Dave mated the Tamiya Kubelwagen with the Dragon ambulance conversion
(basically a stretcher, support for it, and several figures) to model
this Afrika Korps vignette set in the latter part of the campaign. The
Kubelwagen was painted with a custom mix of Tamiya acrylics and
weathered with oil filters and pigments. The chipping was done with
Vallejo acrylics and the vehicle was given a final dusting of Tamiya
buff.
The head of the walking wounded figure was replaced with a Warrior's
resin sculpt. The base is a modified Monroe Perdue casting and was
painted with several shades of Tamiya browns and tans, washed with oils,
and lightly dry-brushed to complete.
All-in-all, a fairly quick and enjoyable build. It's not uncommon
these days for models to have a parts count in excess of 1,000 pieces,
so it's a treat to tackle something like this little guy. Tamiya
manages to keep the number of parts down without much sacrifice in
detail and are so well engineered you can often build one without having
to use any filler putty.
