How to Paint Russian Tank Models ... 1941 Three-Colour Scheme (+ details and markings) on a T-34!

[@Panzermeister36]

Everyone. Please note that AK Real Color paints are no longer compatible with X-20A acrylic thinner as I showed in the video. AK has changed the formula without warning anyone so now the Real Color line are only pure lacquer paints. I am making a video investigating AK's tendency to change the formulations of products without warning. This is an issue with the Real Color line, and the newer 3rd Generation Acrylics.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Those vertical chips on the left side of the hull are PERFECT!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you, Martin :)

[@SmallSoldier]

I think the camo pattern looks stellar Evan! It’s funny as our camo looks pretty similar and I’m glad you chose the 3 tone as it really ties our videos together nicely. That new AK steel colour looks really good. The bare steel on the road wheels looks perfect. The hand painted insignia was a nice touch as well. Nice job

[@longlance67]

awesome video Ev! love the camo and freehand work is deadly!

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you Shane :)

[@markIburgess]

Fantastic Evan. Always enjoy your videos.

[@blackfrancis4926]

Superb work, I am going to try this on a Dragon T34/76 1941 kit I am building. You Sir are an inspiration to us journeymen modellers.

[@BAST_master_MODELS_]

Greetings from Belarus! nice paintjob) But In fact, camouflage spots on Russian tanks were most often applied with a brush, so they had not blurry, but clearly defined edges. Regards Mike

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Great result! Unique looking tank and camo 👍

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

This is a camo pattern i want to try myself in the not too far future - i have a Vallejo camouflage set for Soviet Tanks and my choice would be a T-26 or T-28. Very good demo as always buddy :)

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Great work on the cammo Evan. I much prefer to chip the camo pattern than have a hard edge. Looks a lot more realistic.

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Great video and superb results! Thanks for sharing your expertise once again.

[@bignella]

just found these videos a few days ago, omg so helpful. thank you so much!

[@fidinboca]

Man...It's amazing see you use the airbrush like a pencil. Good One !!! Love the step by step.

[@Panzermeister36]

Well it sure helps to be spraying nice paints. AK RC and Tamiya are my favourites for this reason. I was surprised at how smooth the Real Colors sprayed even when thinned with Tamiya thinner.

[@SmallSoldier]

Mr thinner 400 works as well.

[@cygnusx10]

Excellent finish - great vid thanks for sharing.

[@PGNogueira]

Great work! Impressive freehand skills with the airbrush.

[@MrKersey]

Great video , thanks a lot! Everything is clear and nicely explained, your skills are really amazing. Hope the next part will be uploaded soon.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you. Next step -- winter camouflage -- will be up this weekend.

[@derwindhund116]

I love this cam scheme, it looks great on Russian armour. I have had a go with those AK Real Color paints, including the protective 4BO, it turned out a lot darker than on your video, I ended up going over it with a lighter Tamiya acrylic.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

I like the explanation of why the hatches are not chipped! Makes sense. TFS, G :)

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@morssdn]

Very impressive brush skill on the tank numbers :D

[@ArmourEmpire]

Really first class work on that camo

[@joshuashikles9095]

Great video man you should give yourself more credit than you do on your brush painting, and airbrushing. You are an awesome all around modeler.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you!

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Very nice work!

[@pauldechampignon2287]

As always, really good film!

[@BennyCFD]

Absolutely Brilliant...........................................

[@cordegraaf4643]

Just Great!! Thanks for the tips👍🏻

[@reconmodelsvaughn469]

You did a amazing job it's been nice to see your model skills Improve through the years .do you ever hand paint your chips .awesome Video

[@Vincent-gc8zd]

Excellent!

[@Kaleb_B]

My local shop just got some of those Real Colors paints in, I may pick some up myself, never airbrushed anything but acrylics before so it'll be interesting.

[@SmallSoldier]

I did a review on my channel on the AK paint if you want to check it out.

[@SmallSoldier]

Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaTRkKehjMh7ebc

[@nadiedeinteres1285]

that turned out amazing man

[@Panzermeister36]

I have a video on the assembly and modifications I did to this tank: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6DWq2Ojodpgqa8 Also, check out Scott's (Small Soldier's) video on painting his Egyptian T-34/122. He used similar techniques, just with more chipping layers and different paints. And of course everyone has their own touches: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYKWmJKJfZ6AkNU

[@SmallSoldier]

Thanks for the shout out Evan! 😉👊🏻👊🏻

[@derelict7222]

Very nice! I'd love to see how a complicated scheme like this gets highlights and low-lights with oil paints. But I know winter camo is going on top of this so, =p Also the gun metal color on the wheels just seems almost too shiney. Is there a way to make them look more like bare steel and less polished to a nice sheen? I worked on heavy equipment and the rollers were raw steel, but only a bit of shine here and there as rocks and sand would damage the wheels too much for a shine.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you. Once I apply pigments and washes the steel will be toned down a little bit.

