The war in the Western Desert was a campaign fought across very considerable distances. Both sides relied heavily on trucks and other vehicles to open new fronts, to bring up supplies, to pursue a routing foe, or in their own turn retreat from an overwhelming attack. Whatever, the troops needed transport and our miniature soldiers are no different.
There are resin offerings available (e.g. Perry's) but I fancied building some plastic kits. Plus, the price (a key factor in this army) was good at a little over £14 each for these Warlord models.
In the box you get the sprues (obvs!), a great little booklet on how to build your kit, transfers and some smoke/explosion markers. As you can see the kit allows you to build either a half-track Maultier or the regular Blitz truck.
Also included are plenty of seated figures for the back of the truck if you want to leave off the canopy. If not used here then I think the figures would come in handy for other vehicles with a bit of modelling.
I studied the instructions carefully before getting stuck in and decided that it would be easier to paint if I did not assemble it fully. Here are the main components.
Tip #1 - You'll need to paint the driver and glue him into the cab BEFORE assembling the cab!
Tip #2 - Ensure when you glue the seating part of the cab to the chassis, that it is pushed fully in to place, you may need to be quite firm! I didn't do this with my first build so if you look at the truck on left in the top-most pic you can see that the doors have quite a bit of "windage" :o)
Here's the truck; I've just balanced everything in place so I could take the pic. The canopy is sprayed in a mid/light green and the rest is primed with Warlord Desert Yellow.
Painting was quite straight forward really. Everything in Desert Yellow was given a coat of Foundry Boneyard shade then washed with GW Agrax Earthshade. Paint the tyres black then highlight with grey. Next, apply highlights of Foundry Boneyard Shade, then mid, then light. The canopy was painted with VMC Russian Green, wash, then highlights of the base. When it was all painted I carefully assemble the components.
I've yet to add any transfers but these will do for the first game soon! Hope you found that interesting and/or useful.
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| Iconic and classic ... Afrika Korps Opel Blitz trucks |
There are resin offerings available (e.g. Perry's) but I fancied building some plastic kits. Plus, the price (a key factor in this army) was good at a little over £14 each for these Warlord models.
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| Contents of the box |
In the box you get the sprues (obvs!), a great little booklet on how to build your kit, transfers and some smoke/explosion markers. As you can see the kit allows you to build either a half-track Maultier or the regular Blitz truck.
Also included are plenty of seated figures for the back of the truck if you want to leave off the canopy. If not used here then I think the figures would come in handy for other vehicles with a bit of modelling.
I studied the instructions carefully before getting stuck in and decided that it would be easier to paint if I did not assemble it fully. Here are the main components.
Tip #1 - You'll need to paint the driver and glue him into the cab BEFORE assembling the cab!
Tip #2 - Ensure when you glue the seating part of the cab to the chassis, that it is pushed fully in to place, you may need to be quite firm! I didn't do this with my first build so if you look at the truck on left in the top-most pic you can see that the doors have quite a bit of "windage" :o)
Here's the truck; I've just balanced everything in place so I could take the pic. The canopy is sprayed in a mid/light green and the rest is primed with Warlord Desert Yellow.
Painting was quite straight forward really. Everything in Desert Yellow was given a coat of Foundry Boneyard shade then washed with GW Agrax Earthshade. Paint the tyres black then highlight with grey. Next, apply highlights of Foundry Boneyard Shade, then mid, then light. The canopy was painted with VMC Russian Green, wash, then highlights of the base. When it was all painted I carefully assemble the components.
I've yet to add any transfers but these will do for the first game soon! Hope you found that interesting and/or useful.
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