Tonys matchbox build - LRDG chevrolet and jeep 1/76

[yak face]

A quick half an hour yesterday and I finished up with this , hopefully it’ll get some wheels on at some point !

[adt70hk]

Tony

Nice start! Looks like it should turn out to be a nice little build.

ATB

Andrew

[colin m]

And it even comes with a wall. Brilliant.

[Fernando N]

Yeah great that you’re building this one Tony, my favourite from their series.

Plenty of detail in the Jeep and Chevie to keep the brush busy, nice start:thumb2:

[yak face]

Bit more done today in between masking up the Hind . I never realised how many tiny parts there were in this , 99 in total, I think there's about 18 individual jerry cans each of which will benefit from a seam clean up for starters! Anyways the chassis for the chevrolet has been assembled and the cab and bed have been started. The wheels and tyres have had a coat of black primer , as has the jeep. While im on the subject of colour , what colour were these ? The instructions just show an unhelpful mix of revell colours , any suggestions for vallejo or tamiya ?

[Gary MacKenzie]

http://lrdg.hegewisch.net/lrdgpatrol.html

https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/prod...d-stone-71288/
https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/prod...8-silver-grey/

set that should include all colours needed @ https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/prod...-colors-71211/

[Windy]

Looking good Tony. And yes, lots of bits! As for colours, the jeeps would have been in standard US Olive Drab when they arrived in theatre and would have been repainted either Portland Stone, Light Stone or Desert Pink (depending on date) at the depot in Alexandria. The LRDG trucks were, I think, originally Canadian Sand or Portland Stone and were then repainted in a bewildering array of schemes. I went for Light Stone on the Jeep and Light Stone with Azure Blue for the Chevy.

P.S. I was about to post the same link as Gary but got sidetracked!

[yak face]

http:tongue-out3:/lrdg.hegewisch.net/lrdgpatrol.html

https:tongue-out3:/acrylicosvallejo....d-stone-71288/
https:tongue-out3:/acrylicosvallejo....8-silver-grey/

set that should include all colours needed @ https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/prod...-colors-71211/

Thanks Gary that’s great , I’ll get some of that then .

Looking good Tony. And yes, lots of bits! As for colours, the jeeps would have been in standard US Olive Drab when they arrived in theatre and would have been repainted either Portland Stone, Light Stone or Desert Pink (depending on date) at the depot in Alexandria. The LRDG trucks were, I think, originally Canadian Sand or Portland Stone and were then repainted in a bewildering array of schemes. I went for Light Stone on the Jeep and Light Stone with Azure Blue for the Chevy.

P.S. I was about to post the same link as Gary but got sidetracked!

Cheers Alex , I’d already looked at the lrdg site but although fascinating ( and at the same time confusing!) it doesn’t give a particular colour other than a verbal description , what I needed was a Vallejo or Tamiya code , the Portland stone 71/288 sounds perfect . I never realised they used so many different and crazily coloured schemes , I might have been tempted to try one of these like you did but I think the decals provided are for two plain machines ( NZ ones with names on the bonnet ) thanks again guys , tony

[yak face]

Been assembling the body of the chevy while waiting for the Vallejo portland stone to come from John .

[papa 695]

Looking good Tony.

[Fernando N]

Coming together nicely Tony, looking forward to see how the colour looks on them:thumb2:.

[yak face]

Well the paint arrived the other day , i was surprised at the colour , i wasnt expecting it to be as pale or yellowy green looking but its the right one so on it went . Next up is the wheels and tyres and then its the multitude of bloody jerry cans / rolls of tarp/ wooden crates etc etc . All of which need painting by hand before fitting .

[Neil Merryweather]

looking forward to this, Tony

[Windy]

Looking good Tony. It's an odd colour isnt it, a sort of very pale greenish cream.

[yak face]

Looking good Tony. It's an odd colour isnt it, a sort of very pale greenish cream.

Yes alex i was surprised , i expected it to be like a desert yellow / sand /buff sort of colour , cheers tony