This model, dated to the invasion of Russia 1941, was intended to look fairly beaten up – in particular with plenty of dust and mud.

• The exhausts were painted with the various colours of the LifeColor rust set.
• Paint chips were simulated using Vallejo Panzer Aces “Light Rubber” (305) and Vallejo Model Color “German Camouflage Black Brown” (70822), applied with a sponge or fine brush.
• The entire model was washed with a dilute mixture of Abteilung 502 “Starship Filth” and Abteilung 502 “Blue-Green for German Grey” oil paints (ratio about 1:1) in enamel thinners – the excess being cleaned up with a dry brush or cotton bud.
• Additional work was done using Abteilung 502 “Starship Filth”, AMMO Oilbrusher “Medium Grey” and Winsor & Newton “Burnt Umber”.
• To the some of the vertical and sloping sides of the hull and turret Abteilung 502 “Light Rust Brown” (Abt060) and “Sepia” (Abt002) were added. Then, using a flat brush, the oil paint was drawn down the sides to simulate streaks of dirt or rust.
• To simulate dirt the hull, engine deck and fenders were selectively treated with a wash of Abteilung 502 “Light Mud” (Abt125) and “Dust” (Abt003) in enamel thinners, with the excess being removed using a dry brush. These two oil paints were also added as dots to vertical and sloping sides of the hull and drawn downwards using a flat brush to simulate streaks of dirt.
• The entire model was sprayed with a 1:2 mixture of Mr.Color “Flat Clear” (182) and Mr.Color Leveling Thinner.
• AMMO “Light Dust” (A.MIG-3002) pigment were brushed onto the lower half of the tank, wheels and tracks and fixed with a 1:1  mixture of AMMO “Pigment Fixer” (A.MIG-3000) in enamel thinners, added by brush. After drying, smaller amounts of AMMO “Europe Earth” (A.MIG-3004) and “Airfield Dust” (A.MIG-3011) were added and similarly fixed.
• Before the tracks were fitted, AK Interactive “Dark Steel” (AK086) pigment was brushed on onto the raised parts of the tracks in contact with the ground or running gear, as well as the edges of the metal tools and the machine gun.
• The upper part of the tank and the top of the turret was treated with the same pigments.
• Tamiya “Soot” powder was added to the exhaust area.
• Abteilung 502 “Engine Grease” (ABT160) oil paint, in varying dilutions in enamel thinners, was added to parts of the vehicle, to simulate oil and fuel stains.