hello again
thanks a lot for your kind comments!
billpe, could you please provide us with the complete link? as i said, there is no proof -of what i'm aware of- that there existed an order that no dots were to be applied over the zimmerit, i know i'm looking for an exception here in order to do my job more 'historically accurate', is for this that i said before i will use certain 'artistic license' here
well, the works of the last days:
i used these self-made templates to paint the numbers and balkankreuz
finally, i was not even sure how to do the white outline on the turret numbers, as for not to spoil the job already done, i decided not to paint this outline, so low visibility black numbers only
then, i applied a coat of glossy varnish in order the oils will flow better and to protect the previous paint works before starting the weathering process.
after a filter was applied all over the tank, i applied the oil dots Technic in order to add more Chromatic variations and to 'melt' a bit the colours
then the pigments, made from chalk pastels
now several pics with natural light, some on the shadow and some on the sun, with all the tools and cables already in possition
i stil have to do some minor corrections, and then do the tracks weathering, i'm almost on the finish line
best regards