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Modeller Build Logs
Willys Jeep |
| By James Tainton | | Started: | Mar 17, 2004 | | Updated: | May 4, 2004 |
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Earlier this past summer ('03) I ventured away from my usual arena of absorption. Researching and building WW II German panzers and such is how I spend most of my valuable "hobby" time here on earth. However, sometimes just for a change of pace I will wander off into the Allied side of things. Well one of these roamings is to be the subject of this blog. A first attempt at building the newer Tamiya release of the venerable Willys Jeep of W.W. II. I have not used any photo-etch in the 1/35th scale replica but I have added a few scratch built tweaks and some stowage to add interest. For reference I searched the internet and a used an articles from Tamiya Modelling Magazine #65. |
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| Chapter 7. Olive drab - not just a colour | Apr 5, 2004 |
Picture # 1. shows the variety of drab colours I picked up. Some were recommended in an article that was written by Steve Zaloga in Military Modelling (Vol.32.No.3), on olive drab. These include Humbrol 155, Tamiya XF-62, Model Air (Vallejo) 043. Some on the list I counldn't find. I chose a few others though, ModelMaster olive drab 34087, Polly scale 505080 U.S. Olive Drab, and a Aqueous Hobby Color (Gunz Sangyo) H78. I ended up using the ModelMaster colour.
#2. and #3. show the detail I did to the wheel rims (air nipple) prior to the painting out with drab. Just drilled out a recess and installed some stretched sprue. |
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