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Thanks Ryan- I appreciate the kind words.

Ok, I have most of the paint work done at this point, and will probably call it complete for this work in progress thread. I'll base it, and do a little finishing work, dust, a little metallic dry-brushing, etc, and post the results to ready for inspection. Thanks to all who followed along. Edited to add....it's not quite as yellow as the photos make it look. I need to work on my lighting, I guess.

AH-I see- I guess you are brush painting all of this. Do you have a hole punch close to the wheel diameter- maybe punch a mask from tape? I would definitely not be steady enough to paint those fixed tires with a brush....I admire you guys that can still work in that scale.

I think I would paint the entire thing black(or whatever you choose to paint the tire) and cut a wheel sized circle into a cardstock mask to paint the wheel. You could tack/tape the cardstock in place before shooting the paint. Edited to add- as long as the overspray is minimal, a pin wash will usually sharpen up the line between wheel and tire.

A good video here, lots of reference photos: First reference photo here shows a fairly clear 3 color camouflage: https://comandosupremo.com/autoblinda-40-41/

My favorite part would be rigging the clipper Coriolanus in 1:2400 scale- awesome.

I have the initial painting complete now- post-shading and some chipping. plus an initial filter: You can see a couple of places where the chipping accentuates the printing layer lines- those will have to be touched up with the paintbrush, but other than that I'm fairly pleased so far. Next I'll lock this down with a varnish and then onto more filters followed by oil work.

This is definitely a skill to work on, in my experience. The limited choice of in-production figures means that it will be difficult to find that perfect figure for your model. Plus the fact that many of these figures are as expensive as the model kits themselves.

Maybe this will help(?) Not my model, but this:

Yes, unfortunately you have to look for them on ebay and so forth-there's one set on ebay right now, but it's in the US, so shipping might be higher....

I have never seen an injection plastic option, but there are a few possibilities: verlinden MFTCG 5412: An Ebay slow boat from china motorcycle crew that my be made to work: Description is: Unpainted 1/35 German Soldiers Afrika Korps Resin Figure Model Kit-NO BIKE An STL file that can be had from Cgtrader by paydi (creator): You would need a resin printer, or know someone who has one, or you can probably have it done on a pay-to-print site.

Thank you Zephyr-much appreciated.

Very nice job building and painting- I've enjoyed watching this come together.

We get completely invested in every microscopic detail, and know and remember every tiny flaw, even on a relatively straightforward kit build. In the end though, what matters is what it looks like built and painted, and this is going to look fantastic.

Ok-I'll see if I can get them to ship it stateside then. Seems like a great value at the price.

I do exactly the same thing- level the bed as the print begins.

That is awesome info John- very much appreciated. (Love to get a copy of that book, but it looks like they only ship inside the UK....I'll need to make do without it.)

Ok, to further complicate matters, I think I've settled on modelling this vehicle- one of the HMAC Active cars: It appears to me that this has a peculiar mixture of features: 1920 pattern fenders, swept to the running board, with the unditching plank stowed beneath, large pneumatic wheel/tire, 1914 pattern low turret with a Lewis AA mount atop, 1914 type visor slits, and 1914 type radiator doors, 1920 type headlamps. If anyone can shed some light on the following, I would very much appreciate it: - What color were these vehicles? They certainly don't appear to be tan/sand. I assume they were green? - What is the purpose/significance of the emblem above the Vickers? - What is the purpose/significance of the half circle marking on the hood in the first photo? It appears to be painted over a darker rectangle-any insights as to the color of the darker area? - The triangular "flag" with the "A" marking at the top of the radiator- what might that be, and what color would it have been? Thanks for any assistance. Travis Oh, edited to add one more question- What is the vehicle that is following? It appears to be on the same sort of RR chassis....

Thank you Model Mate- I appreciate the kind words.

Everything is onboard now...just need to finish a few details, a little final finishing, and then on to paint. Included a 1/35 Italian Crew figure, just to demonstrate what a behemoth this thing actually was.

Thanks Ryan- kinda ties all the little bits and pieces together.

Thank you Milan.

Here are a few that may be helpful (?- certainly cant see much in there): Edited to add, these are photos of the British service (petrol engine) deck, rather than the diesel export type deck that is like the AFV Club model, fwiw.

Very nicely done. I admire the subtlety of the paint and weathering.

Very cool. This is going to be interesting to follow. Those are some very clean looking FDM prints- are you using ironing?