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

[Captain Blood]

These are great. Who makes that mosque?

Hovels, IIRC...

[Jeff965]

These are lovely Richard , are any of these colours straight out of the pot or are they mixed up specially for the job in hand?

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Jeff.
There's a little bit of mixing gone in there, but substantially, the three main colours used are Vallejo Russian Uniform Green, Desert Yellow, and Iraqi Sand.
Cheers.
Richard

[Genialjim]

Those are just fantastic looking

[Helen]

Lovely brushwork Richard on the DAK! Well done.

[Michi]

The contrast in your paintjobs really make them pop! Incredibly good work!

[lou passejaire]

 

[archiduque]

Fantastic work Richard!!

[Captain Blood]

Thanks all.

Fantastic work Richard!!

I took a good look at your, Rafa, before I started painting mine 
I am wondering if I ought to attempt the paint chipping on the steel helmets - they look great on yours. Any tips on technique to achieve that look?

[Corso]

As ever, wonderful!

[Calimero]

Fantastic job! 

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

Well, I have just engaged the brilliant Queeg to paint a batch of vehicles and AFV's for me - because he's a bona fide genius when it comes to vehicle modelling and painting, while  it's not my area of expertise at all. But I did have a Perry kubelwagen in its packet languishing on the shelf, so thought I'd give it a go...

It's just acrylics and inks, no fancy weathering powders or potions. I had a crack at a bit of the stone chipping effect, but don't think I've got it quite right, and didn't want to ruin the whole thing...
I don't have any decals, so I painted the crosses by hand, fudged the numberplates (they're covered in sand!), and didn't worry too much about unit markings...

It's actually quite a nice little one-piece resin model, with a couple of metal bits like the hood and the windscreen. Basic, I think, compared to say a Tamiya 1/48 scale kit, but probably a bit more robust for tabletop use.

The folded-down hood didn't look quite right to me, so I titivated it with Green Stuff. The steering wheel is invisible because I've attached it to the driver (yet to be painted) rather than the vehicle, as that seems to be the only way you can get the driver to fit! (If you attach the steering where to the dashboard - which I did - you can't fit the driver into position 









Here with a couple of Perry plastic Afrikakorps for scale...



And here with a couple of larger 28mm Artizan 'Thrilling Tales' figures.
As you can see, the fact that the kubel is 1/56 and so somewhat smaller in scale is not too evident - unless you were really looking for it.

[Silent Invader]

I like it a lot    

Must paint my own (though unlike you I've already installed the minis)

[Marine0846]

Fine painting.
Looks like it has been well driven.

[Helen]

Lovely Richard. I like the idea of using greenstuff on the canopy. Might do that myself on mine.