Scale Military Modeller International – September 2019

british lrdg

Scale 1:35 / North Africa Patrol

With everything secured, the model was
now ready for painting, and this began with
an undercoat of Dark Grey primer, followed
by a coat of Model Master #2102 Afrika
Braun. Next came a coat of Radome Tan
with a few drops of Middlestone. The grey
is Model Master Dark Ghost Grey with a few
drops of Radome Tan added and this was
sprayed in a wide swathe pattern across the
vehicle. Details like the seat and tyres were
touched up with the appropriate colours
using Vallejo acrylics thinned to more
‘stain’ the enamel than totally cover it. This
produced a weathered look, and subsequent
layers were used to further reine this even
further. Vallejo shades were also used to
paint the various stowage items, fuel drums,

and other details. The decals were added

after a gloss coat following images of the

actual ‘T9’ truck, as Tamiya’s instructions are

in error. Chipping was done with a ripped

Scotch cleaning pad dipped in Vallejo

Dark Grey acrylic and stippled across the

appropriate surfaces. To inish of the overall

weathering, a inal coat of Radome Tan

mixed with clear lat and highly thinned was

misted over the vehicle to produce fading

efects. Dust was added using Floquil ‘Dust’,

but a similar mix of highly thinned yellowish

tan could work as well.

The igures were painted over several

sessions while inishing the truck. The

lesh areas were irst painted with a light

lesh shade. Then switching to using oils,

Van-Dyke Brown was painted on

the faces, and then promptly

whisked away with a clean,

dry, wide brush.

This left all the recessed areas dark, whilst

producing a moderate tone on the rest of

the faces. Further reinement using Burnt

Sienna, Yellow Ochre, and White was applied

using a small brush to bring the faces to life.

Once dry, a thinned mix of Vallejo acrylics,

both Dark Brown and Black, was lowed into

the deepest recesses for further shadowing

and contrast. The uniforms were painted

using several online resources for reference,

and all were done using an enamel base

colour followed by thinned Vallejo acrylics

for shadows and highlights. Several sessions

were used to build up the layers of paint

and keep everything subtle. Once complete,

the igures were itted into the truck using

superglue.

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The figures originally came from the now defunct New World Miniatures Resicast also provide a new front bumper

Note that the tyres are

not just cross-hatched,

but have an interesting

modified diamond pattern