Taking a brief break from painting up stuff for Harad, I thought I would quickly finish off a kit that I had acquired assembled, but unpainted. The kit is an old Eidai Mobelwagen that is missing part of the gun, but I figured that i could quickly paint it up to match the rest of my late war German forces.
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Spray painted white, and then roughly block painted the base colour. |
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Another view, this time giving a closer view of the 37mm gun. |
Normally, I spray vehicles a base coat of black or primer grey. Since this one was sprayed white, I would guess that it has been sitting around awaiting painting for at least ten years. Sadly, this doesn't present a record for deferred projects - not even close...
Once the base coat of Vallejo German Camouflage Orange Ochre was tidied up, I then painted the tracks, edges of road wheels, etc black. I use the Ochre instead of a more correct shade of Dunkel Gelb, for two main reasons - I think it looks nice, and secondly, it's what I have used throughout my German repainting process. For those interested in correct paint colours - have a look at the research presented
here, as it seems the issue isn't as cut and dried as some would have it.
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Is this your Dunkelbraun and Olivegrau? - Yep, sure is - because I like it! |
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Some carefully torn pieces of special painting sponge. |
In a similar light I use two Humbrol colours used by my friend Andy on his Germans, because they look ok. I use pieces of sponge ripped from packing foam to sponge it on, as I like the effect, and it saves me from having to clean a brush afterwards.
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The rear exhausty/mufler thing was replaced from another Eidai kit in the bits box. |
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The brass shell casings are the result of GW Shining Gold having a wash of Devlan Mud overtop. I like the effect and will probably use it for the helmets of my Republican Romans. |
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It still needs a crew, but that can wait for now - and for when I repair the missing bits on the gun. |
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Close up view of the 37mm gun. |
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Side view with flaps up! |
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Rear quarter front view. |
Mobelwagens were made out of damaged Panzer IVs that were then rebuilt into Flak vehicles. With that in mind I am planning on turning this damaged Eidai tank into a useful vehicle.
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This had been converted into a sub optimal version of a Brummbar, using cardboard and think coats of paint. |
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I purchased it at a bring and buy with the idea of either rebuilding it, or using it for parts. It was the source of the Muffler thingy on the Mobelwagen. |
All in all, I had fun finishing painting the Mobelwagen, and look forward to gaming with it soon.
really cool looking. Good idea with the spounges, I'll copy that some time
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