OK now I've seen some of the quality of models on here and mine is by no means as good as some but this is the first one I have done since being a young lad. Comments welcome as I'll take them as teaching

nice work. Italeri kit?
you appear to have all the basics down! Only thing i can suggest it to dry brush the tyres a lighter grey.

welcome to armorama!

No its the hobby boss kit. Im kinda struggling with tyres at the minute cant seem to get it right so on my next trip to my lhs I'm gonna get some pastels and try that way.

I paint them a slightly lighter black, then wash in dark black in the corners e.t.c then dry brush a very light grey, what paints are you using.?

Paul,
Very nice work. I've always liked that vehicle. Good work on the paint job.

Two minor critiques, if you'll allow. It needs some weathering to make it look "used". A bit of highly thinned Tamiya Flat Earth as an overspray would be a start. It'll give it a dusty look.

The tires. I've found that tires made in the US had a slight brownish hue to them. THis is easily done by mixing some brown in the black. German tires had a slight greyish tint.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Steve

Revel aqua colors

Thanks for the tips. At the minute I've not got alot of paints or equipment just the basics. I have got access to my friends airbrush tho which helps.

Hi Paul,

Not a bad job at all.
Be prepared for an addiction!
About 15 years ago I thought I needed a hobby.Nothing kept my attention.Then one day I remembered I liked building models as a boy.I bought a small Tamiya jeep to test if the interest was still there.Today I'm running out of room to store them.
Happy modelling.

TOM

Hi Paul

Looks darn good.. a lot better than my first military build about 11 years ago.. a tamiya halftrack.

Tires take some work to get right.. I've been using Floquils weathered black and grimy black for grayish looking tires..

but I just did a jeep where I used flat black as a base. then oversprayed with pollyscale dirt and wiped most of it off the sides and higher parts of the threads then touched up with black pastels.

I really like the way you did the guns, and I agree it could use some weathering, esp the seats.. they look brand new :>

Delbert