I got on a roll this weekend and I got this one finished. I didn't get as many pictures as I had wanted. I kind of took them on the fly and many weren't really usable.
With the German modifications on, it was time for the base coat. I didn't use the typical Panzer Grey because this is a support vehicle, as opposed to a fighting tank. With the paint dry, I painted the mud. I used MM IDF Sand as the base and then dry-brushed it with USMC Sand. I tied them together usign a wash of dark tan.
Running gear on, I added some more Celluclay to the running gear. Not shown, but I painted them the same way I did the hull. While all that dried I turned my attention to other bits. I moved the radio antenna from the hull up to the rear of the turret. I wanted to free up the engine deck. Since this is a tow vehicle, I decided to make a tow bar. I used lenths of sprue. I capped them off with trimmed pieces of scrap styrene. The storage rack was fashioned from styrene strips. You need a place to hook the tow bar to, so I scavanged a hitch from an old Italeri Sherman I had in the spares and modified it to fit the Stuart.
Here's the lower hull with its finished mudjob. It came out better than I expected. I usually put too much much mud. I'm not sure how far along this is in terms of washes for the actual kit. I really didn't have any usable pictures of the finishing paint.
But I do have pictures of the finished kit...and in much better light. You can see the German equipment added. The tow bar mounted on the rear. Added stowage box. And I added a hitch.
Anyway, I think that's it. I'll wait a couple of days before uploading my finished pictures to the Campaign Gallery. That will give me time to catch anything I might have missed.
