Hi Darren and welcome back! Great job on your first model in a long time .. You might want to add some dark pin washes to some of the panel lines and even to the mud to try to vary the color a bit.. keep up the good work!

Rick

Darren
Great work, I am jealous I just built my first armor kit the Tamiya M4A3. I wish it came out like yours. Can't wait to see the next one.

Euge

Hi Darren: Thanks for sharing your model with us -- nice work! Here are some areas that could enhance this or future builds for you:

1) use your digital phots. Looking at the 2D image, you can see things your eye might otherwise miss on the real model. I see areas of your suspension and lower hull walls where you missed adding weathering/dirt/mud.

2) using pre-made stowage can be a timesaver -- but make sure you file/cut/form the items so they conform to the tank surfaces. Your pile of bedrolls/sacks, etc "floats" over the engine deck. Try to make sure everything conforms like real bags/bedrolls would

3) The inside of the turret mounted spotlamp cylinder wasn't silver but olive drab. That cylinder was a shroud to direct the light beam

4) Here are pics of how most US-made tail lights appeared:




5) Perhaps replace the tie down rope you have across the jerry cans? It appears very out of scale. I use embroidery thread: right diameter and no "fuzziness" made by the loose fibers.

Hope these help! Keep up the good work