Made for a very late night, but got a little further with paint.

After a base coat of "Old Parchment" (an off-white cream color) I airbrushed some of the wheels and free handed the camo pattern using Tamiya Field Gray. Once I was happy with the overall look, I cut the field gray by adding 30% Tamiya Buff. With this new "lighter shade" I went back in and filled the center section of each of the green areas, effectively giving the camoflauge sections a two-tone outlined look. The two colors looked stark against each other so I loaded the airbrush with Old Parchment and over sprayed the entire tank. This muted the camo color and tied the two colors together. It still looks a bit bold and almost more of a bluish gray instead of green, but once we add filters and washes I think we'll be in the ball park of what I envisioned.

Using Windex and a stiff brush I attacked a few of the "damaged" areas of the zimmermit. The Windex cuts through the acrylic paint exposing the red oxide primer underneath. I developed this method on my Panther build and was extremely happy with the result so I employed it here as well. Again it looks too stark and clean but will serve as a good foundation for the rest of the weathering to come

Stay tuned, more to follow!

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