Pink Tank

I want to share with you an old project I did as a request of a friend who wanted a pink tank. Just to color any tank in pink was no option of cause for a serios modeller. So I did my research. And that is what I came up with: A T-34 located in London and painted as part of an Art happening.  

Dragons kit is lovely. But to build it out of the box? No way! 

Modified exhausts  

Homemade auxilliary tanks on PE supports taken from Eduards PE set. 

Turret casting structure done with Mr. surfacer 500 

Some more detailling 

The tracks of the kit are impossible. Voyager offered a solution to my taste. 

individual link PE tracks in scale 1:72. My kind of stuff. 

The result: superb. 

Ready? Oh no. Wrong wheels. 

Those come from MR Modellbau and come closer to the real thing. 

But casting was awful. 

Axle holes were off center. So, them wheels really gave me a hard time. Nowadays I would go for OKB Grigorov. 

 

Now it is ready for some camoflage 

Pink base paint.  

 

 

 

 

decal was selfmade from the fotos available on the internet 

 

After a light wash with grey the tank is ready for the dio. 

It was clear from the beginning, to put this tank into its natural habitat. Meaning, to model the real estate where it stands. Here you see a screenshot from Google Earth. 

And here a Google Street View caption. 

My layout of the corner real estate. 

fencepoles were bent from styrene slates and colored 

Foam sheets helped build the house wall 

clay was used to create the brick wall. 

 

bricks were colored individually and plaster of paris served as mortar. 

after some weathering 

The top was done with sandpaper. 

I used putty for plaster and styrene sheet for the roof. 

That looked too dull 

So I used sandpaper and profiles to create this roof. 

 

Now the house wall is almost ready with its Banksy-Grafittis on. Those Grafittis appeared later, when the tank already wore another color. But I liked those, had the pics from the net modified for my needs by my brother and created the decals. 

Back to the dio. The plants (and rope) I wanted to use for the gras. 

Preparing the base. Sidewalk already advanced. 

putting plants to simulate plants. 🙂 

Done. Took a while but I am happy with the result. 

 

Some color on 

Real estate done. 

I skipped the tree which stood on the left side as it would have blocked the view. 

 

 

 

 

 

Stompies playground 

 

 

 

The fence is actually the only aspect that did not turn out the way I wanted it. In parts it is too slack and the barbed wire does not look too convincing either. But apart from that, I am quite happy with the result.  

Yes, the colors look bright, but if you compare it with the first pic I think that is fine. 

 

 

I actually added three Preiser civilians but obviously forgot to take some pics afterwards. Meanwhile the pink tank has been handed over to my friend and was received with a warm welcome.