Carro Armato M 13/40

Judge 1: I like this little tank and you’ve made a realistic looking model from an average kit. The join between the 2 halves of the bogie assemblies is very prominent and shouldn’t be there but apart from the that the construction is solid and you’ve done a good job joining those terrible tracks. I like the colour, it has some very good tonal variation and it has been well applied, the decals are also well done. The smaller details and rivets get a bit lost and a darker pin wash would help here and your exhausts don’t match the standards of the rest of your paint work. The weathering is subtle but I would have expected to see more chips and scratches on a captured front line vehicle also the metal on metal contact between the idler/sprocket and tracks usually wears the paint away very quickly. For a desert vehicle I’d expect to see more dust especially on the tracks.
Judge 2: Good basecoat colour & upper hull weathering could do with more pinwashes around afew more of the bolt heads. the decals are well applied, there is some over painting on the tools on the deck & the spare wheels at the rear also they have no weathering, neither have the main wheels & suspension. the tracks which Itarleri really needed to replace as are awfully molded & have to much bright silver drybrushing on them. the hull MG has still got a seem showing too. The tyres don't seem to be completely paint all the way around. besides the tacks & wheels, the overall look is good.
Judge 3: Good construction and a good degree of weathering. The weathering is perhaps a little rough looking and the pin wash has been applied effectively around some details but not so much around others. The markings have been applied well.