This one knocked me about a bit and reminded me my double-action Thayer & Chandler brushes are not to be trifled with. They can take you down a peg or two if you get a bit cavalier with them; merciless bastards they are.

Here is the result after being taught a little humility. GRIN!





The Western Desert scheme on a 1/72 model is time consuming and a bit fiddly; the model itself is quite small. A lot of fun to build though, especially as the tooling dates back to the 1950s and this kit was boxed in America in the very early 1960s:

Talking earlier about how Airfix marketed in America back in the day and remembering one was to send off to MPC in Michigan for replacement bits, at this time boxing and distribution of the kits was by Airfix-USA in Philadelphia. The box art and litho work were unique to the American market on this one, too.



Some ten or fifteen years after this one hit the shelves, the kit parts were still being sent over unpackaged, but went directly to MPC for decals, instructions, and boxes by then branded MPC rather than Airfix.

Anyway, fun to do and a good reminder to not take the painting for granted. My skills with these brushes are rusty yet, even though my ego isn't; a possibly dangerous combination.

Time to take a break perhaps, as the stuff to redo the display cabinet for these things should be coming in very soon.