As John @Johnnych01 said, this Campaign revolves around military hardware of Bulgarian Army used/obtained during WWII. So a WHIF Bulgarian E-100 doesn’t fit here, but as John mentioned- it will suit the What If Campaign run by Jesper @SGTJKJ very well!
I highly appreciate the extra mile of adding an engine and opening the hood.The Steyr looks really the part!
One small suggestion though-you should have used the Red colour registration plates, not the Black ones.
All Bulgarian military vehicles- regardless whether @Johnnych01 tanks, trucks or cars- wore registration plates with red digits.
Black digit registration plates were only used with conscripted(civilian) vehicles.
Well done, Peter!
I watch it and enjoy your work. I was waiting to see it painted, and I think you have achieved a very good balance.
Congratulations!
Kalin
Several times in the campaign a topic about Bulgarian planes is opened and for this reason I allow myself to upload a photo of a model made by our friend.
From this angle the reg plate looks flat, but it does follow the contours of the ridges on the bin. Those decals were printed on clear decal paper and I painted the white oblong first. Then used micro set and sol.
LH red star on white backed decal paper. There are a few little scrapes along the edges and may try and touch those up or just pretend they are scratches…
John, I just took Angel’s fantastic little .pdf off the local print works and got them to print them off on 2 sheets of nice glossy paper. Easy to cut out, etc, and great for actual plates.
I also just worked out that you can carefully, separate the ply of the paper, shave the back with a scalpel blade and end up with a really… ahem… paper thin little plate. A swipe of PVA on the back and you’re good to go. Covering it with a good coat of varnish like you would any decal should preserve it.
In the top pic, you can just see the red colour on the other side, I just did this a little roughly for a demo:
I have just glued this one on some scrap, when the PVA is dry, we can see what it looks like down.