Opel Blitz 2,5-32, 1/35, ICM 35402. PART 4

Hi. Paints have been used...

 First, a layer of red primer paint. That was followed by rather handsome portion of hairspray.

 Afther that, I put Panzer Gray which was chipped. A lot.

 I want to have lots of layers.

 Next layer was a Dark Yellow. Of, course, I put hairspray before that.

 Next: some more chipping. Looks good for me.

 The final layer: White.

 I want to make impression, that truck was painted white after the war.

 Due to lots of use it nearly wore off.

That is it for now...

Thanks for watching...

D.

Opel Blitz 2,5-32, 1/35, ICM 35402. PART 3

Hi.
More stuff today, finally we'll see what it will look like. Here's the pictures.

 I decided to weather the parts surrounding the engine.

 Why I did that? Someone might ask. The answer is simple.

 Training purposes. If I screw up something, I'd rather have it here, where it will not be visible than on some other, more 'open' project. So - it's just training.

 Never ignore an oportunity to train.

 I also continued work on interior with some pigments and drybrushing.

 I like the effect and the tarp things. I'll try some more of that in future.

 And that's the engine. Painted and weathered.

 Fitting test. Looks rather nice.

 So far everything goes as planned. Let's move to the back.

 As I've mentioned in the 'introduction', wood will be main poin of focus. That's balsa wood cut to replicate the floor on a back of the truck.

 And that's the back of the truck itself with some putty filling the gaps.

 I also put the primer on.

 Once the interior is ready, Ive closed the cabin and masked off the windows with KamoiTape.

 I like the shape of it. Very distinctive :)

 Also glued the floor to the back of the truck.

 Finally, the load. That's some furniture.

 They come from MiniArt's Furniture Set

 Still need some side fencing.

 I'm gonna put the truck on this cobblestone street.

 Finally, have the final shape.

 And the primer's on.

 I really like that.

 Hope that you do too.

That is it for now. Thanks for watching.

D.

Opel Blitz 2,5-32, 1/35, ICM 35402. PART 2

Hello folks. Here's second part of Opel Blirz 2,5-32 project:

 The engine was hard to build.

 Consists of 21 parts or something like that.

 Shame it won't be visible :)

 Also got some more work on the frame.

 It is a bit flimsy, but it should be OK once everything sits on its place.

 If it fits, of course.

 Engine seems to be looking fine.

 Next thing was putting a primer.

 It is a Tamiya's Primer sprayed from a can. I like canned paints as I don't have to clean an airbrush which I hate.

 Then I moved back inside with some pigments.

 The interior is as simple as they make them.

Not much can go wrong here.

Looks like we're got to the end of the post. The next one will reveal final pre-pained look of the project, so stay tuned.

Thanks for watching.

D.

Opel Blitz 2,5-32, 1/35, ICM 35402. PART 1

Hi all.
With my Grizzly and Ki-46 finished I decided to move to next project. This time I wanted to change something in my way of building models. Up to this point my modelling was pretty straight forward. Bulding, painting, filters, washes, oils, chippings, streakings, pigments. In the end I had a nice looking model, but it is not what I desire. I wanna do a little bit of storytelling with my work. I wanna build a vehicle or plane (scaled) that has been somewhere. I also want to be more aware of what I'm doing and how that affects the whole project. That said, I wanna break down my weathering to smaller sections rather than do it on a whole model. That way I'll see the difference and possibly understand the WHY of using some method.
 
Also, with every new model I want to try something new or do something old differently. The main topic of this project will be: WOOD. Painting and weathering wooden structures. To do this, I chose ICM's Opel Blitz type 2,5-32. Here's some pictures.

 

The boxart. I will not use the shelter. My Opel will be a post-war truck. Soon the mystery will unravel :)

 

The in-box. 3 sprues, one with shelter will not be used. I'll leave it, maybe i will use it on some future projects.

 

Rubber tyres. In my opinion it is the weakest part of the model. 

 

Let's start with glueing.

 

The main frame. Lots of tiny details. Well, that's ICM allright.

 

Also started with an interior...

 

...and engine. Rather detailed one. 

 

Next step was to put some primer inside of the truck.

 The doors...

 ...and back with a roof.

 And, of course, the floor.

 I decided to use some tissues soaked in PVA glue thinned down with water.

 After that I used dome Steel colour in interior.

 That was followed with chipping fluid.

 Next, the Grey colour...

 ...and some chipping with brush soaked in water.

That is it for the first part. Stay tuned...