Spent the weekend working with the airbrush to get the paint scheme done. First order of business was the application of a primer coat of Testors Model Master enamel Italian Dark Brown. This allowed me to check all the various putty work here and there as well as some of the join seams to make sure everything was set.
Next came the base coat of 50/50 MM enamel Light Gray/Panzer Dunkelgelb.
I let that set overnight as it took quite a bit of time to get to that stage and my airbrush trigger finger needed a rest! The camo pattern was next. The kit guide and box top aren't much help, so I decided to go with a worm/stripe pattern for the three tone field-applied scheme. I started with the rot-braun first using a 50/50 mix of MM enamel Military Brown/Leather.
The oliv-grun portions came next using MM enamel Khaki.
After some clean-up and fine-tuning with the original base coat colors, I thinned what I had left in the paint cut to a wash consistency and them applied a mist coat from roughly 12 inches to tie the scheme together.
Just to give an idea of how the pattern looks like from overhead, here's a shot from the rear.
Tomorrow I'll start work on the tracks and other details.