Dragon 1/72 LVT-(A)4

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Dragon 1/72 LVT-(A)4 Jan 1, 2018 15:11:18 GMT -6 BUCKY, JCON, and 1 more like this

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Got this kit from Duke years ago as a Christmas present. Figure a quick little build between classes. This is my first ever building a 1/72 scale armor kit. I rather enjoyed it so far. It's small, doesn't take up a lot of space, and it saves on paint. Popped it in the paint booth today, airbrushed on MM Olive Drab. Next gonna paint the tracks and other details.

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doogie SETTLING IN Posts: 241 Likes: 529	Dragon 1/72 LVT-(A)4 Jan 2, 2018 10:48:10 GMT -6 BUCKY, JCON, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by doogie on Jan 2, 2018 10:48:10 GMT -6 I hand painted the details. I used a mix of MM Flat Black and Polly Scale Panzer Red Brown to paint the tracks. Next up is a gloss coat.

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I'm thinking for the wash, since it is a small scale, of doing a mix of flat black and flat olive. Just enough to darken the recessed areas but not too much that it doesn't look cartoonish. To break up the monotone look of the Olive Drab, I plan on applying some chalk pastels and drybrush a lighten shade of OD. Only plan on weathering the tracks with a drybrushing of MM Mud.

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Dragon 1/72 LVT-(A)4 Jan 3, 2018 15:34:37 GMT -6 BUCKY and JCON like this

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There ya go, Doogs. You're cooking now, Bro.

Can't go wrong with a Dragon ArmorPro kit. As far as your paint and weathering colors go, you want to stay on the lighter shade side. And not too much. Otherwise you end up with a little brownish, greenish blob.

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Gloss coat, decals, and wash applied. Now have to wait till it warms up to apply the dull coat. After that it will be dry brushing to highlight the details and give it some weathering, just a touch though.

For the wash that I gave, I mixed Olive green with a little bit of black, just enough to darken the recesses but not enough to over do it.

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