Headlights Fianlly!

I finally found some headlights for my civilian opel truck. Stolen from another kit! For cargo I decided a spare tire, tarp, rope and a piece of board timber. The bucket is PE from ET models. These little gems are great. One word, solder. With the round shape strength is paramount. Tamiya Red for the color and a wash from AK was all that was needed.

The tarp was made from tissue paper and white glue. Crinkled and shaped to fit around the tire and bed. For the dirty bed, pigments and spare leafs were fixed. The empty beer bottle is from the spares box. I still think something is needed for the exterior side of the bed. Maybe some type of lettering for advertisement or something.

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German Dampflokomotive BR86 - Hobbyboss - 1/72

I saw this little gem in a hobby shop as just had to get it. After all who doesn't like trains? Airbrushed with Vallejo paints and the real wheels were undercoated with Model Masters metalizer for the metal effect. A few bits broke off while my fingers handled it bit all in all a nice kit. I still have to assemble the track base and find some suitable vegetation and mini 1/72 rocks.

For me there was only two fit issues. The wheels need not to be glued to the chassis. The fit is quite tight. Furthermore the engineers cab is slightly angled to the rear, so that the rear hopper side doors quite don't meet.