ya gotta love the exit wound.[oX)]
…[:-^]…I agree; I think more than chipping it is more attractive to model “scuffing”…this same arguement goes on in the Aircraft forum when it comes to the wing roots where pilots entered fighter a/c…my research tends to lean towards the paint being rubbed and scuffed, which discolors the paint (or in extreme cases wears it down to the aluminum), BUT DOES NOT chip it…I think this holds true for armor as well…
It looks like the standard late war 3-tone to me, but I’ve gotta say the mantlet does look very grey, is it a possibility it got a replacement mantlet from the factory and it was for some reason painted grey?
I think part of that is the shadow effect…not that the area appears to get greyer where the light is lesser…