Gents,
I am a long time lurker here, and a long time poster of questions, and I am very grateful for the help I’ve received here.
I don’t do much armor, although I am proficient at beginning armor kits and then shelving them halfway done!
But I did just finish this kit. I hope it qualifies as armor, if not please let me know where to move the post to?
I have never done any kind of heavy weathering, but once built and painted stark white, I knew it had to be done.
So basically I just decided to see how much my brain had absorbed from watching countless Night Shift and other’s videos on YouTube, and browsing on this site for years. So I just went for it, I used all kinds of filters, washes (mostly MIG), pigments I’ve had for decades for model railroad stuff, Abteilung oils, everything I had basically. I even learned I could drybrush Mig enamel washes, which is what I did all around the top of the engine cover.
I hope this isn’t too many images, I never posted here before and may not be aware of posting “etiquette” for the site!
Anyway it was great fun and I will be doing more and hopefully posting occasionally here.
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Hello Michael (StyreneJunkie),
That came out beautifully! Outstanding paint and weathering! …
—mike
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Very cool project and well done. The white wash and textures are very nice.
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Michael that is an outstanding model. The finish is beautifully realistic with various weathering products you’ve used. I especially like the wooden skis. I don’t know anything about this vehicle but I’ve seen it a few times; I assume this thing ran along the snow and couldn’t actually fly so it isn’t an airplane, I guess it’s considered a soft skin?
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Thanks to all of you who replied.
Wow, totally unexpected reaction for my first attempt 
I look forward to doing some more things like this, some vignettes, etc.
Tanks, I don’t know, I was pondering as to why I just never finish them and I think it might be because I suffer from intense claustrophobia, and I get a little panicky just imagining being inside one of those!
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I don’t know how to classify it either.
I can’t find my links right now, and it took me forever to find them online, but there are films of them actually in use, and there is an amazing array of different types, even one like a small bus.
Trumpeter makes several others and I’ll probably do one of those sometime.
I can tell you one thing, when you look at the films, softskin or not, you KNOW those guys zipping around in sub zero temperatures have GOOSEBUMPS skin.
I’ll keep looking for the links.
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Nicely done.
Superb weathering
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You’ve done a really great job, white is always a challenge to paint and weather, and not make it look overdone. You’ve found the right mix of “just enough”. And painting woodwork is difficult to make look realistic and the skis look good.
But as you can see in the posted video, the skies and body mounts should really be painted white as well. The underside of the skis would have worn I’m sure and exposed the wood, but everything should generally be white.
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