Now the rest of the shots.
This is Tamiya's venerable kit, built almost OOB. The kit's horrible jerrycans were replaced by castings with scratch-built handles and styrene rails. I built the ammo belt for the .50 Cal. and put straps on the bags and canteens.
Looking at the prototype photos on the instruction sheet I noted the jerrycans were pretty scuffed up. Note that the model cans have slightly varying colors, and some are worse for the wear than others. The right side water can with the canteen on it, not a good view but you can see I put a huge dent in the lower inside corner.
To dirty it up I used pastels mixed with water. The photos I used show these dusty N' dirty, but didn't see much mud. I figure this jeeps is raiding in the arid area, as they probabaly worn different garb as they moved closer to wetter Tunisia. Thus, I decided I would put no mud on the vehicle, though as per the photos, I do show a build-up of dust in the treads of the tires.
Speaking of the tires, note there is a seam on the left front tire. This is to simulate a newly applied tire; my inspiration is a post about the US 37mm ATG someone posted a month or so ago--look at the photos, you'll see big seams on both tires! I posted a humorous (?) comment concening that.
I avoided rusting the machine except around the radiator condensor can. I read in "Rommel's Army in Afrika" that rust was usually a fine powdery brown, easily wiped off. So there is some rust, but mostly as concentrations of brown powder collecting in and mixing with, dust.
