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James,
I wish I could be as fast as you are...
I like the camo you made. The "standard" pattern and the disc, rare pattern give together a very interesting look to your build. The weatheing is really good on the upper hull and I love the stowage. In general I like a lot the upper hull and skirts (beside one point you'll find just below)
I hope you won't take it wrong but I'm not convinced about few things.
The scratches you made looks really good but I feel like they're a little bit too bright/ white. I started this way the scratch work on the last befehl tiger II. I was just using Humbrol 121 paint. I quickly switched to the lighter base colour as it was too light. It does look well on the zimmerit (even it should look this way from what I know as zimmerit past was a kind of white/beige) . It does look too bright IMHO. It makes look the scratches not natural. It's a little bit overdone also on the side skirts.
Where I'm also not convinced is the lower hull and tracks. The lower hull is a single colour mass, some pigments, even a light coat of mud, dirt would make it look better. The wheels could be painted in a different way. The muddy colour paint on them doesn't look very well . And finally tracks , I'm not convinced by their colour. Looking at the pictures I have impression that you painted tracks all lower hull, road wheels, sprockets and idlers with the same light muddy colour. If you don't want to add mud some washes on the lower hull and wheels would add depth to the whole lower thing.
Still mates?
I hope 
spit
Don't worry Spit I won't fall out with you!
Thanks for your compliments glad you liked the upper half!
To answer your points:
Usually I use a slightly darker colour for chipping under dunklegelb, but its a Revell enamel and wasn't in good condition when I came to use it, therefore I substituted a humbrol colour, yes it was 121, and agree it looks a little light, I has hoping a bit of weathering would minimise this but agree it is probably a little light. In future I may mix it with a bit of humbrol 93 to blend it better with dunklegelb.
I experimented a lot on this build and my lower hull weathering was one of the bigger ones, I did spray the whole lower hull (tracks included) in one eart color, thinking I could add basic details of colour to mimic a very dusty lower hull. As you say it didn't really work and I probably won't be using it again, it was simply a quick way to finish the hull without having the hassle of painting the tracks seperately.
I appreciate the critisism mate, its good to get honest opinions, especially when usuing some new techniques.
Cheers!
James
