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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Ballardian on 15 August 2016, 01:16:41 PM

Title: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: Ballardian on 15 August 2016, 01:16:41 PM

Managed to finish this Daimler over the weekend, a nice little model & fun to paint (though somewhere pre- assembly I must have lost the Besa in its armoured housing, so had to make one).
 It's a somewhat nostalgic subject for me (how many of you out there have owned the Dinky version) as it reminds me of summers on the Isle Of Wight in the 70's/early 80's as a park there (Blackgang Chine) had one (plus a Dingo) for kids to clamber over & in (the days before health & safety realised that it was, in fact a bit dangerous to do so).
 So, rose tinted glasses on & here it is (as ever, please excuse terrible phone pics).

Title: Re: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: streetkern on 18 August 2016, 08:59:00 PM

Lovely - great battle damage.

Title: Re: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: moiterei_1984 on 18 August 2016, 09:22:36 PM

Absolutely brilliant work! You've done a great job on the weathering. May I ask as to what colours you used for the green?

Title: Re: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: Storm Wolf on 18 August 2016, 09:52:13 PM

Cracking job and I remember the blackgang chine ones but the memory that stays with with me is my action man used to have one or something similar to drive around in. I  have always had a soft spot for British armoured cars though

again great work
Glen

Title: Re: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: Andym on 18 August 2016, 09:56:48 PM

Well used and dirty! Lovely painting! 8)

Title: Re: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 18 August 2016, 09:58:45 PM

Splendid  8)

cheers

James

Title: Re: Daimler MkI armoured car (Warlord Games)
Post by: Ballardian on 19 August 2016, 12:10:05 PM

Many thanks all, it's a nice little model & was fun to build & paint.
 moiterei_1984, the paint was the Vallejo 'UK Bronze Green' AFV painting set - very useful in that it contains shadow/base & three degrees of highlight (plus primer & satin varnish). The downsides are that they give you half-size bottles (8ml) rather than the usual 17ml (I suppose it keeps the price of the set down - but I'd still rather pay a little more for the full sized bottles) & that the three highlight tones are unique to this set & not available seperately.
 Over this I used a couple of coats of a Mig Filter (1506 - Brown for Dark Green) & a Mig pin wash (1005 - Brown wash for Green Vehicles). The weathering was done with Mig streaking effects (Grime, Rainmarks & Rust) & the pigments were Vallejo (mostly European Earth with a little Light Sienna & Light Slate Grey - plus some Rust).
 Cheers all, now have an AEC Dorchester ACV & a Centurion MkIII (the latter for my Secrets of the Third Reich Brits) to do this weekend, so hopefully some more pics soon.