George Hartwig shares with us some images of his T-55A in 1/35th scale.

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Thanks!

Good looking T-55 George.

Now there's a good-looking beast! Nice weathering and road-grime.

Hi,

Beautifully weathered. More please.

All the best,
Kip.

Explain your 'black and white' method, please!!

Dear all,

thank you very much for the encouragement I've received here! After all it's been my first project to be displayed here on Armorama. So, "black and white technique" actually refers to the technique described in Jose Luiz Lopez' book "Painting guide for AFV" (Pub. Histoire et Collections). It means that the model is shaded and weathered in black and white, or rather greys, first. The idea is to simulate lighting effects (i.e. azimutal lighting) and also chipping & grime effects BEFORE applying any other color. So, you have a monochrome version of your tank first, and then you apply the final color much like a filter, highly diluted so that your pre-shading will still be visible. I think Mig Jiminenez' "Transparator" - product achieves something similar. Well, I'd read a lot about his technique and just wanted to try it out.