Decades ago I got a bunch of Roco WWII 2 1/2 ton trucks, van body and cargo truck with both styles of front fender painted in this interesting but rather WWII German looking camouflage.
Obviously someone air brushed them, using three different colors, but they seemed to have intentionally left bare patches of plastic, perhaps they never got around to spraying the forth color, or maybe planned to leave the black green of the plain plastic as is.
I use a big brush and dab on Testors 1165 Flat Olive to cover the bare spots. I think it looks better than the plain plastic.
Overall I think it is a nice effect and although it does not seem to be a very "American" camouflage I like it well enough to keep it like this.
Vehicles in these markings had either WWII German crosses, or red stars, or white stars on them.
I guess the previous owner considered this a universal camouflage.
Apart from removing the old decals and painting the tires and bare spots I have not done much to them.
My plan is to use them as WWII or 1950s US Army depending on the vehicle. There are a lot of M38 Jeeps in the bunch.
I think it looks pretty cool.
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Nice touch-ups on these old Roco MiniTanks models. A different camo-scheme would make tham useful as 'OPFOR' units if you ever plan to use them for wargaming.
While in theory my collection is intended for miniature wargaming the games have been on hiatus for a few years after I moved.
The bulk of my German softskin transport back in the 1970s consisted of Airfix 'bendy plastic' 2.5 ton trucks painted in a similar manner.
Yes, Martin I had some of those, very uncommon here in the US and very hard to get. I did manage to special order some of their LCM and still have them today 50 years later!
Nice paint job!
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