Thanks gents
ripley: I think I'd struggle to get much onto a tyre TBH. The available amount of tyre around the circumference of wheels this small is so tiny as to be almost invisible. But I guess you're right, I could just put a darker wash around that rim, but honestly at tabletop distance it would be completely invisible to the naked eye.
Tracks: Yes, the driver and seated crewman are two of the three Rubicon figures that come with the kit, although I've given the driver a Perry field cap, and the passenger a Perry head with a Green Stuff haircut.
As usual, I'm afraid I have to criticise the Rubicon figures slightly. I really wish their crew figures were as utterly brilliant as their vehicle kits. The driver here is actually a pretty hopeless figure. His arms are anatomically too long, bendy looking and the sleeves way too creased and baggy. The face is narrow and amorphous with any detail on it thanks to the soft detailing.
The two seated crew figures are, to be fair, better.
But if we are to think of Rubicon as the Tamiya of the 1/56 military modelling kit world, then like Tamiya, Rubicon are going to have to make their crew and infantry figures as sharply detailed and brilliant as their AFVs and vehicles. I'm afraid at the moment, they're still falling short at times.
The two figures on foot are Perry plastic creations, although that is a Rubicon field cap on the NCO. I had to shave the back down a bit, but the overall shape of the cap is much better than Rubicon's previous attempts at this item of headgear, which is a step in the right direction, so a plus mark for that
