251D & Blitz

[Ballardian]

Really enjoyed painting a bunch of Heer transports recently, both WG & Rubicon versions of 251Ds & Blitzs, along with a WG Horch & a 234/2. Given the shared camo schemes, the soft skins with one type, the 251s & 234/2 another, it was possible to get a nice batch painting production line going which made surprisingly light work of it.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Nice.

Did you use an airbrush?

[Ballardian]

Cheers, yes they were airbrushed - the Blitz was done freehand & for the hard edged camo I used White-Tak for the masks.

[Pinky]

These are great.  Especially the camo, which looks very convincing, and the weathering.

[Ballardian]

Many thanks, choosing how to approach the camo on the softskins was more of a bumache than actually doing them - I realise that you more commonly see images of trucks & field cars with far wispier schemes than what I put on the Opels & Horch - but the few images I'd seen of more heavily sprayed vehicles (maybe they just had more paint to hand at that field depot - or a bit more time to do it) appealed to me more (though I've seen beautifully painted examples of the other approach also - like stevepallfy's).

[Pinky]

These camo schemes are typical of the Normandy campaign, where you tend to see heavier application of colour.  I've always assumed that this was because the troops had plenty of time to prepare their vehicles before the campaign began, and because it was appropriate for summer in France.  Your Opel looks particularly right for that campaign.