While much of my time has been spent on the James Bond, Thunderball, Kiss Kiss Club, I have not forgotten the Roco. I have been painting my Corbett trucks and a few other trucks too.
These will tow my 4.5 inch guns that I converted from the Roco 155mm howitzer.
I spray painted the trucks some time ago but now it's time to do the wheels.
Paul Heiser Models resin HO scale 2 1/2 ton truck, with the spare tires behind the cab as the artillery towing version. Troops tend to overload trucks so by putting the spare tires behind the cab and shortening the bed they could lessen the likelihood that troops would load too much ammo in the bed and overload the truck. This is what happens when I fail to stir the paint enough, the flat green comes out gloss green. It was a new jar that needed extra stirring that it did not get. A quick application of Tamiya clear flat fixed it. Winch and windshields also need painting.
You can just see the barrel of the 4.5 inch gun. They had a long recoil and part of the barrel was silver, and unpainted in real life.
Front view, Corbett truck.
Top view, two down, 10 to go!
Nice trucks!
ReplyDeleteSome times flat paint turns out glossy on the prototype as well. I remember we had maintenance and brushed up the camo-paint on several Land Rovers. All the paints turned out flat except for one tone of green which turned out glossy. So these Land Rovers turned out semi flat with glossy patches. Everything had to be redone.
I remember a couple 2 1/2 ton cargo trucks in the US National Guard painted in camouflage, seeing them from a distance I knew there was something wrong with them but the scheme was fine, the paints were correct, but it was just off. Getting closer I realized the trucks had been brush painted camouflage, and not spray painted as required by regulation. It was a very weird effect.
ReplyDeleteNorwegian vehicle camouflage is a 3 color pattern; Green, brown and black. In the witer the brown is repainted white. The pattern is a kind of splint camouflage with blear lines. And it is standard to brush paint it.
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