No after market details on this kit. All stock accept some scratch built add ons. For the bolt heads on the hatches and in other places I used some stretched sprue. Rivet heads were sanded round, bolts were left as is. The sections under the fenders were add on evergreen stock. (You could actually see up into the tank from under the fenders. So those were cut to shape and then feathered to match the curves. The antenae was scraped out of the track and a new load coil was made and a piece of wire (actually from a garbage bag tie) used for the antenae. The mg barell was drilled out. The shroud over the muffler was made by taking a piece of heavy mylar and making a grid on the computer. This was run trough my laser printer and then I used a pin to punch holes at the intersection lines of the printed grid. Any "flare" from pushing the pin through was sanded off making a nice clean hole. This was superglued over the existing muffler shroud which was smooth. Tracks are the kit vinyl tracks and I spent some extra time painting and weathering them.
Tow hitch was drilled out and a new pin made and inserted.
Tamiya paints. Shot through an Aztek. 3 color pattern used in Bengasi theatre 1943.
Cader28, don't give up on the Aztek its really not a bad airbrush.
Wash using black and dark brown acylics and then drybrush weathered with Tamiya paints and pastels chalks. Decals applied over clear. I trim them up and put clear only on the area covered by the decal. Once applied I used clear over the top to seamlessly hide the decal edges. The area is then sprayed with a dulling agent through the airbrush. The result is being able to keep the flat areas flat without having to overspray the whole model.
Mike
Mike
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