Wheel painting.

Not much time to disappear into the Man Cave today but just enough to get some wheel painting done on the Italeri Kangaroo. Specifically the rubber tyres on the running wheels and the top rollers were painted with a grey paint. I avoid black as any rubber that has been exposed to the elements will oxidise and turn to a dark grey unless you apply tyre black - not something a tank crew would so in the heat of battle! I used the airbrush ready version of Vallejo's grey paint which for small areas such as these wheels was ideal.

I just had time to experiment a little by airbrushing a flesh tone onto the faces and hands of the three figures included in the kit (despite the box saying 'figures not included'). It needs a some further airbrushing and possibly the paint needs to be less thinned but the thinness of the paint applied by airbrush over paint brush means the detail, especially on the faces, is maintained. Looks like this experiment may be a success! 

They really do need their helmets put on to get rid of the flat head but that will have to wait until the painting is complete!