Excuse Me ;

 You said the back rack was off . Maybe it was the result of an in the field repair ? Looking good anyway . T.B.

Looks awesome Alan! 

Love how the interior came out. 

She is starting to actually look like a Chaffee! A nice coat of olive drab base with some lighter and darker shades added.  It's hard to see in the photos, but trust me, it looks pretty good.  I'm not a fan of the black/white base coat with olive drab over it although people do get amazing results with it.  I think I have more control by applying darker and lighter shades to the olive drab.

Now for some final painting and weathering.  She is almost done.

Tanker - Builder

Excuse Me ;

 You said the back rack was off . Maybe it was the result of an in the field repair ? Looking good anyway . T.B.

 

Weathering and pesky field repairs can always help.

That interior work and base coat outside looks good.

She looks good in OD green!!!

Small nitpick, is the interior of the hatch supposed to be interior white? I though they were painted the same colour as the outer hull so as not to stand out for snipers. Someone else would know better than I though.

Gamera

Small nitpick, is the interior of the hatch supposed to be interior white? I though they were painted the same colour as the outer hull so as not to stand out for snipers. Someone else would know better than I though.

That sounds reasonable Gamera.  It's hard to find pictures of it.  Most models do show it olive drab.  There is one picture of a Chaffee near the bottom of the page and it is in white but it is a Greek tank (http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M24_Chaffee.php ).  

Does anyone know?  If not, I'll take your advice and make it olive drab.

Looks like you're wrestling this one into compliance, Mike! Paint and construction all are looking great.

I agree with you too about that Black-White style. Seems like a lot of work to me. I go for the shading of base coat every time too. :)

The end is near.  The Chaffee was gloss coated, decaled and had a dark olive green "panel" and streak wash applied.  It's hard to see with all that gloss!  The decals were not nice - thick and fairly resistance to softeners.  The rear star has some damage when it was trying to conform to some of the raised detail but I'll deal with that during the final weathering.

All that remains is a dull coat and final weathering.  It's so close to being done.  I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it before heading off for a 2 week vacation in Boston/CT in a few days.  So it may be awhile before the final pics are posted.

Thanks for all the views and comments.