Well, I have a few hours to go before I have to leave for Midnight Mass, so here's the latest progress I got done today. It ain't much, just small steps here and there to try and get this closer to the finish line.
First off, I wasn't happy with the holes in the back of the T-54. I didn't want to fill them, wait for them to dry, then sand them smooth; possibly eliminating a lot of detail back there. So I came up with another idea that is slightly inaccurate, but was far easier and faster to do.
First thing, I cut a piece of styrene strip about the width of the back area and glued it on over the holes:
Here you can see the holes I'm covering:
Then I trimmed this plastic down to size:
After that, I added the upper hull; snapping it into place without glue and proceeded to sand it smooth:
The second band of white above is simply the light reflecting off the still-glossy surface of the rear upper hull.
Here is the new addition already painted. The paint is still a little wet here:
Okay, while I was shooting dullcoat around on the Huey, I also shot the T-54. This one is also weathered a bit with some dusting of brown:
Now the T-54 just needs the roof machine gun and it'll be finished. Then I can complete the Abrams.
Well that's all I was able to get done this Christmas Eve morning before my wife came home. Now I'm off to Midnight Mass. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.