M5A1 Stuart Light Tank platoon Finished.

The last details are done.
Adding decals, give them a muddy look and seal them.
Lets start with the decals. This almost turned out to become a disaster.
When i got my sheets with decals i found out they were stuck together. By removing them from each other i damaged most of the decals. Luckily i had enough decals of the big stars that went on the front of the tank. The big problem were the ones that had to go on the side of the tanks. I had to see if there were 10 of then left that i could use. After 1 and a half hour i finally had 10 decals i could use of which 1 has little damage.
Time to add the decals.
First i paint a little layer of gloss varnish on the spots were the decals has to go. Then, when it it is dry, i put some Micro-Set on it, got a decal out of the water and gently put it with a brush on the right spot. I first did all the big stars on front. After the last 1 was done i went back to the 1st one and, because the surface wasn't flat, i gently pushed on the decal with a little pellet made of paper towel or something like that so the decal would set nicely around the raised edges. This is done with all 5 the tanks. After that it was time to add the decals on the side. Same procedure but then without the paper towel pressing because the surface was flat. Only had to line them out nicely.
After everything was dry i painted a thin layer of gloss varnish over the decals. I started with this because in the past when i sealed some models with matt varnish the decals suddenly started to dissolve. So to prevent of happing again i paint some gloss varnish over the decals.
Next was to give them a muddy look. This is simply done by a dry brushing a brown color, i used Vallejo Saddle Brown, on the side front and back. Some places a thicker layer then others.
Then last. Sealing them.

The end result!



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Antenna added to the tanks.


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