Stuart Academy

Michael Osadciw
The camo looks great! This my next kit, but I have the Academy one. Yours looks great so far.

Microbacchus
Thanks!🙂 As far as I know, these kits are the same (only the decals differ). I used MRP paints, they worked great. This is a nice guide for caunter scheme: flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=5673 Also IWM E3467; E3469E; E5086 and E7044. Bellman detailed (tho I disagree with the two-tone idea): clubhyper.com/reference/bellmanwm_1.htm And a similar tank: [img1]

If You watch these pictures closely, there are no identical ones, the scheme is the same, but since they were all hand-made, they all differ slightly. Some ppl (based on B and W photo analysis) state there were tanks painted with two tones only (Portland and Slate), but i guess that is a misinterpretation of the photos. The difference between Portland Stone and Silver Grey can disappear under bright light conditions (I placed the model under direct sunlight and i could barely see the border). Also there were later patterns (the one presented in AK's Real Colors book) with a larger Portland Stone stripe on the sides, but BELLMAN was not painted according to that pattern, so no wonder he couldn't find the larger PS area there, it simply was not there🙂 But it does not mean it was a two-tone scheme.

I stopped painting the stripes on the back, because the whole area will be covered with luggage.