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This has been sitting in the cupboard since Christmas, I finally worked up enough enthusiasm to start on it ...

Pile of bits to spray before assembly ... not sure when I'm going to get to do it, after a couple of weeks of mostly fine spraying weather, the last time I checked the thermometer it was -4 C outside



... and a pile of bits for brush painting:

Jonny, I look forward to see your painting of this. I did mine some time ago, but I chickened out of painting the camouflage. I hope you show how it's done

Lars

larbut wrote:

Jonny, I look forward to see your painting of this. I did mine some time ago, but I chickened out of painting the camouflage. I hope you show how it's done

Lars

It won't be boxart camouflage, but nevertheless - I have a cunning plan


The temperature went up a little, so I got the primer & base coat on:











Also got a couple of coats of the basic colours on the interior/driver:




Need to wait for things to harden off before continuing, so that's pretty much it for today

This'll be another great build to follow.
The driver's head and his dogged attitude look very cool already!

A bit more sprayed this morning ...

I started assembling the wheels, but quickly realised the edges of the back part was visible - tickled them up with the very last dregs of the light olive...







Moving on to the bodywork, it's not boxart, but I will be using it as a guide, just with the colours swapped over a little:
boxart "light sand" becomes "light olive";
boxart camo black becomes red oxide;
boxart green camo becomes satin black; and
boxart white camo stays white.



I scanned it the decal sheet & draft printed lots of copies on 160gsm card & cut out the white bits to use as masks:




Holding them a couple of mm away from the bodywork & giving lots of light puffs from a distance gives soft edges ... and spray drift if you don't cover the rest of the body





Ditto for the "red oxide" masks...





... but it's not drying very fast, so I'm having to leave it quite a while between masks:





I have one more to go, then I can to the black bits - it should make more sense then

You sure make it difficult for yourself !
But, I'm sure it's going to look stunning when done.

Last bit of red, first couple of bits of black ...

Raining earlier & still too cold/damp to do any spraying, so I'll be on inside duties today ...

Assembled the wheels & lettered the rear tyres:




Painted on lowlights on the drivers uniform:




... they weren't really dark enough to differentiate the belts, so had another go with much more black in the mix:





Highlights are probably a bit too light, but will be mostly hidden later anyway...





Either he's been attacked by 1/10 scale seagulls, or I've started on the camouflage

Nice going. Very tight job on the lettering.

Brown (actually "hull red") camo ...





NATO Black & assembly: