Sd.Kfz. 222 Leichter Panzerspähwagen Afrika-Korps

[David Madsen]

Applied oil filter.

[David Madsen]

Applied dust layer with a Model Master Gulf Sand.

[Dario Risso]

Looks better with the dust, David. Try to add some metal color to the shovel blade.
Darío

[David Madsen]

[Laurent Moitrot]

These old Tamiya kits still can rock when allowed to. Yours is an excellent exercise in weathering one DAK vehicle.
May I say I'm not too keen on the way the gun was painted. It may come from the pictures but I see everything painted the same color : barrel cradle etc ...of course I take some parts were left grey and not yellow camo'ed yet ... do you see what I mean ?
May I also add I do not agree with my friend Dario about the correct way to paint a 20 mm gun barrel. They were "gun metal" wich as we know looks like black. some "silverish" chips are welcome yet it still looks black. Here's a quatuor of dusty 20 mm guns :

[David Madsen]

[Roy Schlicht]

Gun Metal is actually a very dark bluish/black. When the light is on it correctly you can clearly see the bluish tint. Also the gun was not painted. The mount was but not the gun. As you mentioned the high rate of fire would quickly burn off any paint. A larger canon with a much slower rate of fire is one thing but a machine gun or AA gun is another. You cannot go off of museum displays, who knows who did what to them.

Roy

[Laurent Moitrot]

[David Madsen]

I understand now. The mount is actually German Grey, which is what the early 222's would have been painted all over in Europe. It may just be the camera but the gun itself is gunmetal and the mount gray, it just looks close.

[Laurent Moitrot]

OK.
It often happens pics do not reflect what actually is.