Early war Soviet T26 variants
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About the Project
Building early war Soviet Mechanized Forces for Battlegroup
Related Game: Battlegroup
Related Genre: Historical
This Project is Completed
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Starting of with some mobile artillery. After some research found out that the Soviets only built 1 prototype in 1937 then decided to build it with the 122 howitzer instead . It’s a resin hull and gun with metal tracks and suspension, rather basic so will be adding bits from the spares box
So after looking at carve yourself some tracks I checked out my bits box and found some tracks from a S-model T26 , they fitted quite well so using them
Looking at photo of the beast ,noticed stabilizers at back so made some from some aircraft undercarriage legs and the feet from a 2pdr ATG
Some more T26 based vehicles
An AT-1 Added some tool clamps made from the foil of a wine bottle !
Tracks made from S-Model T26 and kit parts
Armoured ammo carrier
Door handles and catches sourced from bits box
Armoured tow for 45mm ATG 
some crew
Crew nearly finished
Vehicles based and painted using Tamiya earth texture
Base coat and a few details painted
Base coated 
Base coat was roughly 6 drops paint 3 drops varnish 1 drop flow improver and 3 parts thinner
Then a few panels highlighted with this
Then I applied a filter to make tonal changes to panels 
Few more details painted and a wash applied 
Matt varnish and a bit of crew try out,leaving to dry before adding dirt and dust
Early Air power
Well who can't resist such a cute airplane , a I-153 Chaika A quick Try out on a flight stand
Primed and ready for inspection before adding pre shading Trying out some oils
Trying to make the paint work look faded due to being out in the sun for a while , the one on the left hasn't been done 
Using oils from the Ammo Mig Oilbrusher range to make mud and dust effects
Adding a few spots in the middle of the panels 
Then blended in using enamel thinner 
Some more weathering, pigments and oils
All Matt varnished , leaving to dry before finnishing of the basses 
Static grass added to basses, will lightly airbrush some dust to the grass later to give the idea of heavy traffic and to matte down the grass
Calling them done for now as the game is this weekend
A OT-130 and T26TN are joining the gang
Got to love a little bit of warped plastic. Completed the building of the Armoured Observation Vehicle now moving onto the flamethrower tank
Built,based and primed , all ready for a quick paint job as the game is this weekend 
