BT-5 and BT-7 from Frontline

We need some spare Russian tanks for the participation game of IABSM at Stockholm Spelkonvent next Saturday and I had a couple of resin tanks in the box of unfinished WWII-stuff. These are from Frontline, rather simple with only four parts each (body, turret, left and right tracks/wheels) but they do need quite a lot of preparation. Bubbles need filling and in some places parts of the tracks had broken off. One of the track/wheels pieces were broken in four pieces (probably my fault), and that obviously needed some glue, and extensive rebuilding of the tracks. I removed damaged tracks, trying to get even edges, and cut pieces of plastic-card to fit. Thin slices of card were glued in place to build up the tracks.
The resin parts were washed to remove any oily residues.
I decided to paint them in different colours, mainly to be able to differentiate the different tank models from each other.

BT-5 before painting…

…and after.

The BT-5 was painted with Vallejo 978 Military Green and given a black wash. Wheel-rims black, tracks Citadel Tin Bitz with a highlight of Citadel Gun Metal. The green turned out to be far to dark, but that was partly rectified by a generous dose of pigments, MIG P028 Europe Dust and P232 Dry Mud. MIG Black pigment to simulate soot.

I have still much to learn about pigments, but they sure are fun to play with.

The the BT-7 was painted with Formula P3 Traitor Green with a wash of black. Otherwise as above, but with less pigments. I'm very satisfied with the colour of this one.

BT-7 before…

…and after.

Now, all they have to do is to survive their clash with the nazi aggressors. We’ll see…