Military Illustrated Modeller – August 2019

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Instead of a black and white

base, the kit was prepared

with purple/blue and white

primer using the principle of

complementary colours of the

truck's sand yellow

The sand base colour (FS33531)

was sprayed using a mixture of

Tamiya XF-2 White, XF-15 Flesh

and XF-57 Buff

The pump and its

compartment, a special

feature, was painted

in different colours to

the truck body

Though the pump was green in general, the author opted to paint its

different parts with different Vallejo green tones to enhance visual interest

The canvas top was also painted with Vallejo acrylics

Layers of filter were

applied using diluted

Humbrol enamels for

yellow, brown and

green tinted effects