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Carl!
That's still a mean looking machine, even in museum storage. It's got the Indochina type roof on it so it saw service up through those years at the very least. Thank you very much, my Friend. I'm working on a few detail items for the M36B1 and will have some photos up a little later on.
regards,
Painless

Good deal looking forward to seeing them!

Carl!
For the hours spent this evening, there are not a lot of pics. It was basically, cutting bamboo skewers to length, painting them flat white then adding red caps and using a fine marker to add gradiant lines. I saw pics of two per side ( very small diameter stakes ) or one per side. I went with the larger diameter type since lines and colors will show up better. Oh, I did take the opportunity to upgrade the stowage rack cleaning rods by adding metal caps to both ends. After painting, they looked much better. Pics:

Soooo nice. What did you use for the metal caps on the cleaning rods?

And how would those Artillery stakes be used?

Artillery aiming post are black and white these days.
Not sure if they used to be red.

Extremely cool looking details as usual. I will be borrowing some ideas for my Jackson....

Good morning, Gentlemen!
Soeren, thank you, sir, I used annealed brass strips and folded them over and glued them in place.
The stakes were used when the vehicle was tasked to be used as an artillery piece and were for elevation aiming adjustment (I believe)
Artyfist, I got the cap color from the 'Walk Around' book. The tapered tip looked darker in the photo. I can paint the tip black as I was wondering about doing that.
Carl, thanks, Doc! I am _really_ looking forward to seeing you tackle one of these. You will have loads of fun!
Regards,
Painless

Today in Pueblo, I took time to pick up some Model Masters Flat Laquer coat and some gloss black. Tonight, I revisited the 'Walk Around' book and hemmed and hawed a bit then painted the tips of the Artillery Stakes black. After that, I finished detail painting the crew packs and got them de-lustered. After they dry overnight, I'll get them mounted on the vehicle. The last thing I have done is experiment with a better camera ( the one on my phone which is unearthly good ) than the workaday Canon I have been using for years for tank pics. Here we go:

I too am glad I got a pointer to use a phone camera over the digital I had been using.
Those wooden cleaning poles are the business Mr Painless

Mr Painless with the washes applied everything looks brilliant