Now that is big!

Withe the Italeri Kangaroo APC nearly finished my mind has turned to building this kit that I got at the Newark Train and Toy Fair. You can see from the box art with the figures that this was a monster of a vehicle.

Out of interest I got the upper and lower hull parts out of the box to compare with the Kangaroo.

It is almost double the length - now that is big! Certainly will take a lot of paint to get this sprayed up!

Anyway back to finishing the Kngaroo. Although most of the weathering is done there are still areas which require a little more attention including the running gear. I have used a dilute wash of Vallejo Earth Brown paint, just literally brushed on and left to the effects of gravity. The pigment of the paint tends to accumulate in the recesses and gives a great impression of how dust and mud would accumulate on a real vehicle. Still some more areas to do but getting there!

Meanwhile, the three figures included in the 'figures not included' kit have received further attention from the paint brush. To tone down the clothing I have used a dry brushing of white paint, It may sound strange to say that the white paint tones the colours down but it certainly provided highlights to the creases of the clothes as in real life.You can see the difference it makes in the picture below.

I have also painted the eyes and lips in. The eyes are a dab of white paint with the eyeball dabbed in with some black paint on the point of a cocktail stick. I have also applied a wash of Vallejo black paint to further tone down the uniform colours as well as providing some shadows to the depths of the creases. 

The two crates are destined to go somewhere on the Kangaroo as well as some other items that came with the kit. I will have to see if the snow holds off long enough to allow me to get to the Man Cave and finish these off! Snow? Now that will get Mrs. Woody's attention - she only likes it if she is inside in the warm!