Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[Poiter50]

Lou - 

[Captain Blood]

Next up, the AMD Panhard 178 armoured car...

A nice model this, from Warlord - although I think the rivets are bit over-done, and my generous use of oil washes hasn't helped this!

The commander is bodged from a Rubicon British AFV commander's body and arms with a Warlord French head.

I decided to forego another crazy French camo scheme on this one - there's so much surface detail, I didn't want to lose it under lurid blotches of colour.

The few bits of added stowage and decals are by Rubicon.

Needless to say, the Panhard A/C did not actually see action with Vichy forces in the colonies...  Until now!

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely rich colour on that 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

C'est superbe!   

[Westfalia Chris]

This is looking great. I've been thinking about getting a captured PzSpw 204f for a late-war project myself, and that Warlord piece really looks the part (and I LOVE rivets, even if a bit overdone).

[Schogun]

Very nice! (as usual)

What base color paint did you use?

Thanks

[Captain Blood]

Very nice! (as usual)

What base color paint did you use?

Thanks 
It's Vallejo Desert Yellow. Drybrushed with Desert Yellow cut with VMC Iraqi Sand and then with VMC Pale Sand.
The washes are very thinned oils - a mix of Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna, plus various rust, dust and grime effects using AK Interactive washes.

[NurgleHH]

Great work again, i like the wheels. It looks like real sand in the cart track. I think you really got the most out of the model. Now you are not only the master of plastic, also the master of desert painting. LPL will be very interesting.

[Dr DeAth]

That's jolly nice Richard, the oil washes really bring out the details.

[gamer Mac]

Lovely work
The rivets do look a bit much though, are you sure it's not for your VSF french force

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Colin - yes, I did think the vibe was a bit VSF...

[moiterei_1984]

Excellent work Richard!

[lou passejaire]

nice model as usual ... just one thing ... the aces are platoon signs ( the color is the squadron number Blue for 1 red for 2, green for 3 etc - and the figures the platoon number spade first platoon; diamond 2nd; heart 3rd and club 4th ) so it's a non sense to have a Panpan with the turret belonging to the 1st squadron 4th platoon and the rest of the vehicle belonging to the 2nd Squadron 3rd platoon ...
a bit of schyzofrenia may be ? 

instead of the heart you could have used a regimental insigna



more seriously, the Panhard 178 is a nice warlord model quite perfect in size , just missing small modifications ...
and your camo scheme is acurate, the armored cars in levant were either olive green ( for the old laffly 50 ) or plain sand for the other models ( except the dodge ) ...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice paint job.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

nice model as usual ... just one thing ... the aces are platoon signs ( the color is the squadron number Blue for 1 red for 2, green for 3 etc - and the figures the platoon number spade first platoon; diamond 2nd; heart 3rd and club 4th ) so it's a non sense to have a Panpan with the turret belonging to the 1st squadron 4th platoon and the rest of the vehicle belonging to the 2nd Squadron 3rd platoon ...
a bit of schyzofrenia may be ? 

instead of the heart you could have used a regimental insigna

Merci lou. I agree that would be nonsense, but the red heart in the green square is indeed a regimental insignia, and the blue club symbol the platoon designation. I do not know which regiment the coeur rouge sur vert represents, but as you can see from the picture below, it is most certainly amongst the pairs of regimental badges on the Rubicon Models French early WW2 decal sheet, and well away from the platoon designation playing card symbols...
I was rather hoping you could tell me which regiment it was... 😉