ERIC - Yes, haven't seen one of these on here myself giving me that much more interest in this project. This is though only one small piece of the project 
WBILL - The planking is a sheet of real wood veneer made for dollhouses. Have a few different sheets with different board widths. comes in handy every now and then.
Could not help myself with adding some of the stuff on the bottom. Like you said, it will not be seen but I know it's there 
TREAD - Hey man, thanks! How's the hand doing?
TONY - The kit came with 2 figure sets and they do not go together. 1 of them is an anti-aircraft MG team and they are topless 
(hot weather) The other is 2 policemen with dogs and they are dressed in great coats and cold weather gear.
There will be fig's but they too will come much later with the other cars that are waiting to be built. That way I can see what figs will work best in the overall plan.
Continuing with the Gondola:
Laid down some base color. Some of the pics make it hard to work out the colors properly. Some have flash and some do not, just could not get a good picture of the car with my little camera but here goes.
Not sure if you can see it but there is some modulation with the grays. Darker base color is MM Euro I Gray and then feathered in at the top sections is MM German Uniform Gray.
Base coat on the bottom is Flat Black with some over spray of the German uniform color.
Sides of the car with base coat.
These are all just base coated and all will still be receiving some detail painting and weathering.
Thanks to all for stopping by 