>>5864815>catch 22 situation with self impossed conditions Yes I suppose that makes sense, but from what I've heard and read, the germans kept their tanks in pretty good conditions throughout the course of the war (up until the very end) since it was a mandatory condition set by the wehrmacht for the maintenance crews. This is, of course, different if the vehicle was coming out of combat as opposed to going into a battle.
>You said that you didnt want to argue about this but the situation triggered my 'tism a bit.Haha that's not what I meant when I said you could argue any which way about it. To clarify, I meant that if you created some imaginary weathering scheme (like putting some scratches on a specific handle to signify use, where if the vehicle was actually made, the handle would've been ignored because it was inconvenient or something) then you could argue that it's not realistic just as easily as you could say that weathering it would be more realistic.
It seems a little autistic now that I've written it down actually, but that's just how it went through my head.
>From what model is that motor, a sherman?It's from a T-34. Only one version of the sherman had an inline engine, and that was 4 inline engines mounted orbitally around a centre shaft.
>Also did you use some speciall weathering for the motor/interior?No, I just used Revell 91 steel for the base and Tamiya X-11 for highlighting as well as oil washes of raw and burnt umber and handbrushed Revell 9 Anthracite Grey and XF-85 Rubber black for the detailing. Revell Anthracite grey is actually one of my best kept sekrits.
