i was until i JUST HAD TO fix s couple of small scratches and managed to make things worse. very discouraging, especially since this isn't a ww2 panzer that i could just battle damage the crap out of or hide withspare junk. does make me consider throwing a dark brown camo pattern on it.
OTOH i can clean my aztec in less than a minute. the tape to protect the sanding didn't work so i smooted it but now am having trouble leveling the paint. after third coat of aitbrush, i filled in the area using a brush. the big area on the side forward of the hatch will be covered by a water can.
on some positive notes, i am getting better at mixing paint. am using MM acrylic thinner for the MM in the airbrush. i already know how i'm to attack the sdkfz-222 4x4. i will paint part of the suspension before conmpleting it so all the nooks and crannies are painted w/o over airbrushing and getting runs. also going to weather it up nicely. the masking brush on stuff for the vision blocks worked great. i see using this a lot. the tires are rubber so i washed them in scale black to wear them a bit. the handles on the tools are hard to see but they were painted over the plastic using a COPTIC alcohol pen. i will be experimenting with these pens as you can buy a "trigger assy", attach an air supply, insert the pen and you have an airbrush. have a black one for road wheel tires.
pics show the patch before. will post an after later in case plan H is unsuccessful. don't know if harrison dies in H; he does in plan M (leverage fans will get this)
