Airfix Model World – September 2019

INTERMEDIATE BUILD
FORD WOT.6 TRUCK

INTERMEDIATE BUILD

FORD WOT.6 TRUCK

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received an overall coat of 26.518

Matt Acrylic Varnish. A pin wash

of heavily diluted dark brown oil

paint enhanced the shows and

accentuated the moulded detail,

followed by dry-brushing with

various Humbrol Enamels to

complement the effect.

The chosen decal scheme

depicted a vehicle in France during

summer 1944, as it used the Allied

white recognition star (popular

on restored machines), but the

registration plates came from

the Malaya, summer 1945 option.

These were employed make the

restored vehicle legal for civilian

use on modern roads. Reference

photos were used to position

the turning indicators, which

were added for modern road

use without detracting from the

vehicle’s period appearance.

Putting the diorama

together

The diorama base was just a

plastic picture frame, with the

card replaced by a thin piece of

medium-density fibreboard. This

was first sealed with PVA, before

filler was applied to sculpt the

rough ground and the entire base

was painted in sand and green

tones. Static Grass was added

to a thin layer of PVA via an

applicator, after which tiny pieces

of granulated foam were scattered

onto the green areas and fixed

with hair spray. Finishing touches

to the ground work were

added courtesy of an airbrush.

various Humbrol Enamels to

complement the effect.

The chosen decal scheme

plastic picture frame, with the

card replaced by a thin piece of

medium-density fibreboard. This

depicted a vehicle in France during

summer 1944, as it used the Allied

white recognition star (popular

on restored machines), but the

registration plates came from

the Malaya, summer 1945 option.

These were employed make the

restored vehicle legal for civilian

use on modern roads. Reference

photos were used to position

the turning indicators, which

were added for modern road

was first sealed with PVA, before

filler was applied to sculpt the

rough ground and the entire base

was painted in sand and green

tones. Static Grass was added

to a thin layer of PVA via an

applicator, after which tiny pieces

of granulated foam were scattered

onto the green areas and fixed

with hair spray. Finishing touches

to the ground work were

added courtesy of an airbrush.

plastic picture frame, with the

card replaced by a thin piece of

medium-density fibreboard. This

was first sealed with PVA, before

filler was applied to sculpt the

rough ground and the entire base

was painted in sand and green

tones. Static Grass was added

to a thin layer of PVA via an

applicator, after which tiny pieces

of granulated foam were scattered

onto the green areas and fixed

with hair spray. Finishing touches

added courtesy of an airbrush.

ADMIRING CROWD

Figures were sourced from recent releases

by MiniArt (38007 Tram Crew w/Passengers),

MasterBox (3577 US Artillery Crew WWII and 3527

Checkpoint) and Dragon (6054 US Tank Crew (NW

Europe 1944). However, the soldier giving the

demonstration came from Italeri’s ancient 308

Tank British Troops, first released in 1983, as did

the table, chair and German machine gun he is

working on. All were fixed with small lengths of

brass rod and pushed into the long grass. The

photographer in modern clothes came from the

MasterBox’s US Artillery set by combining two

of the figures to create a crouching individual.

The camera was then scratch-built from styrene

strip and tube using the dimensions from my own

camera as a guide. As a finishing touch, the Classic

Military Vehicles logo on his T-shirt was copied

from the magazine’s website, reduced in size and

then printed onto clear decal film. Decal solution

helped it to conform to the T-shirt’s contours,

without adversely affecting the printed detail.

Lastly, several signs were created within a desk-

top publishing program, printed onto decal film and

applied to plastic card boards; these went a long

way towards explaining the kit’s idiosyncrasies and

proved it’s sometimes best to make what you can

from what you have!

 Little Cars lenses were attached to the front to replicate tiny amber indicators, while

the rear units were converted by first painting them chrome, then red and orange.

 ICM’s miniature Ford V8 was too good

a sub-assembly to hide under the cab, so

it was displayed alongside the vehicle on a

scratch-built maintenance platform.

 Once painted in representative colours,

chipping effects were added to the stand,

while the engine block and heads received

RAF Blue (close to Ford Blue).