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 Subject:  [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Weathering the Lower HullList thread.  
  
 Date:  Aug 20, 2005
 From:  James Wechsler 
Chapter 7 - Weathering the Lower Hull

I decided to do a little weathering on the lower hull, drive sprockets, and idlers before attaching them, the front fenders and the sand skirts. I figured it would be easier now than after they were all assembled.

My photo references indicated that the Shermans in late 1942 really didn’t have a lot of weathering, other than dust. I think this is because they were just introduced into service and thus didn’t have much wear and tear. Also, by this stage in the North African campaign, the British logistics system was much better than in the previous years. To bad for us modelers. I’ve seen a number of well weathered British tanks from the desert (I can remember a particularly interesting Crusader) and I would have loved to try something like that. Unfortunately, it’s not really appropriate for the Sherman I’m modeling.

I decided to add a light coat of wash. I use oil paints for my washes and I choose Raw Umber in this case. I’m a sloppy washer. I generally use a pretty big brush, cover the whole area with wash and come back with a clean, dry brush and a tissue to remove the excess. In this case, I went extra thin on the wash. I wanted to give a little accent to the parts but not give the impression of slimy dirt/grease since that didn’t seem to prevalent in the desert (except in local areas on the tank).

When the wash had dried, I did a light dry brushing using Model Master Sand. Normally I dry brush first and then wash so the dry brush blends better. To do this, I’ll normally use a color that’s a couple shades lighter. However, I really didn’t see a way to do this in this case since I couldn’t find a lighter color than the Sand. Anyway, I didn’t need to do much dry brushing so the results worked out OK.

Finally, I used a charcoal stick to simulate some scratches and scrapes. I went light on this based on references. I chose a relatively dark charcoal color because I will later add some dust which has a tendency to wash out the other details.

I felt that this was enough weathering for this stage of the build.

Up Next: Those Pesky Front Fenders – Part Deux
 
Thread Listing 
  [BLOG] Sherman III Early in North Africa - James Wechsler - Aug 13, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - James Wechsler - Aug 13, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - M Wawrow - Aug 14, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - Martin Dogger - Aug 15, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - Jim Wechsler - Aug 15, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1 - What items am I going to use? - Billy Bishop - Aug 17, 2005
. . . Re: References and markings - Paul A. Owen - Aug 14, 2005
. . . . . . Re: References and markings - Jim Wechsler - Aug 14, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Paul A. Owen - Aug 15, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Martin Dogger - Aug 15, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 15, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: References and markings - Paul Roberts - Oct 19, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Lower Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 15, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 3 - The Upper Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 16, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - The Upper Hull - Andrew Herbert - Aug 17, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - The Upper Hull - Jim Wechsler - Aug 17, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - The Front Fenders - James Wechsler - Aug 18, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - The Sand Skirts - James Wechsler - Aug 19, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - Painting the Lower Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 20, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Weathering the Lower Hull - James Wechsler - Aug 20, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - Those Pesky Front Fenders – Part Deux - James Wechsler - Aug 22, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - The Suspension - James Wechsler - Aug 23, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Front Hull Details - James Wechsler - Aug 26, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Rear Hull Details - James Wechsler - Aug 26, 2005
. . . . . . a couple of suggestions..... - Chris SMith jr - Aug 29, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: a couple of suggestions..... - Jim Wechsler - Sep 1, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: a couple of suggestions..... - Chris SMith jr - Sep 1, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - The Pioneer Tools - James Wechsler - Aug 28, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - The Turret - James Wechsler - Aug 29, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Painting - Part 1 - James Wechsler - Aug 30, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - Painting - Part 2 - James Wechsler - Aug 30, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Painting - Part 3 - James Wechsler - Sep 1, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 17 - Painting - Part 4 - James Wechsler - Sep 2, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Dry Brushing - James Wechsler - Sep 3, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Dry Brushing - Aaron Cole - Sep 3, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: Dry Transfers - Paul A. Owen - Sep 4, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dry Transfers - Aaron Cole - Sep 4, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Dry Transfers - James Wechsler - Sep 3, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 20 - Detail Painting - James Wechsler - Sep 5, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 21 - Weathering - James Wechsler - Sep 7, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 22 - Just the Tracks Maam - James Wechsler - Sep 8, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 23 - Please Maam, Just the Tracks - James Wechsler - Sep 9, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 24 - Stow it - James Wechsler - Sep 10, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 25 - The Crew - James Wechsler - Sep 10, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - James Wechsler - Sep 11, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Andrew Herbert - Sep 12, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Paul A. Owen - Sep 12, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Andrew Herbert - Sep 13, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Jim Wechsler - Sep 13, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 26 - All Together Now - Jim Wechsler - Sep 13, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 27 - Well, isnt that special - James Wechsler - Sep 13, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 28 - The Base - Part 1 - James Wechsler - Sep 19, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 29 -The Base - Part 2 - James Wechsler - Sep 21, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 30 - Final Assembly - James Wechsler - Sep 23, 2005
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 30 - Final Assembly - henryk gorkiewicz - Sep 24, 2005
. . . . . . Awesome! - R.C. Hill - Sep 24, 2005
. . . [Chapter] Chapter 31 - Perspective - James Wechsler - Sep 25, 2005
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