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Mud and tracks are FINALLY on!
Mixed the AK mud colors in different proportions along with plaster and splattered it on with blasts from the airbrush through an old paintbrush. The difficulty here is that it always looked great when wet but once it dried overnight it was much lighter than planned. So I ended up doing about 3-4 layers of mud spray, the final one being straight "Fresh Mud" to get enough contrast between dried and wet mud.
Tracks were a bear to get on because they were quite fragile after all the work I've done on them. However, once on I just glued them to the roadwheels along the bottom so everything is pretty solid now.
Spent some time getting a nice wet look to the lower sandbags. Tried to get this to look as much like my reference photo as possible. A little satin paint over the mud colors added a final touch.
Stowage is done and just needs to be glued into place and tied down. Also need to do a bit of work on the spare idler to make it look like it's secure. All the reference photos of this particular setup are too fuzzy to determine how this was attached so I'll try to come up with something that makes sense.
After these two small items it's on to the crew!
Don, sensational job!
