Thanks. The quality of the kit is unbelievable. A plus is that the parts come molded in color so the painting done was minimal. I just sanded the parts with very fine sandpaper, enough to get rid of the plasticky shine. Most of the weathering was done with pastels, washes and silver paint for the scratches along with red paint for a few small details. The trooper is coming along nice and I will prepare a simple diorama base for the whole thing. Nothing too complicated.