Hi Richard,

Kubelwagen looks nice. Its a nice kit for a quickie build. One suggestion I might make is, on jeeps/Kubels/vehicles with wipers I often add the "windshield wiper" effect for weathering by using small semi-circles of cellophane tape to cover the areas "wiped" by the wiper blades, weather the windshield and then carefully remove the tape. You get a nice effect of the clean and dirty areas.

nice kubel rich, the weathering looks spot on mate. Ant

looking good!!!!

the only thing i'd add Rich is some equipment, german mess tins water bottles perhaps an MP-40 on the back seat, possibly a map on the passengers seat... just to add a personal touch, it's upto you mate, other than that it looks brilliant.

Great build there Richard! Looks like it's seen a fair share of action, nice finish. Can't think of a better way to wait for the ice to melt either! (well okay, maybe a couple things a little better! HA!)

Thanks for sharing your work. Cheers -
Tim

Any comments to improve this would be helpful.

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Hi Richard. Some comments that might be helpful ... not telling you what to do ... but oferring my view on weathering and your model.
The weathering is probably more natural than we care to admit but for a model it feels a bit overdone. Covering the whole model with a layer of dust of the same colour... while natural ... doesnt add quality to the model. The skill is showing a dusty vehicle ... usually confined to the lower regions .. but in a more controlled way. Because the pastels give a flat finish, the details on the model start to loose depth. Your dusting seems to be washed on ... leaving areas not so dusty .... again could be normal depending on conditions and route travelled ... but not appealing.
Contolling the washed on dust to horizontal details and in deeper crevices would give the dusty effect and keep the depth in the car´s details.
The two weak points of the kubel is the glossy tyre under the dust on the front panel and the foldable hood. A good way to do a tyre is to first add plenty of dust, especially into the crevices, and then go over this with black pigments on your finger. This will mix the dust and black on the outer surface, but leave the dust coloiur in the tyre tracks.
The folded hood has still some visible mould lines that have not been cleaned away properly, and the holding straps are really soft. You could have added some foil/plastic/tape straps over these with a simple buckle detail, and it would have lifted the detail level considerably. As already mentioned, adding some clutter and signs of life to the inside gived extra details that attract the viewer and bring the base kit up a notch.
Sorry for the rambles, but just sharing some thoughts that may be worth considering.

Hi Rich that's one "grimey" looking Kubel you've got there it looks superb well done mate