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Rog... I'm talking about holes that could have been made with a 1/35 scale152mm gun. Not about blemishes that can be fixed with a lick of putty.

Another great one, JohnnyB!

Nice Mustang... love the days when we didn't worry about sensors.

Rog, Check the mouldings on the turret of your Tiger. Particularly on the turret halves around the trunnions and escape hatch. There have been reports on facebook about bad workmanship.

I keep hoping that there is another remedy other than another application of CA.... but I guess that's it.

Looks sweet, Gus!

Thank you, Kai. The thing about oils, is that you can control what your effect will look like, and have time to add to, remove, or change before they dry. Pigments on the other hand are dependent upon light, and harder to manipulate. White pigment is especially undependable. I've given up on them, except to tint earth effects. Thank you Peter. The real question is: "Where to stop?"

Thank you all for the great and positive responses. Today I only achieved the second layer of oil dust:

Certainly looks the part, Kai!

Some nice mods, Wolf. I don't think I've ever had the pleasure of watching a complete build by you. Looks like it should be interesting.

It's hard to change brands. I've only in the last two years added two brands that I'm working into my builds. I still rely a lot on Tamiya.

Thank you, Peter. I fear I'll redo the base... it's kinda driving me crazy. Thank you Kai. Oil paints, my friend.

Thank you Rob! Speaking of dust... I started dusting the upper works today... These photos only show the first layer/coat/color of dust:

Looking forward to this one, Wolf! I have two in the stash. The engine looks nice.

Looking good, Carl!

Sharp work, Mark!

Nice work. Do you have access to an airbrush?

Hah... thank you! I use Bob's Buckles for my WWI rigging and never thought of using them this way. Great tip!

Thank you, Kai! I only have speed because I am on holidays. I should have much more done... but I have lazy times, too. I take a month off every year to mentally escape obligation and the alarm clock.

You did a fine job on the Lanc, Kai. I have every faith in your abilities!

Well.... there's more. Despite watching 3 or more hours of modelling videos looking for informative as well as entertaining... I made some progress. I gloss coated the upper hull and turret, painted the cobblestones, grouted them with a mixture of poly filler and gray pigments, and worked on the tracks with acrylic paints. Although we're used to seeing muddied tracks from the Eastern Front, much of the time, tanks were on the roads. Road speeds were faster, and the bridges were on roads themselves. One of the failings of the German plan that led to the Battle of the Bulge, was that on the secondary phase, they were supposed to drive northwards whilst many of the roads trended more east to west. Walter Schuck, Luftwaffe Pilot wrote in his biography something to the effect that the pilots followed the roads to avoid getting lost... that even the vast number of aircraft wrecks were to be found along those same roads. For those reasons, I've elected to put the panzer on a road and weather the tracks appropriately. So, throughout the pics you will see shiny metal facets. The same facets you've seen on a hundred documentaries. Areas of blue steel where rubber has scrubbed away dirt and oxidation (red arrow), and dust and areas where the sprockets have polished the metal white (yellow arrow). Tomorrow, hopefully I will use brown and blue washes to make the dark steel look more steel like. As you can see above, there is an area of contact between the guide horns and the metal parts of the road wheels. On some historical photos you can actually see the rims polished to a high sheen. I'm still trying to reconcile myself to trying to make perfect, shiny metal circles, or leave them alone. I know that there are some who dislike the idea of all of that white metal... but if you look at pics... and watch documentaries... you cannot deny that they were there. Anyway... there is a fly in the ointment. My base warped. The water in the PVA glue caused warpage. It doesn't matter, really. ...chalk it up to experience. But here are a few pictures to show you how things will look: Despite the fact that the Pz I was the smallest of the German tanks, it had the largest commander's hatch. I didn't paint the interior a light color because I didn't want to highlight the lack of equipment in there. Happy Modelling!

Thank you, Harv!

Herr Panzer Kommandant is matte coated... and therefor... done!

I like the look, Kai. Detailed but not contrived.

Nice looking work, Frank!