Aaron Corey

Micro Mark carries suitable aluminum and brass tubing in various diameters.  You can get a package with just the diameter you want, or you can do what I did and get an assortment pack like this one:

 

http://www.micromark...-long,8246.html

Great job!  I like the paint scheme.

Thanks guys

The build went quite smoothly overall.  Creating the drawings first really helped me plan everything out.

Aaron

Well, after taking a bit of a break I've finally completed this build.  Here are a few shots:

Thanks guys

The art of weathering is a difficult one to master... I usually weather the tracks slightly but leave the rest clean.  My first attempt at weathering a full vehicle was the whitewahed Stug III at the bottom of my post.  I used a whitewash method I saw in a magazine once - a coat of chalk powder mixed with water applied over the base coat.  Then I used a stiff brush to wear off some of the whitewash (I probably took too much of it off though).  I clearcoated to protect the whitewash then sprayed a light coat of brown on the lower hull to simulate mud.  I was trying to depict a muddy vehicle in the spring where the winter whitewash was partly worn off.

The vehicles in my post from top to bottom are:

M1A2
Tiger
Panzer III
Panther
M26 Pershing
M4A3 E8 Sherman (Canadian Army, Korean war)
Sherman V Firefly (Canadian Army, WWII)
M923 and M35 trucks
T-34
Stug III