Change of subject:
most of the gear is done
Weapons:
The guns were painted black and wiped with graphite powder. Plastic parts were coloured semi gloss black with a light black enamel wash to break the shine a little bit. Metal parts were emphasized a bit with a silver pencil.
Wooden Box with heavy wear:
The green base color was heavyly chipped with Vallejo dark sand in sponge technique. Actually this box would have been a good opportunity to practice hairspray technique. Well – next time.
Cooler:
White: Tamiya X2 washed with grey. Lights were painted with pure x2
Red: Tamiya X7, washed with a reddish brown, pin wash with the same colour, only more concentrated.
The bottles were scavenged from Mengs Pick up (Thank you Meng for putting all this stuff in!).
Quite some effort went into the little helmet:
To my knowledge there are three and four color helmet covers. I opted for the three color one and started with the base color (Iraqui sand and Medium olive from Vallejo ratio 1:1) according to the recommendation from Kevin Benson on
http://www.idf-modelling.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23&start=10) he developed for a tanker vest. Sqiggles were added in brown and black.
All this was blended with repetitive dry brushings in light sand until I felt it looked right.
The inside was kept in green and the straps olive.
To create some depth and shine in the goggle glasses, they were primed glossy black (Alclad Primer) and colored shiny aluminum. Some idea of a reflective shine was acchieved by adding Tamyia Sky in several thin layers on the glass.
Combat ratio boxes:
These are the old IDF ones that are not in use anymore. The new “Manot Krav” contain food for 4 soldiers only while the old ones were designed to “satisfy” 5 soldiers. I do not know the time when the new ones were introduced and apart from that, to my knowledge there are only the old ones available (Plus model).
And last for now a radio from Tamiyas modern tank equipment:
That much for now.
Happy modelling
Michael
