looking forward to see what you do with it.

[KalebB]

Got some stuff done. Applied the winter wash and then took some off with a few stiff brushes. Then applied Aqua Gloss where the decals would go and applied them once dry, and painted the rubber for the road wheels. Didn't have a suitable color on hand so I mixed some Vallejo German Grey and a touch of white to make a weatheredish grey color for the rubber on the road wheels.



Next up is a matte varnish and more chipping effects along with some washes

[KalebB]

Some more progress made on the SU-122.

Gave it a dark brown wash to dirty it up, then a few spots of a rust wash was applied and then dragged with a brush soaked in thinner to make rust streaks from where the pieces had been welded or mounted.



Next will be some chipping and dry brushing the tracks to give them shiny spots from where the tracks wore on the roads.
Cheers

[Kevthemodeller]

Looking good, very nice winter wash

[Donkeywalloper]

Stonking looking build.
DW

[Quax]

great build so far Kaleb!

Paul

[ElCapitan]

It's looking awesome. This is how I want my winter vehicles to look. What kind of white wash did you use?

[digger303]

Got the white wash technique down pat

[KalebB]

It's looking awesome. This is how I want my winter vehicles to look. What kind of white wash did you use?

I used AK Interactives washable white, sprayed it on, waited about 25-30mins and then went at it with water and several stiff brushes of various sizes

[CygnusX1]

That looks really great - white wash looks amazing. Good job.

[alextheblue]

Like that a lot Kaleb - looks awesome!

[KalebB]

Finished

She's done thank you all for looking in and the nice comments during the build I appreciate it!

[Stokesy44]

Great looking result. Really love the distressing of the winter wash and all the rusting and dirt work

[Kevthemodeller]

superb winter weathering

[KalebB]

Great looking result. Really love the distressing of the winter wash and all the rusting and dirt work

Thank ya sir!

[KalebB]

superb winter weathering

Appreciate the comment Kev

[ElCapitan]

Looks amazing!! Great work

[CygnusX1]

I really like it; great job on the whitewash and weathering. Great job all round actually.

[KalebB]

Looks amazing!! Great work

Thank ya!

[KalebB]

I really like it; great job on the whitewash and weathering. Great job all round actually.

Thank ya sir

Appreciate it

[SteveJones]

A cracking build and a terrific result on the winter camo. Great stuff