try using Hairspray and Microballoons, Verlinden makes a wonderful snow… here is my model, I’m sure many of you have seen it, I finished it in August, and I didn’t realize I was in on this build until I saw my name LOL
when i built my bulge dio i used putty and hit the top with a tooth brush and then painted it, black, then brown , then blue in some areas and the white, it turned out pretty cool: 
-DJ
Nice looking Sherman! I’m using Woodland Scenics snow with their cement. I don’t want to use hairspray.
Nice job DD! It looks really realistic.
I’m currently painting the road wheels on my first tank. I found a simple method.
Paint the wheels their colors. Carefully paint the tires. Dry brush any areas that were painted the wrong color, such as the where the tires meet the wheels.
I forget if you said it or not, but whens this build over?
I don’t think this build has a end date. The creator has been swamped lately and looks like everyone else is aswell.
I covered my tank with snow and foilage. I attached the wheels and the tracks. I also attached additional details such as the side armor. I still have to apply snow to these parts. I used the freely moving tracks and suspension to show it running over a log. No pictures yet! I still have figures to paint.
what did you use for foilage? i used leaves from a bush in my yard, but im curious if theres other techniques…
i havent had time to do snything on my 251, ive been swamped with a 10 page paper, and this week is a testing week where we have a test everyday from certain subjects…
-DJ
I used materials from Woodland scenics such as branches and dark green foilage.
no real progress here…a couple figs finnished for dio, but cant get motivated to work on the 251
I am nearly finished with my Pershing. All I have to do is touch up the snow covered exhaust(which I forgot to mask) and paint the figures. Some of the snow will remain and will be covered with a burnt, oily mess. I probably will leave it without figures for awhile, mainly because I can never paint their faces. I can paint the uniforms fine, just not the faces.