Nick's Airfix 1/35 WWII British Army 30-CWT Truck

[Nicko]

Well, apologies for the lack of updates, but I've had a couple of busy weekends with the family. Things have moved forward a little however and after dealing (hopefully) with a few more ejector marks, I have enough reasonable sized lumps to start painting. Back at work for a few days now, but the weather on Friday is looking a bit rubbish so with a bit of luck, I'll be doing a bit of painting.





Thanks as always for looking in.

Nick.

[scottie3158]

Nick,
Coming on nicely.

[Nicko]

A little more progress on this one. The minimal photo-etch was tackled before painting could start....





Then it was on with some of the wet stuff. After a coat of Mr Surfacer 1500, the tyres got a bit of Tamiya Rubber Black and the main base colour was applied using MRP Light Stone, which was a remarkable match for the original plastic colour. It almost looks like I haven't done any painting!



Inside of the buck is still in primer at present.





Did a little bit more to the inside of the cab, with the decals etc...



Still a lot more to do in that area and then I'll get some glass in before buttoning it up. Onwards and upwards.


Thanks, as always, for looking in.

Nick.

[scottie3158]

Looking good mate.

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Nick. That’s looking great. Lovely kit isn’t it. If it’s like the Katy ambulance version I built the windscreen is horizontally split with a bar in the middle. That bar will also need painting body colour. I think I painted mine before fitting.

[Ian M]

Looking good.

[Nicko]

Looking good mate.

Thanks Scottie, still a fair way to go..

Hi Nick. That’s looking great. Lovely kit isn’t it. If it’s like the Katy ambulance version I built the windscreen is horizontally split with a bar in the middle. That bar will also need painting body colour. I think I painted mine before fitting.

Thanks Tim. It's an enjoyable build. I'll bear that in mind about the screens, not opened up the transparencies yer to see what's what..

Looking good.

Thanks Ian.


Nick

[Nicko]

I have made some more modest progress. Got a little more work done in the cab before buttoning it up.....




Managed to break one of the mirrors and bodged a repair with some fuse wire....



Glazed and masked the cab and now have the whole lot base-coated.....




Next job will be to attempt some masking and get the other colours on it.


Thanks for looking in..


Nick.

[Jim R]

That looks a very neat build Nick. Good luck putting it all together after painting. I find glueing parts after painting rather nerve wracking. Nice fix with the mirror.

[Nicko]

Managed to get the other basic colours on the truck....








I think I could be applying a few decals next... Thanks for looking in.

Nick

[scottie3158]

Love the paint work.

[Tim Marlow]

Loving that. Excellent paint job.

[Tworrs]

Very neat Nick, great paint job.

[Nicko]

Love the paint work.

Loving that. Excellent paint job.

Very neat Nick, great paint job.

Thanks guys - it went pretty smoothly. I used MRP paints and I think with their thin coating and quick drying it really minimises the opportunity for bleed under the masking. I had to revisit a couple of areas where I hadn't quite got enough paint laid down, but otherwise it was quite painless. We shall see how well it all lines up once I assemble it.....

NIck

[Nicko]

Apologies again for the big gap between posts, but various things have kept me away from the bench lately. I have however managed to get this one to the point that I'm calling it done. After final assembly, I got the minimal decals on and then made some attempts at weathering and toning down the stark contrast in the colours. It hasn't turned out as well as I'd hoped, but if I keep meddling with it I will likely not make much improvement.



More pics will shortly appear in the appropriate 'Completed' section. Thanks again to Peter for organising the group build and to everyone that looked in and commented.

Cheers, Nick.