T34/85 (Tamiya old school - 1:35)

[Panzerjaeger]

As a detour from my Elefant build, I pulled this old fella off the shelf with a view toward building it with minimal aftermarket accessories, concentrating instead on paint and weathering.

The built up model. I turned a barrel, replaced the grab handles with brass, replaced the tie-downs with wire, added turret weld seams and added to the cast texture with Tamiya surface prep. Rather than priming the entire model, I brushed surface prep on the smaller metal parts.





The obligatory sponson fill-in panels necessary on all older Tamiya T34 and T34-derivative kits.



I couldn't bring myself to use the crummy rubberband tracks, so I did up a set of Friuls



The basecoat of lightened Tamiya Dark Green



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