Ditto here... The contrast was maybe too much, and this way it really ties everything in together, like a fine layer of dust, which believe me, they would have in the field...
Cheers
Brad

First of all, I agree with the other guys, it looks great.

I also agree with you that perhaps too much of the contrast is gone, however that can be fixed. Use your weathering paints that you did the rust and chipping with to now go over and "blend" some of the dust out. In other words, add some more dark paint back over some of the light, and some of the contrast will return. Dust is very difficult to model in scale, remember it is microscopic in 1:1 scale, so 1:35 scale is a real challenge. In the future, I would back if off just a bit, try to get some weathering powders, they are easier to control to model dust effectively.

Overall, your tank looks really good, and sometimes when you stare at a piece for too long, you start to lose some perspective. Remember, there isn't only one way for a model to look, you are replicating real life in a small scale, and in real life, each tank would be different and individual. I know you were shooting for a specific "look", and don't have EXACTLY the look you want, but your tank looks very good, so stay with it. A lot of modelers see a piece by someone they like, then they spend all of their time trying to replicate that model instead of replicating in your case, a Stug.

Can't wait to see the final product. Hope this perspective helps.

Scott Gentry

While I think is looks very good - nice fix on the sheild btw - if you want you can go over some of chips again to make them newer, you can also go back over areas where the crew would move about the vehicle with your base color on a very dry brush and "remove" some of the dust.

I really don't know what to say about this. I wish I had some disasters like this - unless the real thing looks a lot different to the photos. All I can see is that the dust looks a bit grey, but that's not necessarily bad, the earth is after all different colours in different areas. You do need to show bare metal wear again on the tracks where the raod wheels rub the muck off, & if showing dried mud, the rubbing parts of the wheels need some dark grey where contact rubs the mud off.

Hi all

Been busy lately and only managed to find time to check this forum again today.

Saw that there were 3 new thread to my stug...and all very good suggestion....will take this input and work on it for my next model....

Now I know how to reclaim the lost constrast due to the dust effect....

thanks again

looks fine in the photos, just cover it with mud