Keep at it and you never know just how good you might become! Two notes: On the howitzer...you can see the seams in the parts. Need to watch that. Use a x-acto knife or file on the seams to remove them! This is critical to a good model. On the T-34, you might have done this but I can't tell from the photo. There would also be a large white cross on the top of the turret too. You can see parts of this in the photo on some of the open hatches of the tanks in the column. Historical accuracy is great and painting the lines on rough was the right thing to do.