PaintingThe paintjob is done! But before I show, first a bit of research:
Studying lot's of photographs indicates that Möbelwagens were factory delivered in plain Dunkel Gelb (dark yellow, a sand colour). But if you look at pictures of Möbelwagens in field conditions they are without exception painted in two, and mostly three tone camouflage patterns, most likely using the standard German camouflage colours of olive green and red brown. Look:
From the irregular and sometimes shabby looks of the camouflage patterns, they appear to me field applications, done by spraying in the batallion workshop, or by brushes, brooms and rags by the vehicle crew in the field, which is known to be standard practice in the German army. So, such a pattern is what I am aiming for.
First the whole model was covered with four layers of Dunkel Gelb (Humbrol 94) to reach sufficient opacity on the white styrene parts.
After that a fine pattern of reddish brown (Humbrol 113) with a very sharp pointed brush.
Followed by a similar pattern of olive green (Humbrol 86)
Difficult to see on the picture, but nevertheless important: applying a drybrush of the base color (Humbrol 94) all over, I tried to tone down the contrast between the diffeent colours, and blend in the camouflage pattern. After that all tools and other details were painted.
Ready for a gloss cote now.