Another one finished this year!

[matrixone]

Here is my 1/35 scale Italeri Opel Blitz truck I recently finished, there is not much what-if about this one all I did was alter the license plate number to make it a truck used by the Luftwaffe, every thing else is box stock.

Paints used were Model Master enamels, weathering was mostly done with enamel paints and little with oil paints.












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[Father Ennis]

Really fine looking model there ,my friend.  It could use a bit of cakes mud on the undersides but that's a personal opinion.  Your top looks great,too. Very well done. One trick I've used to good effect is to use a hobby knife to carve the window flaps and back flap to give it more definition. It gives places for the washes to go and pops them out. I also like to add more texture with the old liquidation glue and finger method (same as adding a cast effect only finer).   Good work my friend.

[matrixone]

Thanks Father Ennis!

The feedback is really appreciated.

On the inside of the fenders and other parts of the underside I did use some splattered thickened paint to give the illusion of some dirt build up. On the last picture a little of the mud/dirt build up can be seen on the rear license plate. Since I wanted to make this an Opel Blitz operated by the Luftwaffe I did not want to go very far on the weathering...so my truck is dirty but not Eastern Front kind of dirty.

My next model will not be an aircraft and is a real monster of a kit with some unusual seam lines that will take a while to deal with. More to follow.

Matrixone

[Army of One]

Another great build/paint/pic there....

[PR19_Kit]

That tilt looks just SO realistic! However did you get that 'dented' look to the sides?

[matrixone]

Thanks Army of One and PR19_Kit for the comments!

Kit,
I am not sure what you mean about the 'dented' look, could you explain?


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[PR19_Kit]

The 'canvas' outer skin of the tilt is pressed into the interior framework, or it looks as if it is anyway. I'm trying to imagine how you managed to get that look SO correct, it's astonishing.

[Father Ennis]

Here's an idea I've used many times in the past. I.add talcum powder to my paint to give a good lumpy effect that takes washs very well. It can easily.be made to look either as wet mud or dry by how you use gloss or flat on it.  A very nice rendition of one of my favorite kits of all time.

[matrixone]

Kit,
Now I get it.

I did not alter the shape of the canvas top at all, what I did was add some highlights with the airbrush by spraying lighter colors not towards the surface but instead held the airbrush next to the surface in such a way that only a tiny amount of the spray was actually hitting the raised areas...I guess its a form of drybrushing with an airbrush.
The canvas top was never intended to be used and was just a painting experiment that turned out good enough to be used with the model in the model pictures.

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[PR19_Kit]

You mean that shape is MOULDED into the canvas? That's a great job Italeri did then, and with your 'experiemental' painting it's come out superbly. Very nice indeed. 

[matrixone]

Kit,
For such on old kit Italeri did a great job on this one.

BTW, when I airbrushed the highlights on the canvas top I held the airbrush to the side of the surface when spraying, this way only a tiny amount of paint was hitting only the raised areas of the canvas top.  I have been wanting to try this painting experiment for quite some time but have not been able to because its not the suitable with aircraft models.

Matrixone