The slurries even though not so evident in real life bug me, I have some touch ups on the rubber I missed. I must have gotten sloppy and got some wash on the rubber too. I've been told I'm myown worst critic and enemy on more than one occasion. Maybe its just from all those years working on aircraft, I dont know :hmmm
James
If the slurries are visible enough to bug you, you can fix them when you dry brush. Just dry brush them away and they will no longer be visible. Mix the paint with the base color and just a touch of the khaki drill. You can watch them disappear.
It's good to be your own worst critic, up to a point. There is a fine edge between being your own worst critic and developing AMS, advanced modeler's syndrome. I have never built a model that was flawless in my life and, guess what, I don't know of anyone else who has either and I know many of the best out there.
When I owned the Miniature World Museum, we had models from all the world's greats at the time. I did all the maintenance on them, particularly the shadowboxes and dioramas, and I can tell you for certain, there were lots of flaws. Humans are imperfect. We can only strive to do our best, but no matter how hard we try, nothing we make is ever perfect.
I am fortunate. Besides being well aware of every little flaw in my work, my wife Susan has been around models and modelers all her life. She is my very worst critic. When I have a flaw and can't decide if anyone will notice, I always show it to her. If it is at all visible, she'll find it every time. The good news is that flaws can always be fixed. Always! If worse comes to worse, you can always take a bottle of brake fluid and immerse the model in it overnight and the next day, you can strip it clean of all paint and weathering. I haven't had to do that since the 70s, but, all painting and weathering flaws can be fixed!
BTW, James, I always wash the rubber on the tank wheels. You have to wash everything. Raw umber is the color of dirt. Anything manmade that is out in the elements long enough, pick up this color. It is the color of nature. When I wash my gigantic dioramas, everything gets washed except things that are alive. That is what blends a diorama together. Have you ever seen a diorama where everything looks like it has nothing in appearance in common with any other object in the diorama? Left out in nature, buildings, sidewalks, streets, utility poles, signs, everything acquires the same tone.
Bob