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  1. All Back at it. The Sherman that is going to be built as the "Fury" tank, came with the wrong type track. I've not built track by individual links before. After pulling up the You Tube video for these bad boys, I'm excited to get started. There was quite a bit of gear to paint for two tanks. The logs turned out better than I thought they would. The MRE boxes (Cardboard) were interesting to assemble. All of the crew-serve weapons were painted with Master Model Gun metal(lacquer, not enamel) After they dried, I dry brushed silver to accent wear. Had a lot of decals to apply to put on all the ammo boxes. It was worth it in the end. I've switched over to mostly acrylic paints now. I wish I would have some time ago. I love working with them. I've been able to get some good results. I've illustrated below, the process I use each and every time I paint with them. Step 1. Primer, Step 2. Paint color. Step 3. Apply the color wash you want. (In my case, I use either brown, or black). Let them dry completely. Step 4. Take a q-tip,soaking one tip, in mineral spirits, roll it between your fingers to remove excess. Wipe the painted part, removing the wash from the high areas. Let dry. Step 5. Dry brush the highlighted areas with the color of your choice. For me, I use silver enamel to highlight metal items, and artist oils (Winsor & Newton Naples yellow hue) for cloth items. Hope this helps someone. Chris
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