German Supply Truck - Super detail from nothing much!

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You may have seen 4D models floating around the internet, and some of them are pretty terrible.  The tracked vehicles bear only a passing resemblance to tanks.  But the couple of trucks they do are pretty good.  I picked one up for a couple of quid from China to fill a niche in my WW2 Germans at a modest outlay, and to see if the kit was any good:

You're lucky if you get a box, to be fair.

It was actually, ok.  A lot better than buying a resin model arguably.  And when you go to the trouble of excessive detailing you can really make it look pretty damned nice.

 

 

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So as you might know from prior models in my WW2 German project, a lot of detailing was done here.  Broadly speaking; Airbrush, oil paint filter surface, add hand painted lettering, tires, oil panel line wash, chipping, rust - including full exhaust system, dust, mud splatters, fresh mud, silt stains, fresh water marks.  Yeah, something like that.  Oh and the base was done separately, the interior was painted before fitting and the windows were custom made to replace the clunky fish tank in the kit.

No small amount of work, but it's all good fun and each model seems to improve over the last.

This fulfills a rules-requirement for a dedicated supply truck.  Giving me everything I need for a core game in my rules of choice.

One more piece of progress.

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