Like in most cases, it is a pity to hide all those details, Mark @markh
Personally I do like to paint interiors, but you are right, it will be very dark inside that turret.
Not sure if my voice counts, but I prefer a winterwash.
Looking forward to it.

Cheers blokes

Turret interior has been painted as far as I'm gonna take it, closed it up today. I found the barrel stub was too long so I sawed a bit of it off, note the before and after dry fit shots. Takom did not include positioning holes or marks on the zimmerit turret so they give you a template to mark them out. I can't help it, I look at this with a jaundiced eye and think that a model kit that retails for over $100 should not require you to mark out parts position with a template and then sit there trying to figure out what you're gonna use to gouge rectangular holes of a uniform depth in the plastic. I had to drill out and file the turret face for the co-ax, and found out that the main gun does not elevate past horizantal which throws a wrench into my diorama plan. Gripe, gripe...none of this, mind, is beyond my abilities but it is annoying so I'll quit whining now and get back to work.

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Interior looks really great, Mark @markh

A lot of quality work done, my friend @markh!
The Dunkelglieb looks wonderful!

Thanks gents

So then 1st fading coat on, may do another later. Semigloss coat on, polished edges of steel roadwheels picked out. These will be deepened later. I thought about some green camo stripes for all of five minutes and decided no so decals were applied. Acrylic mud is now drying on the hull and roadwheels, the latter were pinwashed with MIG DAK wash. Got a start on the fool tracks as well.

It's comin' on

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Very nice progress, Mark @markh

Nice progress, Mark @markh
Looking forward to see how you continue with this one.

Me too JB
Spiros the hardest parts are over now, I can coast a bit

Tracks done. The AK burnishing fluid worked very well to great effect. It would have only taken one treatment to do them up but I neglected to clean the links properly, can't fault the product for that. Once dry I brushed two applications of AK enamel Track Wash, let 'em dry, then two very dilute dust coats made of Tammy Desert Yellow and Deck tan. Graphite was applied to the inner surfaces where roadwheels contact the track and the guide teeth were picked out as well. I was going to sand the contact points of the tracks but that would have wiped out the ice cleats so instead I painted these with Tammy Metallic Grey. An unintentional win here as I think the dark grey metallic looks better that the brighter color I'd have gotten with the sanding idea. Detal painting next

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