Manufacturer: Scotia
Genre: 1/300 WW2 Wargaming
Comments: This is a pretty awful model from Scotia; far below their general standard, which is actually not too bad. It's passable as far as profile goes, but it lacks most of the detail of the running gear (I had to paint in the drive wheel from scratch) and it has an odd grain in places that suggest the master was carved out of balsa wood or something. There is serious pitting in several places, especially on the top of the turret.
All this means that my usual painting technique of base colour, dry-brush and ink-wash wouldn't work. Everything had to be painted in from scratch, and details like hatches had to be created from thin air since they didn't exist, or had the merest suggestion, on the model itself. The edges are so soft that highlights had to be painted in to make the model look anything like as boxy as the original vehicle.
Scotia micros are cheap compared with GHQ or C-in-C, but you pay for that and more with the extra work you have to do to finish them.
I've painted these 6 vehicles half-and-half in Middle Bronze Green on the left (basic wartime colour) and Deep Bronze Green on the right (basic peace-time livery).
