From DallasE: 28mm Kubelwagens, Perry DAK tanker (Arrakis) (75 points)

Back into the mists of time for a couple of vehicles that had been sitting in a box for 10 years or more... two 28mm German Kubelwagens from Black Tree Design. These are all-metal models and fitted together pretty much how you'd expect - poorly. Lots of greenstuff required to make 'em presentable but some egregious mold lines didn't get entirely cleaned up. Sue me :-)

Anyway, I decided to do one as a DAK vehicle for my upcoming Western Desert project, and one in typical NW Europe livery. This is the Afrikakorps vehicle.

The models were built from the kits, except that I added shovels from an ancient 1/48 Bandai kit of some kind and the license plates. The DAK vehicle was painted GW XV-88 with Agrax Earthshade. Unfortunately the officer and driver are outfitted in European uniforms (as opposed to DAK tropical kit) but I painted the driver's tunic a sickly off-green to replicate the Afrika jacket. The officer I gave tan breeches.

Made the license plates out of plasticard. A bit too big but what the hell.

The NW Europe Kubel was painted GW Zandri Dust and given a subtle camouflage of Doombull Brown and Castellan Green, again with Agrax wash. 

Driver and passenger were painted in European service uniforms.

A bit of muddy weathering was added.

Turned out acceptably well for an old model.

Next up was a Perry German DAK tank commander. He painted up quickly and looks pretty nice I think. 

Here he is in a Pzkpfw IV painted by A.N. Other. This was actually the genesis of the upcoming project - I had a few 1/48 models that I'd gotten as part of a trade, all painted in Western Desert colours. Several times I'd considered repainting them, but a Western Desert project was always percolating in the back of my head... so now it's on - Perry plastic Afrikakorps and 8th Army boxes are on their way.

Having completed at least 4 planet challenges in the Outer Ring, I'm off to the middle with this one - Arrakis, the desert planet. I figure these DAK models will be a shoo-in...

Points:

2x 28mm vehicles = 40 points

4x crew = 10 points

1x 28mm DAK tanker = 5 points

Planet bonus (Arrakis) = 20 points

Total = 75 points

Until next week!

DAK vs sand worms, I'd play that for a dollar. Good work on resurrecting these kits- multi-part metal models are a real heart-sink. Your Citadel paints ambush scheme has come out well. I do think some painters get far too worked up about precise colour matches- there are so many variables and yours look spot-on.

Barks