Today's offering is a nice piece of kit for my WW2 Late War Bolt Action Canadians, an LVT-4 Buffalo armoured transport. Nice plastic model produced by Rubicon Models that went together pretty well aside from some ambiguous instructions regarding the rear mooring ties (I should have done some research online for images prior to glueing... But an emergency snip and re-glue saved the day.
Paint recipe was my typical Commonwealth NW Europe armour - Vallejo Russian Uniform green, GW Agrax Earthshade wash all over, then base green again, with lightened green for highlights. I still need to finish the tracks with more weathering, but I think as is, it's good enough right now to drop on the tabletop. (It also needs a quick spray of flatcote, but I'll do that after I finish the tracks.)
Markings were a bit tricky to research and photo evidence online seemed a bit all over the place, so I just went with what seemed closest to a "generic" markings system, using what decals I actually owned to drive my choices LOL! (It's supposed to represent a transport for the Canadian 2nd Division. Supposed...)
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| With a pair of .50cal MG's on sponsons and a hull-mounted .30cal, this thing can provide some great supporting firepower for it's debussing passengers. |
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| Now I look at it in this pic, that Canadian unit marking needs to be gone over with blue as it looks black from here... |
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| These things are huge vehicles! Nice juicy targets for German AT guns... |
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| No markings on the rear cos I ran out of decals. I guess the troops can attribute that to the ramp being lowered and maybe they scraped off altogether? |
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| This pic was supposed to show the painstaking weathering I attempted on the inside of the transport, but the glare from my desk lamp seems to have ruined that effort. Boo... Also, that Allied Star is wonky, I know - it just wouldn't set "right" and my patience ran out in the end. |
I have a second LVT to paint up along with a Universal Carrier and some Canadian Royal Engineers in the queue, but those are for a future time. Next up - who knows? Maybe some Greeks, maybe some anthro critters, maybe some anime style stuff?
Hope all are well and safe out there,
- Dai
