Thanks guys! This was just an exercise on general weathering. I can not claim to be an expert on the details of how these particular tanks rust or became dirty in the field. I just picture this one over different climates and went from there. I thought about denting the fenders and such but since this is my first tank i just leaved it like this. Who knows, maybe i will cut some fenders in the future! Maybe its crew never confronted heavy fire (kind of strange!) LOL! I just couldnt stand to look at it so clean.

I used basically acrylics for all the rusting and metalized effects. It has a couple of basic color washes and various layers of dry brushing with different colors. From earth, sand colors to greenish hues. No airbrushing was used. Regarding bullet holes i have seen this effect overused in several examples. This beast had quite a thick armor to be significantly marked by them under normal conditions. The parts more prone to dents and holes were the fenders and exhaust covers.

Regarding Paine is very well respected not only for his modeling skills but also for his attention to detail and historical accuracy but guess is a matter of opinon!