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I'm a nervous wreck just looking !
As Mr Nike says "Just do it"
Hey, it works for him !!

Raminator wrote:There's no such thing as overthinking this stuff, it's half the fun anyway. Some days it's all that keeps me awake while I'm at work!

Personally, I like your first choice; I think the 1:1 Buff:Khaki mix comes up the best both in full colour and black-and-white. Trust your gut, though!

Yup, first choice looks the part for me too.

I like your experimenting with paint
Very cool seeing how it transfers to b&w

What a wonderful and well researched project, well done.

Thanks, guys. It's definitely coming together.

Painted in the camouflage. I decided to go with the gut and went for the 1:1:2 mixture. It’s tone and brightness change a lot depending upon the lighting. Interesting to see it. Here are some photos of the progress.

In the evening shade:
Under fluorescent lighting:
In mid-day sun:
Same paint for RAL 7027 on a black background:

Hell of a change in hue mate, depending on the lighting.
I did no where near the experimenting with colour refraction as you have, but my Pz IV coated in straight XF-59 Desert Yellow changed hue after several days, & to be honest , looks a far better alternative to 'Dunkelgelb' than the XF-60 that is supposed to be for it.!

The XF-59 seems to react to the sun very differently to the Dark Yellow..............
I almost think you have solved the secret of what '131' may have looked like in real life at the time

XF-59 as an alternative to XF-60 for Dunkelgelb, eh? I'll have to remember that for future builds. I like your PzIV.

The 8020 in this build is straight out of a Tamiya recommendation. But, their recommendation for 7027 didn't have any green in it. So, I had to play with it.

But, it has changed color a bit as it sits. It also seems that paint airbrushed on and paint brushed on have slightly different hues. I had to do some touchups. I did it with a brush and you can see a slight hue difference. Maybe that will settle over the next week or so.

Really need to find some desert to put this in. Green grass is not its best background.

Painted the tools and rusted the exhaust.

Darker wood on the tools is Tamiya’s Deck Brown Linoleum (XF-79) with a light Clear Orange (X-26) wash. The lighter wood color is Tamiya’s Deck Tan Wooden (XF-78) with a light Clear Yellow (X-24) wash. The handle on the jack is Flat Earth (XF-52).

The cable is the twisted wire that comes in the Schumo kit. It’s basically just picture wire. I toned it down a little with two washes. The first is a wash with German Grey (XF-63) with about a 2:1 mixture of solvent to paint. The second wash used Flat Earth in a 4:1 mixture of solvent to paint.

The rust on the exhaust is actual rust. I let a small paint mixing dish sit with water in it. Once it was a slurry with very little water, I brushed that around on the exhaust. Then, you can brush off any excess rust. Some of it will soak into the paint when the water softens the paint.

Looks great , top work.