@spacewolfdad – Paul,
I thought I had already left you a comment here but now I remember why I had not. I needed to gather my thoughts to write down what I wanted to let you know but my wife interrupted me for lunch. Anyhow, that was quite a while ago now I’m back. I think you’ve done a beautiful and well-detailed rendition of this obscure vehicle. The paint chipping looks realistic, as does the slight amount of weathering. The chipped and worn Red Cross on the hood captures the extended and rugged treatment this vehicle must be enduring in service to the causalities of war. In all an excellent build, most impressive!
Paul, if you will I would like to leave you with a technique that I use successfully for windscreens and windows. Before I apply any windows to the model I carefully dip them in Future acrylic floor wax and allow them to cure overnight. This will give you the clearest windows and hides very slight surface scratches. I then paint the edges with flat black enamel. You could use acrylics but I find them to be too transparent and they are much harder to remove from the clear plastic or acetate sheets. This keeps the edges from silvering when the light hits them, similar to the effect you would get from decals applied over a grainy surface. You can then apply modeler’s masking tape, such as Tamiya’s, and mask off the areas you don’t want any dust on and airbrush them with your favorite dust color. This is something that I read about in one of his first how-to modeling books by Verlinden, and it works!
Thanks for posting and sharing your work here, hoping to see more of your splendid work here again.
~ Eddy
