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Opel Blitz DAK style

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agentg

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This is my take on the venerable Opel Blitz kit from Italeri.

Not very complex, but still holds it's own after all these years. Biggest issue I had was this one was molded in red, black and tan plastic.

Given my prediliction for armor modelling you could guess where this was going.

Krylon Gray Primer makes a good base.







Wired the engine a little bit then realized the hood was molded shut. Not any more.





Four different colors later I had my mix for RAL 8000, a desert yellow brown used early on in North Africa

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Stay tuned.

G
 
Nice detail on the engine and grill. Is that a sink mark or bullet hole on the air cleaner?

:popcorn
 
Thank you all! That, ahem, damaged air cleaner housing adds "character". :laugh:

A nice relaxing paint session yielded these results.

The base coat.









I used another mix of Tamiya colors to come up with RAL 7008, Graugrun .





A stencil set and Tamiya Flat White was used for the Africa Korps palm symbol.

More to come.

G
 
Thank you all!

I did some detail painting last night. MrsG is baking cookies so my photo spot is occupied at the moment.

Cookies over piccies!

G
 
I finally got a minute or two to photograph this as it sits right now.









This is the first round of weathering using oil paints.

I'm going for an "Indiana Jones" look as a display.

G
 
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