Renault 3.4 t AHN complete

Beute FT 17 painting

Started painting this little fellow.





Primer- mix of automotive plastic primer and toluene thinner.
Base coat- mix of Tamiya's white, buff, and Lifecolor's sand- gray, few drops of AK thinner for acrylics, and some gloss varnish.
Exhaust base color- Lifecolor dark rust.

Got the 3 color polish camouflage colors sorted.

Based on the Lifecolor set, but with lightened green. Brown straight from the bottle.

Some chipping using hairspray technique.

Once the paints have dried overnight i put it all together to see where the colors need adjusting to tie it up more.

Resprayed the large brown patch on the right side of the hull.

Painted the sponson numbers, and the name on the turret.

Now the step, that makes the model look bad, before it can be nice.

Using dry brush with light base color i blended the camo patches.

Then the very diluted buff was sprayed all over to blend it even more.

After some oils the effect should be pleasing.

Yellow filter was applied with vertical motion over the whole vehicle.

Wash, pinwash, more fading, and some streaking. All done with oils.

Chipping done.

Some pigment mud on the lower part of the hull.

Final assembly:

Kfz 13 Adler 1/72 FTF

Painting started:

While i had the light colour on i added the rivets in few places. It was easier at this stage instead of after the primer. Light colour made the dark rivets stand out.

Decals:

SdKfz 7/1 painting the running gear

Base of Hull Red:

My own mix of Panzer Grey:

Engine, gearbox, and tranny painted flat black:

Highlights:

Engine manifold painted mix of matte varnish, and pigments. Engine drybrushed Chrome, and gearbox drybrushed Flat ALuminum:

Gloss Varnish followed by wash. Some dirty streaking done. Engin treated to Engine Grime:

Bottom part sprayed transparent Buff:

Now onto wheels:

Surface texture added:

Primer on:

Rubber Black:

My own mix of yellow. Front wheels painted freehand- because i wanted bit of overspray on. Rear wheels painted with masks.

Another custom mix of green, and brown.

Light filters on rubber elements.

Highlights:

Mud on:

Two types of grass from Woodland Scenics, some leaves, damp earth enamel, wet effects, Plaster of Paris, and grinded dry grass was mixed to create wet, thick paste. I used it to smear in the hard to reach places, where the mud dried longer.

Few oil stains around the wheel seals completed the job.