Thanks Clayton! The interior's close to bare, I thought of adding some stuff but decided otherwise as I may run out of time. It has been a fun build so far given that it's my first -- should get me prepped up for more complex half-tracks builds.

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Thanks Clayton! The interior's close to bare, I thought of adding some stuff but decided otherwise as I may run out of time. It has been a fun build so far given that it's my first -- should get me prepped up for more complex half-tracks builds.

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What colors did you use for the interior? I'm working on a 250 for another campaign and am looking for info on what colors to use. It looks like a red primer floor? What about the walls? They look greenish in the photos. I had been thinking of using the dark yellow inside as well as on the outside.

Paul, from what i read these open vehicles would typically have the same colors for interior and exterior.

What I did here would surely get no points in accuracy as I just put on what I have on hand. I wanted to do an interior that's a bit lighter than dunkelgeb so I first used a creamy white from a DIY store rattle can. I then weathered with oils -- naples yellow, burnt umber, payne's grey, and some white. No greens here, so maybe it's the lighting. I believe the floor should be the same as the interior walls, then again red primer looked cool, to me at least.

I've installed the fenders the other day but had a heck of a time correcting and doing putty work as mine seems to be warped. Hope to get started on the external paint work. Will use a dunkelgelb base. Googling around for a nice camo pattern.

Cheers,

Tat

They did tend to paint the floor the exterior color in the open tops for the basic fact that the red primer might show against the ground when enemy aircraft were overhead.

I would think black to be too dark, and the gray might be the remains of an earlier Panzergrau paint job that got repainted later and they left the driver's compartment original. Most of the photos I've collected as reference show the interior all one color.

Signing up with the venerable 1977 Tamiya Panzer IVD, which my local Hobbycraft appears to think is not a dog. I shall use it as a test bed for painting and weathering techniques before I try them out on real models. Might go for a speed build to see how quickly I can get to the useful stuff.