Sherman III

Actually, you're in the ballpark. East Ridng Yeomanry was part of 27th Armoured Brigade, and equipped with Sherman IIIs. A quick check of my library didn't turn up pictures of East Riding tanks, but several of the other two regiments in the brigade...al Sherman III or Firefly. Some of those were welded-hood tanks, but not all. I love the dust effects, Jeff...looks like summer in Normandy!

Absolutely you get good results with oils. I'm not a fan of the magazine trend these days which simply shows off how to spend money, I mean use an integrated "system" from some manufacturer with ten thousand available color variations. Traditional techniques work fine for me, too. I use artist's acrylic texture gels and pigments for mud, a Zaloga technique. I drybrush where it is effective. I don't bother "modulating" or "pre-shading" to any great extent. Since I do Shermans, I don't do a lot of chipping because the baked-on paint of US tanks was pretty damn durable. Nothing wrong with old-school modeling.