I have been away for a month for work and then a very nice holiday so making and painting things been on hold for a while. Happy to be back with one of my favourite model kit makers IBG Models of Poland and their most excellent range of trucks. This time it is a British Bedford QLT. Airfix make an excellent version of this truck so I was excited to see how the much newer IBG kit measured up. I have yet to make an IBG model that disappointed and this one was true to form. Nice plastic, good details, perfect fits all round and easy to follow instructions. The only criticism i have with these is sometimes the connection points are a bit thick, but hey I am splitting hairs a bit there. Amendments I made to the it were the addition of some super cool PE windscreen wipers from Hauler. Tricky to get right as they are tiny but look great. I also removed the tarp sides and replaced them with rolled up foil and wire straps. The top of the tarp i covered with tissue paper and PVA glue. The original plastic was really plain and the rolled sides lacked detail. So i was happy the affect i got with my improvements. Decals were super and you get heaps of choice (3 or 4 vehicles).

I filled the back with some SHQ and some spare Caesar and Plastic Soldier Company seated figures. They are mainly in shadow so was quite quick with my paint jobs on them. No need to waste my best AB figures filling up the back. I was happy with the full looking truck, I think in reality these babies carried a full platoon of men (36+)? Here he is parked up and disembarking a section who look pretty relaxed. Its nice to be back at home with my paints out on the dining room table!