1/35 tamiya Horch A1

The flak gun took me more time due to the small pieces and the cleaning was more delicate to avoid breaking parts. I drill the gun tip as well. Pictures are great reference to double check if your cleaning was good enough. I you inspect really close this picture you will find some seam lines still there. I went back and take care of it.

Later I use Tamiya Thin primer to coat all the model .(I left the figures for later)I wanted to give a similar camouflage as in the box art, so I started giving the green color using a green set of acrylics colors from a popular Russian gun name company ;-) The set offer the base, shadow and light color, so I applied accordingly in that order to the kit. Sorry for the bad picture, some issue with the light at that moment.

I leave the kit for 12 hours (not really needed, its acrylic) and start covering the color with a putty like bubble gum called Silly Putty. Its a great product, never leave grease or residue to the model.

Here the kit with the first layer of Tamiya Dark Yellow. (3-4 layers were applied adding more white between them.)

I leave the kit overnight and during the morning started to remove the silly putty. You can see some paint start to peel out, but not much, a careful sanding solve this.

Later I sealed with some Flat clear coat. Next Decals, I found that they were too old and start breaking in the water. Left a second set in the water overnight with Microset, and that one survive.
I wanted to show a really wear-out vehicle, so started doing some chipping using a sponge and fine brush.

After avoiding for too long the figures, I started it. Men, how much I hate this figures, they are really poor quality, I just hope that they look better with the painting.

After decals and chipping I sealed all in dullcoat for the next step, filters. For this I use Burnt Umber in oils diluted in mineral spirits.

After 4 coats (leaving to dry 10 minutes between each) this are the results.

Last night I worked on the rust streaks on the already done chipping step. This will be done with a rust color(Humbrol) very diluted, or with the ready mix rust streaks colors from AK or Ammo. This are the results. Next another dullcoat to seal the work, then dust and mud.

started with the dust and mud effect. Results are mixed...so probably tonight I try wet mud effect .

For the mix I used fine white sand, European and light sand pigments and for gluing, acrylic polymer.

Just a test fitting of the wheels, looks good to me.

I wanted to represent a the truck in a very muddy conditions.

second run on the mud part. This time I use some products from AMMO. The Earth nature effect for the color, and European and Light Dust pigments again. The picture are for a few minutes after application last night, they will tone down during the morning.

I worked the wheels and retouch the rust areas with orange rust. Need to add the next layers of mud, but I'm out of micro balloons, so in the meantime I will continue with the small things.

For the very muddy effect I used again a set of Ammo of Mig Earth Nature, Dust and the european and light dust to achieve this colors. Also added to the recipe micro balloons and Acrylic medium gel. Maybe Tonight I add some hints of burnt umber here and there, very diluted, just tabs to simulate some wet lines due to oil or grease stain on the wheel nuts.

Wet mud effect was also added but just minimal in wheels on some areas around the vehicle.

The metal parts from the hood cover are in a grayish-blue hue color, to simulate a replacement from and older vehicle.

here the final result, thank for looking! (^^)/

Great work and beautiful finish!  I like your step by step progress shown here. Ya gotta love the Tamiya classic 1/35 vehicle kits.

Thank you! sometimes the old kits are surprisingly fun, and less stressing and demanding like the new ones with all the PE parts, resins, etc. Its good to built a quick kit from time to time to restore the "Karma". jeje