>>6681486They were somewhat rare as the tanks shouldn't leave the factory in such a sorry rushed state. I guess most markings got washed out or where erased while moving on the assembly line.
I assume too that the big ones are either the ref of the metal slabs from where the armor was cut off (the 36 on the side looks like it has been sprayed with a stencyl so it looks like its a fixed reference of something) while the big one in front is a hull ref in the factory done by hand like the smaller ones are just regular workshop/non-automated factory like ones. Like when modifications in tooling have to be made and they get scribbles and ref points everywhere those are just for working on but don't refer to the serial of the tooling itself so anything you can think of that would help "while building it irl" would work (from number of pieces installed/left to tightening torque for some bolts, just follow your aesthetic and common sense here).
Also if you're not reproducing a photography 1:1 (as close as humanly possible) of some vehicle, as long as you don't do something retarded, you can relax and just do what you feel it looks right. And you can always ask while working and take into consideration (or not) what people say, in the end you're building this for your personal enjoyment.
(I thought I had the whole step by step but only can find the last image but yout get the idea on how to blend and weather them)
>>6681546Is the pencil thing a scribbler? I need to buy one but the tamiya one but that blade shape doesn't look very useful