Artillery
Infantry
Soft Skin Vehicles
Aircraft
Armour
Panzer IVF-2
A GHQ model painted with Army Builder's dark yellow. Most photos of these vehicles showed a significant amount of oil and other crud staining the paint job. With this, and a number of other models, I attempted to replicate that with blobs of burnt umber ink. However, I think the markings came out a bit large. In addition, the Army Builder paint, a spray, goes on too thick and obscures detail.
Panzer IVF1
Same model as above, with a cut down gun to simulate the short 75mm gun
Panzer IIIJ
(At least I think it is a J...)
A GHQ model painted with Army Builder's dark yellow combination primer/base coast spray. Overall, the paint is different that that offered by most other model paint makers, but works quite well. In particularl, it does not darken when washed with acrylics, something that has proven problematical with other paints.
Similar model, washed with burnt umber ink
STUG IIIG
GHQ's excellent model. I don't think any ever fought in Libya or Egypt, but I'm reasonably certain that some went over to Tunisia for the final stand. GHQ has two different models in a pack, differing only in stowage, and conveniently labeled "A" and "B" on the bottom. I weathered these models with inks, a new technique for me, and it came out quite well.
Diana
Sdkfz 6 with 7.62cm Russian gun "Diana" from Armstrong Models
SDKFZ-222
Standard German light armored car, from GHQ
SdKfz 251/1
Rehab'ed GHQ models -- really not very good
SdKfz 215/C7
Badly done engineering halftrack from GHQ
SdKfz 251/C9
Self-propelled 8cm mortar
Artillery
5cm PaK
GHQ models, with a couple of crewman scavenged from a very old (I believe) GHQ 3.7cm PaK sprue.
3.7cm Flak Gun
A fine model from GHQ
Towed version with Sdkfz10 (I think)
Infantry
Soft Skin Vehicles
Sdkfz7
From GHQ. Used to tow heavy guns like 88mm Flak.
Sdkfz10
Light prime mover from GHQ
German Opel Blitz Bus
A very unusual and interesting model from Armstrong Models
Opel Blitz Variants
Two different models from GHQ
4 1/2 Ton Truck
CinC Model (consider the identity tentative...)
Kettenkrad
Light vehicle from GHQ. I didn't do the flesh on either these or the Kubelwagens because I didn't think it would show up next to the desert tan, but that was a mistake.
Kubelwagen
Standard German utility car from GHQ
Aircraft
DFS Glider
Not actually a desert war model, but there you go. An excellent piece from Armstrong Models. Decals from I-94 Enterprises.
