The trailer I choose was an old Azimut resin kit that I purchased from Scale Model Challenge Telford, and constructed many moons ago. It is an extremely basic kit but somehow one of the side panels was 20mm shorter than the other! The axles were also made of lead so they simply collapsed under the weight of the built up vehicle, splaying out the wheels! It is a terrible kit TBH, and although I fixed the panels and strengthened the axles, I had no desire to progress further with it, so up it went, straight onto the shelf of shame.
Adding it to this truck project seemed like a good excuse to finish it and I figured it would complement the scene I had set for it. It somehow still required further clean up to prep it for paint! The primer coat revealed some slightly wavy panels which needed attention, and I added some further detail to the insides of the rear doors.
Dark yellow base coat modulation and highlights on the trailer. A stencil was also used to add a patina effect to individual panels.
Being a simple cuboid I figured a snazzy camo job would liven things up. The green camo shapes were inspired by a faint period image of a Kubelwagen on the eastern front. It looked like it had been spray painted so I decided to airbrush freehand. To get the precise shapes I was after it was painted with MRP lacquer with the airbrush set to around 12psi. After a coat of VMS satin varnish, the trailer then received some
weathering. This started with a MIG enamel dark brown pin wash, followed by enamel and
oil paint effects. A light mist of earth coloured acrylics was airbrushed onto the lower areas folowed by some minor rust affects.   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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