Hi Guys,

I thoughtI woud have a go making a willys jeep again , I used an few PE parts from Aber.
I wasn't sure how I'd finnish it and then I saw the Hallswaka 1/48 follow me jeep , it is a good paint job to practice my airbrush skills using Vallejo White & Fire Red interior was paited Tamiya Olive Drab,

Still lots of work to go

Please feel free to comment











Thanks for looking

Jerry

NICE paint job!

Nice paintwork, it should be quite eye catching when finished.

Nice start with a great paint job! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the finish!

Cheers -

Tim

Thanks guys

Will try to get some more work done on it in the coming days,

Jerry

great job so far =]

you aint gona miss that on the battle field

i bet that checkered pattern took ages!

Hi Jerry,

Nice work so far.

Al

Are you going to place it on an air field diorama?

Darryl

Guys ,

Thanks for all your comments , Darryl , I intended to mount it on a base with some PSP platting on the ground hopefully giving the impression of a temporary Airfield. To have the space to build a 1/35 scale B-17 taxing in behind the jeep with battle damage and a full interior!!!

Here are some pictures of the interior which I touched up and gave a couple of Oil paint washes to attempt to bring out some detail, Also tried to regularise the squares (free hand) It worked quite well, I think though a little more work is needed








I am thinking about how to go about the washes for the body of the Jeep , But I do not want to loose too much contrast between the red and the white, I was considering giving individual mini washes or filters to each square ... to give a bit of depth to the jeep does anyone have any thoughts on how best to achive this ?

Thanks for looking ,

Best wishes,

Jerry

Guys,

Here are some more shots of today's progress enjoy all comments welcome.











Thanks for looking

Best wishes,

Jerry

Looks great the best paint job i have ever seen on a willys Jeep for sure.

Cheers Mike,

Your comment is aprecaited , by the way ,

Congrats on the on the All Blacks being undefeated on their Rugby tour of UK Ireland

Regards,

Jerry

I BET THE CREW COULDN'T HAVE GOT THE PAINT JOB MUCH BETTER ON THE REAL THING great paint job Geraint

wow nice job on the willys jeep thier jerry. i have just finished my 2nd willys and now have that bug i want more jeeps. were did you get the kit from?

Thanks guys,

Rob , it is Tamiya's Willy's MB Jerrp with Bits of the Aber PE set added on .

Thanks for your comments

Jerry

Guys ,

I hope you all had a good Christmas & new year , Here are some up date pictures of my "Follow me" Willy's jeep

thanks fo looking , all comments most welcome.











Have a great 2009

Regards,

Jery

great what youve done to the jeep the weathering look top notch

it looks well worn ,

the sign looks great id follow her anyday

Really amazing work there Jerry, I love the sign and pretty much everything else you've done. Pardon my ignorance if the answer to my question is too obvious but what exactly was the purpose of the actual paint job?

Nice work Jerry.

So did you eventually weather each cell individually? Must have taken some time.

Mike,

The purpose of the colour scheme is to make the vehicle visible on the airstrip

Rudi

Cheers James, glad you like it ,

Mike,

As Rudi says the jeep used by the USAAF in rear area air-fields to guide bombers back to their hangers or stands, there are also yellow & black examples.

Rudi ,

I gave the whole jeep 3 or so over all washes to give it a generally grubby appearance then selected random squares and on the white one I put a dab of white oil paint a blended it in , on the red ones I put a drop of ochre oils and blended it , Now I must resist the temptation to meddle any further.

Next job to finish up the PSP plating and the base , add a couple of placard decals and paint up a figure to stand beside it.

Thanks for looking

Regards,

Jerry

Guys ,

Here are some more updates , all comments most welcome :



A ground crew figure to go a long with the jeep :






A couple of detail shots




thanks for looking

Jerry

the base looks great

have painted the figure using oils?

Got this baby based up last night







Thanks for looking

Jerry

EXcellent! talking about original work! lovely red vs green colour scheme, and good base with the PSP plates too!

Nicely painted and weathered. It's good to see a more unusual subject.

Cool groundwork too.