Baby's First T-34
Base Coat - and the first cockup!
So time to base coat the tank. Didn’t have a specific Russian Green in my collection so had a look at what I had and decided Vallejo model air Olive Green looked ok.
First base coatI liked how the paint job went on and the zenith highlights seemed to come through nicely but I didn’t like the overall colour. Looked more like a US or British paint scheme.
That’s when I realised I’m an idiot and have an amazing little app on my phone called Paint Rack. I use it mostly to keep track of what paints I own but it also has some very lovely colour tools. I can just select the colour I really want – like the Vallejo Russian Green and it will tell me what the closest matches I have in my collection are!
Paint Rack Colour MatchingSo turns out my Model Air Camo Dark Green is a pretty decent match – so I gave the model another coat with this through the airbrush. It kind of ruined the zenith effect with a 2nd coat but I’m much happier with the overall colour.
2nd base coat
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