Time to get to the bottom!

Time to get to the bottom of the Italeri SU-100 assault gun! Yesterday the upper surfaces of the tank were dirtied with dust and rust so today attention went to the bottom. I used some acrylic mud mix which comes in a large tub and applied it with a broad brush to the under surfaces and wheels. It is like a think filler with granular material in it to give that representation of thick accumulated mud - just like my garden after the builders finished! Maybe I should just have used the real stuff!

Once dry after a few hours I dusted it with some of the European Dust weathering powder.

Then a a further coat of matt varnish to fix it to the mud surface.

Now it  is beginning to look really like a battle field veteran. 

Think I may be getting to the bottom of finishing this kit!