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Howdy all.... I'm getting pretty close to completing Takom's Taiwanese CM-11 Brave Tiger or an M-48H with the ERA Blocks. Constructionwise it was an OK build with the same problems that I was reading about in the M-60 build.
Anyhoo, what's your technique for painting armor with ERA blocks?
I'm thinking basecoat the tank without the blocks green and also the backsides of the blocks the green. Then mounting the blocks, masking the areas behind the blocks to prevent overspray and then do my cammo.
OR, paint the complete cammo on the basic tank, add the blocks and try to match the basic cammo on the blocks, masking behind the stand off ERA ? So it's basically the same only different.
I wish that I could put it into better words and have not given anybody a headache trying to figure out what I meant. 
THANKS for reading and any advice you can offer !
Tom
OK, so my answer is basically different, but the same.
My first thought is, do you have any reference pictures to help guide you, preferably in color? That way, you could get an idea of what was done in real life. Plus, the ERA will cover things on the tank itself (in real life), thus causing the paint to be sun faded on the blocks, but not the paint underneath (or behind) the blocks.
In the modeling word, I think I would paint the basic camo on the tank, add the ERA, and then try to match the camo to the blocks.
I hope you get a couple of answers on your question, as they could probably help all of us!
Cheers,
Tim
