French tanks in British service, Battle of France, 1941

[Jakko]

If you want the side streaks to show up more, maybe you could put a tiny spot of dark grey and/or brown in the clear varnish

I had thought of doing that as well, but didn't because I was worried it would make them too obvious and not look like rain anymore, which would be impossible to correct without a complete repaint.

There's something about the Char B1 that's very attractive, isn't there? Even with it's long list of known faults and indifferent combat record, it still seems kinda rakish, like a WWI tank designed by Ferrari...

I think that's because the hull front is angled to the rear instead of the whole front of the tank leaning forward. The same reason that the Schneider is the best-looking least-bad–looking tank of the First World War

That's what wet things DO look like. 

The thing with making models is that making them look just like the real thing is often a matter of not doing it like on the real thing

[buzzbomb]

Very nicely finished in both cases

[Jakko]

Thanks

[zenrat]

...The thing with making models is that making them look just like the real thing is often a matter of not doing it like on the real thing

But if they are whifs then there is no real thing for them to look like...

[Jakko]

I was, of course, speaking in general rather than about what-if models specifically