vendredi 5 janvier 2018

WPL B 1/16 R/C Military truck painted as U.S. ARMY Truck

WIP U.S. Army truck with MERDC Camo

Like many I like the new truck made by Heng Long WPL B Truck, it can be an interesting add on for any tank unit.

This first model, I decided to get small up-date on it, new door handles, mirrors, lights covers etc.

First, it is important to get the right reference for the camo scheme:


I decided to go for the Winter Verdant topical of the U.S. vehicles used in Europe end of the 70's until beginning of the 90's for some of them.

I also pick up various exemple for the variation and worn effects:





Before starting the painting, I wanted to improve the model, so I removed the original printed front grill and created a new one with plastic card board:




First I painted it with a dark green primer:


For the next step I'll be using Vallejo acrylic colours 71.294 U.S. Forest Green, 70.873 U.S. Field Drab, some drop of 71.001 White to create the mapping and airbrush thinner.



While it dried, I painted and weathered the interior as well as the fuel tanks.


I made the fuel stains with AK Interactive Dark streaking Grime and Wet Fluid.

This is how it looks for the moment, a little bit too clean and new:


So, now let's start the weathering process.

For the weathering I used various AK interactive products:

AK080 Summer Kursk Earth
AK024 Dark Streaking Grime
AK074 Rainmarks for NATO Tanks
AK079 Wet Effect Fluid
Abteilung 502 Odourless Thinner to blend them



First I draw vertical lines from the top to the bottom, alternating each colour.


I repeat it various time







The body and chassis are now almost ready, the bed needs now to get its weathering too.

For the pigments I mixed Vallejo 73.104 Light Sienna and 73.121 Desert Dust. I fixed them using Abteilung 502 Odourless Thinner






Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire