I hope I'm not getting to become a nuisance but after all your suggestions, including a pastel attack,I have (hopefully) finished my honey :-) any (more) suggestions would be great :-)

Hi Airwarrior....Nice little Stuart you got there ...a few things I noticed ...your chalk color looks very red ,this might just be the pictures ...I know that can happen...I would suggest using more than one color to achieve a more natural look ...I have found that colors like yellow ochre makes a nice fine dusty color ...another thing is you should wipe "most of it off where the wheels come in contact with the tracks,...same thing for the idler which should actually have a worn metal finish...The teeth on the sprockets should be worn a bit too...
I love these little Stuarts..I've already built one and have some ideas for another one...Keep up the good work ...

Rick

Nice lookin' tank AW. I heartily agree with Bear, too much red looks like it's been driving in ketchup j/k. I would definately give it some different pastel colors. Also, I know it isn't generally recommended with pastels, but a good spray down with dullcote would look nice; (maybe it's just me or some, photo distortion) but it looks like it has kind of a glossy, toyish look. I like my tanks nice and dulled down. Anyways, we wouldn't want tanks to be like beacons for the enemy to see, would we? :-) I like how the star is worn off a little bit. Nice bit o' work, work m8.

CHeErS,
Matt

i can also see in the back of the tank an eliptical shaped pattern of red muddy footsteps ? or something like that? that seems very normal to be random so maybe you need some randomizing there some fading and toning down. Otherwise is a nice lil beauty

I like it :-)

I just wanted to compliment you on the antenna - very well executed! Is that stretched sprue? I like the way it turned out - looks very realistic.

Maybe a light dusting of a lighter beige pastel would tone down the brown a bit - just a suggestion, it looks good as is.. :-)

Later-
Nelson

actually, tha is dust around several handles on the rear hull :-)