Hey Guys,

My first tank prog! Some things I don't like. Such as the decals (the dark green makes them look bad), and clear coat (I plan to dullcoat when I do some more inks) .

To be your fisrt AFV project it's not bad at all.
As far as I can see, the saw is upside/down, the paint is quite "glossy" and quite likely it should be darker too. It looks to me like the old Tamiya kit. If this is the case you should consider cahnging the tracks (the one coming with the kit are wrong) with the ones for an M47 (rubber type) or for Leopard1.
Ciao

I knew that #:-)

Im going to add some more weathering and maybe some more damage tommorow, then dull coat it.

Keep up the good work and keep us informed of your progress. Couple of pointers; the bow saw on the side looks upside down and the vision blocks (little windows) on the driver's hatch can be filled with Elmer's white glue to replicate the periscope glass. You can apply the glue after the kit is done using a toothpick to build up the open ports closed.

My only additional comment would be that the size of the load class number seems too big. You might want to investigate some after market decals. There are some good leopard books out there to give you some inspiration.

The first "prototypes" we (Italian Army) imported from Germany fror evaluation in the early 70s had these huge load class...
Ciao