Washing a cat? You’re braver than I thought. Or crazier. Or both. Glad Joey’s okay. Your gun looks outstanding, by the way. Fantastic build and the dust is perfect.
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Matt, thank you. That picture was the key inspiration.
My wife says Joey gets into trouble fast as 2 year old. I say it’s a case of Arrested Development
A few weeks ago, he had his first teeth cleaning as he had horrible breath and a lot of build up. Vet was shocked at how playful and how active he was for an 18 pound cat that’s 9.5 years old. She said he doesn’t understand he’s a full grown cat, never mind a senior aged cat. He acts like he think’s he’s 18 months old. I told her that sounded about right as when we put a Christmas 
tree up he still tries to climb to the top (unsuccessful) like he did as a kitten.
After his first “bath” I had to mop up bathroom and change clothes. He’s a big cat and from lugging around all that weight surprising strong 
.
Tiddying up in the hobby room before getting after the Leopard 1A3, I just realized that bottle of North African Sand pigment is missing 
Got to go I don’t want a part 2 to yesterday.
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Just for a pedant’s sake (ie mine!) I think that shot is of a 17cm Kanone 18, not that that changes any weathering effect at all…
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Brian, yes my understanding is the reference picture is a 17 cm artillery piece. The book it’s in is one of the very best for authentic color German WW2’s pictures I’ve seen.
It’s a big tall ice cold glass of STFU to those that endless hate on Spanish School style finishing at least for DAK equipment.
North African Sand pigment aka Joey-Cat’s pigment meth is locked away out of reach. He’d got it into the living room under the couch 
but hadn’t gotten it open…yet.
The only thing he’s been this obsessed with before is mentholated foot powder.
I wonder if Mig’s pigs share some ingredients.
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Roger that. That book looks very interesting indeed; whilst not normally a WW2 modeller, I might just have to get that one. Now, where’s my list to Santa?
The foot powder thing reminds me; I recall that in the old days - like really old days of modelling, in the then Airfix Magazine c. 1964, one was advised to add talcum powder to any gloss paint in order to get a matt finish.
Fast forward a fair bit and I further recall reading that some enterprising Quartermaster of a unit had utilised the mass use of Army-issue foot powder to achieve the same effect for whatever vehicle fleet was being painted.
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As the cover jacket shows, the old film or a polarizer gives several of the pictures a bluish cast that particularly distorts uniform colors. The best pix are those of Rommel taken by the propaganda company. Still many unique photos. I’m glad that I have it.
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You really brought the details out with your finishing skills.
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