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雖然履帶的實驗撩起了我的製作衝動,但這並非這個坦克模型的唯一的實驗。由於模型盒邊有一幅 SU-122 冬季塗裝圖,所以我嘗試了冬季塗裝。從盒邊圖可見,真車的白色塗裝是在深綠色指定塗裝上草草油上稀薄的白色,所以模型的主色其實不是白色而是深綠色。首先我在模型上噴了郡氏油性深綠色。這層深綠比一般來得厚,以便之後承受洗塗的工序。之後我用了水性灰色、黑色和鐵銹色作了一點粗略的舊化。完成後整體薄薄噴上了一層水性白色;但因為這層白色較薄的關係,早前的舊化不會全被遮蓋。噴完這層白色後,是時侯做出表面的刮花抓痕了。我使用了棉花棒浸了一點琺瑯油稀釋劑,然後慢慢擦去一些表面的白色油,露出下面的綠色、灰色、黑色和鐵銹色。這工序其實還與滲線一起幹的。最後再用灰色、黑色和鐵銹色多做一次舊化就大功告成了。這次的塗裝舊化過程其實是以前嘗試 Sturmgeschutz III 時的改良實驗矣!
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It turns out that the tracks are not the only experiment I did on this tank model. Because the side of the model box has nice diagrams of the tank in winter camouflage, they motivate me to paint the tank in white. It is evident from the diagrams that the white coat is thin and not factory-done. Therefore I did the following to simulate the weathering of this coat of white. First of all, I painted the whole tank in dark green using GSI lacquer paint. This coat of green is thicker than usual because it must withstand some abusive treatment later on. This is another reason why lacquer paint was used; it is stronger and more adhesive than acrylic paint. When the lacquer paint was completely cured, I weathered the tank a little bit with grey, black and rust paints. This weathering procedure was not done in detail because a thin layer of Tamiya acrylic white will cover the whole body later on. Since the white coat is thin, the previously applied weathering was not total wasted. It is time to simulate the scratches on the thin coat of white on the real counterparts. I used a cotton swab moisten with enamel thinner to rub off some of the white paint. In my humble opinion, this is the simplest way to simulate this kind of weathering. In fact, the rubbing was done along side with a washing process. As such, some of the weathering between the green and white coat was revealed. Having said that, another weathering process was applied using grey, black and rust after the rubbing. This weathering process is in fact an improvement over the one for Sturmgeschutz III.
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