Tamiya 1/48 scale Universal Carrier
Dan - No concern of the AM parts. The Tamiya kit provides all running gear in one part with separated suspension arms. The track replacements are made in the same way (tracks + road wheels together), so you only have to add the Tamiya suspension arms to complete the whole thing following the original assembly plan. The new tracks are very well made and the Tamiya parts just fit on it perfectly.
Rick - Thanks!
Arki - Yes, I agree and would go for a darker wash to highlight all the small details on that office.
Fortunately I could start the paintwork already. I am not good at color chips and would rather using my intuition to get one convincing shade so base color is painted by spraying buff and desert yellow alike. The fact is that I did not make any mix with those colors, and overlapped them separatedly over the entire model until I got something up to my taste. My intention is to get one plain but NOT uniform base color that also gives me some advantage for weathering effects later so the final combination of lighter/darker areas helps me to highlight the shapes of the vehicle in some grade since this very early stage. Also note paint has glossy finish that will really help for some other tasks later.
Once dried I applied all decals for this scheme. I do not like to wait longer for decaling as I consider decals are part of the base color too and must recieve same weathering treatment from now on because it does not make sense to me to have to rework over decals later. The glossy finish of the base color and the use of specific liquids helped a lot to avoid silvering and decaling went well and fast.
Nothing special until now, so lets see what I can make in the following days.
Lu