[@potentialsus4851]

I know this isn't exactly the best place to ask this, but have you ever considered doing a product review for the vallejo weathering effects? I've got streaking grime and engine grime but I'm, uh, pretty new to weathering in general P.S. your tutorial vids on that have helped immensely, I have some amount of direction now

[@Panzermeister36]

Hello Derek. I have a few of the Vallejo mud effects are they've very good. However I don't have their streaking grimes and washes...I think they're acrylics and acrylics aren't great for those two techniques as they dry very fast. But I should give them a try just to see!

[@potentialsus4851]

@@Panzermeister36 No pressure if it's not something you want to do, but I'd at least appreciate it lol

[@westr70]

Nice work. If you were going to present a "blown hatch" on a panzer how would you do it? This would occur when a shell penetrated the hull and exploded. I expect, but don't know, that the hatch would be bent and possibly one hinge blown up and out. I thought of slightly melting the hatch and gluing that to the hull. Any thoughts or possibly a video? Anyway, thanks.

[@Panzermeister36]

The hatches are heavy armour plate, usually 40+mm thick (1.5 inches or so). I think it's most likely that the hinge would simply fail and the whole hatch would pop off; I don't think the hatch would bend. Armour plates in the same situation usually fail/break at the weld.

[@westr70]

@@Panzermeister36 Great, thanks so much.

[@spinsqiggle]

Excellent, thanks!

[@ratled1]

Thanks for another great video. Also thanks for sharing what your mixes are you are spraying. Just curious, what size needle/s do you use?

[@Panzermeister36]

Uhh, not 100% certain, but I used a Badger 105 for the green and then a Badger Khrome for the camouflage. So I think .5 and .3 needles, respectively.

[@Gondor80]

a very informative video you got there, may i ask the brand of your airbrush.? thanks and more power.

[@Panzermeister36]

I used a Badger 105 for the primer and green and a Badger Khrome for the brown and tan camouflage. They're really good airbrushes.

[@Gondor80]

@@Panzermeister36 thanks.

[@XxBloggs]

Great video! Would like to see one of these on allied tanks, including colour modulation.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thank you! I have an American T29E3 to paint soon.

[@czaczaja]

What do you spray One Shot with Evan? I heard it clogs up 0.2 nozzles and needs something like 0.4 with high psi?

[@Panzermeister36]

It was in my badger 105 patriot so I think 0.5? Stynylrez will often dry on the needle, so you have to just wide it with lacquer thinner once in a while.

[@SanPistone]

So interesting and helpfull, thank you so much!

[@ДмитрийВоронец-й1е]

Hello from Russia! Fantastic video. And finally I was saw about diluting x-20 and AK RC. But this pattern a little bit modern for ww2

[@Panzermeister36]

I have photos of this camo on BA-11 and T-28 in WWII. I've also seen it on early T-34.

[@brucethemodelnoob]

That camo scheme came out amazing, and you have nerves of steel painting those markings by hand. Any reason you used AK chipping fluid instead of hairspray?

[@Panzermeister36]

I have run out of hairspray lol and I didn't want to buy more since I had gotten set up to paint. I also ended up using it on my Tiger too which I painted at the same time...

[@brucethemodelnoob]

The chipping fluid seemed to work pretty well... haven’t used it but from what I’ve seen in a bunch of build videos it seems to be harder to avoid large chips? Yours came out great... maybe a few on the fender were a little on the big side.

[@SmallSoldier]

I used chipping fluid in my video and it worked great. I was able to get some micro chipping in areas.

[@Panzermeister36]

After chipping my Tiger 1, it does seem like chipping fluid can give you fine chipping. Though I do have a fair amount of experience with it so I know how to use the brush to get the chipping looking nice and fine. I'd say that HS is a little more forgiving and easier to work with than chipping fluid. Kind of like how using Tamiya paints and not water-based paints can also help to make it easier to get fine chipping..."can"...it's not required, since you can get nice results with a little more care in using water-based paints too.

[@lobilly]

Is it a good idea to mark the camouflage edge with pencil in advance?

[@Panzermeister36]

That can be helpful if you want to plan out the scheme more precisely beforehand.

[@od1452]

Thanks. How do you weather the Green 4BO?

[@Panzermeister36]

I will be looking at that in a video soon...this T-34 got sidetracked as I could not get the weathering products I wanted due to covid.

[@SmallSoldier]

Looks good but I’ll have to watch later. I’m just in the middle of sticking a bunch of murals to walls.😁

[@jacobrichards8359]

Great job bud!

[@piotrb4130]

What nozzle do you use for camo painting? 0,3? Or 0,2?

[@Panzermeister36]

Isn't it displayed on screen? 0.19.

[@sertorius9288]

A good scale to do tank models ? i want to start make tanks models but 1/72 its too small for me, not like 1/72 in aircraft looks like a good scale for me.

[@Panzermeister36]

This is 1/35 scale. 1/48 is also popular since it's a little smaller, though you don't have as many kit options.

[@sertorius9288]

Thanks for the info and also thanks for sharing us your knowledge, you are doing an amazing job!! 👌

[@blackfrancis4926]

Excellent video from a skilled, accomplished Yank modeller! 10/10. Anyone notice how much of a rip off products rebranded as Mig are??? Especially airbrushes.

[@andrejcw1190]

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