Thanks so much for all the encouragement and kind words. It did feel good to get back to the bench. the weird thing though, as I said earlier, by now I would have made up my mind, and changed it 5 times, of what to do next. Maybe I need to do one of the votes and let you guys decide. But now I have to decide what to put up for the vote
Shell, yes the rust is done with a sponge and oil paint.. The wheel color was a 2 part though process. Extra dirty and oily from maintenance was omne. The other was the idea of the color set being how light was hitting the vehicle. Thinking these are just shaded more. I even put the darker wheels under the side armor.
Mike AMPS is definitely in my plan. But you know what they say about the best laid plans.