F15A Ford w/Breda in Italian service

[BarleyBop]

... so many cab photos have the Ford wordmark on the console below the speedometer... the kit actually has two, but they are on oval disks, fine for the grill, but on the console I just want the word.
Recess the disc!



Into the Evil Eye of Sauron goes the disk!
Extra knobs and hand brake in place.


Might try evening it out, but not too bad!
Once the console and disk are painted, just the raised word will be hilighted.
I will also cover the speedo panel with Kristal Klear.

 

[kevin]

That looks nice........do you have decals for the dash or are you handpainting those tiny details?

 

[BarleyBop]

one of the photo refs

 

[BarleyBop]

do you have decals

... nope! I'll have to go the paint route.

These Mirror kits are fun in that they have some interesting subjects, however I wouldn't recommend them for absolute beginners.
The instructions often are lacking - as in not clear, or not showing an angle that would be helpful for parts placement.

They are sort of 85% kit and 15% scratch, and they come that way. (Wire provided for fashioning some parts) . So a challenge for intermediates like me, and certainly easier if you have a few similar vehicles under your belt - just to know what to look for, and say, how a mid size truck like this should go together.

 

[kevin]

... nope! I'll have to go the paint route.

Wow I would need magnifying glasses, and a very steady hand for that!
The main reason I switched to 1/16 scale, I don't see myself going back to 1/35.
I'm rooting for you...

 

[BarleyBop]

On the subject of paint, it would seem that these CMP trucks came off the line painted OG or OG/Brown. They were then field painted for North Africa in the colours of the day (which I was surprised to learn varied a lot in the 'specs' from the War Office - sometimes changing twice in a year.
As this one was 'acquired' by the Italian Royal Army (RE), I'm thinking of priming in OG, then an appropriate British desert colour (with a 'u'), then add Italian field painted camo bits.
The desert campaign offers a lot of latitude, what with the differing climates, weathering and terrains across North Africa, field painting and camo, improvised and regulation schemes. And because the two sides overran each other on several occasions, each had access to stores (including paint) left behind.

 

[Edbert]

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This is 1/35 or 1/16?

 

[BarleyBop]

1:35 Believe me, 'dems little dials! the flip switches are from copper multistrand wire.

 

[Edbert]

You might like this, to me it is similar...



https://icm.com.ua/technique/montys-office-caravan/

 

[BarleyBop]

You might like this

Nice! Yup, Monty liked his caravans, and he had quite a few!
The British also had armoured Command vehicles, three of which (I think) were captured by the Germans, two being used by Rommel.



I have a 'similar' AEC truck in the stash.



If I ever built a Command Caravan though, it would probably be one of Rommel's 'acquired' ones, British AEC Armoured Command Vehicles, which were nicknamed "Max" and "Moritz" by his staff.

 

[Edbert]

Hideous and beautiful at the same time.