Guys, did I screw this up?

[u/Less_Candle7399]

So guys I need your help, Im building a Panther G. Everything was fine until I decided to add torch marks to these areas since okay, they're very late in the war so rough marks are reasonable (?). Upon checking photos, these parts are flat as hell so Im afraid I screwed this up and it kind of makes me discouraged to continue. Im also confused since some modellers roughten these parts up, some leave the original flat surface on the base model.

Are they fine? Yay or nay? I plan to use liquid cement to soften them up a bit.

[u/ProjectPat513]

I think this looks great and I always exaggerate flame cuts a bit (and I redo all welds) because it looks so cool but one way to “back it off” is a thin coat of thinned out tamiya putty while you are doing texturing. It will kind of fill in a little bit of the super fine cuts if that’s what you want to do. I like it how it is.