Hi, I'm QDC.
What we're going to build today is Dragon
T-34/76. This is Dragon's
Smart kit series and the reason why I bought this kit was for
no reason at all. I simply want to build it.
Let's start building this kit right now.
Let's take a look inside this box.
We have the upper hull.
Fenders, front part of the hull.
The lower hull.
Wheels and more wheels.
Lower part
of the turret.
Fuel tanks.
Parts for the front hull.
The gun.
Commander's cupola.
The rear part of the hull.
Magic track.
Photo Etch part, decals.
And the instruction sheet.
It's time for me to work on the Magic Track. Magic Tracks are
made-up of individual links and you supposed to put them together.
You could use a straight edge like I'm using right now
to keep a straight. You don't have to use it but it sure does help.
You put the links together
like I'm doing right now.
After you put all the links, you glue each individual link
let it set and then
rap it over the wheels.
You're looking at the rear of the tank.
Dragon has given you an option of having
external fuel tanks. I'm not going to
have external fuel tanks for my model kit.
Okay, so I built the kit and now it's time for me to tell you what I think about
this kit so far.
Take a look!
This is the completed model kit before painting and it looks very nice.
I like the texture of the turret.
The wheels looks very nice and the Magic Track looks pretty good as well.
I like the photo etched part for both
the metal straps and also for the
grill. I recommend this kit for both
the advance modeler and also for the beginner as well.
For the beginner, you might find challenging to build
but I don't think that you will have difficulties building it.
It will be challenging though. That being said
the instruction sheet for this particular kit
is ambiguous. The instructions
are mislabeled and misnumbered sometimes. Thus you have to study the instructions
very carefully before up building it. It's time for me to
paint this model now.
I painted the entire model with a coat a primer after that
I painted the model again with a coat of black paint.
Now I'm going to use my airbrush and paint the entire model
with the base color.
I applied a coat matte finish
to the entire model to give it protection because right now I'm going to
use my airbrush
and give highlights to the entire model. I'm going to spray a light
green tint to the entire model.
I'm going to apply over the entire model a coat of the Future Floor Wax.
The reason I'm doing that is because I'm going to apply
a decals and also give the entire model a pin wash.
Applying decals I shiny surfaces
makes it easier for decals to adhere.
I'm going to pin wash
my entire model.
I reapplied a matte finish and now I'm going to give
my model dust affects. I'm going to use my airbrush again
and tint the entire model with a coat of
buff color.
I'm adding chipped affects. What I'm doing is a I'm just using a ordinary paint brush
and painting areas with a darker color to make chipped paint.
I'm going to create some rain streaks.
what I have my hand is the paintbrush
dipped in flesh oil
artist paint and what I'm going to do is carefully
brush down.
This is the completed model kit and looks very nice.
What I like about this particular model the best
is the chipped marks
and the rain streaks that I put onto model.
I also added mud affects on to the wheels.
This model is very well detailed.
In the back you really get to see
all the bolts that hold up to rear plate
which is a nice touch Dragon and
this is this very, very nice model kit.
It's time for me to
build the diorama.
It's time for me to build the diorama. Right here is a base that I bought at my local
craft store and what I'm going to do is I'm going to use pre-mix tile grout
as my ground cover and then sprinkle some static grass.
What I have in my hand is a figure for Master Box models.
If you are interested in knowing more about how I made these figures
I made a previous video on this particular topic.
Alright; so
I built the kit; I weathered it; I made the diorama for it; and
now it's time for me to show you
everything about my entire
project. Take a look!
This is the completed model project from start to finish and it looks very nice.
I like the Dragon kit.
It's highly detail and
I can't say enough good things about this particular kit from Dragon.
After painting and weathering this model tank.
It looks superb. I like it a lot. The figures
from Master Box Models looks very nice as well.
I had a friend who said that there is a
a historical inaccuracy between the figures
and this model tank. This model tank
is a 1943 production and
the uniforms that these soldiers are wearing are
before 1943. My friend said after 1943
the Russians changed their uniforms
a little bit. They added epaulets
on each soldier's uniform back then
a red epaulets and also this
M1936 helmet was phased out by that time.
Although these figures
are not historically accurate with this particular tank,
I decided to include these figures
anyway because it these figures really do
give a sense urgency to the entire
diorama...to the entire story. These figures
really add a sense of drama
that they're fighting the Germans in World War Two and
I really want to capture that in this particular diorama.
That complete this model project.
What you're about to see next is a video slideshow
of my entire diorama, but before I go,
as always, just because I put this video here on Youtube
it doesn't make me a model kit expert I am not
an expert. I'm just a regular guy
just like you. I hope this video encourages you to go to make a model kit of your own.
Whether it's a model tank; a model plane;
a model train; or even an automobile. It doesn't matter.
In the end, it it's all about having fun. I'm QDC.
Thanks for watching and always, please,
had a great day!