To start out I've done a single test model to get a feel for painting at this scale. I chose to do the M125. I gave it a primer coat of Khaki camo paint from Walmart, base coated it in US Field Drab from Vallejo model color range, and then gave it a sepia ink wash from the Vallejo game color range. At such a tiny scale I decided that it would be a bad idea to do any drybrushing to pick out details so after inking I picked out all the raised areas again with a fine brush in US Field Drab. I then painted some small details such as guns, the mortar, view port, shovel, cabeling, tracks, and hatch levers black.
I thought about doing a light highlight at this point but decided against it because I felt that it would brighten the model too significantly. US Field Drab is an inappropriate color for modern IDF forces (though I have seen several vehicles just a light) because the Israeli sand color is darker. But Israeli sand is hard to match to the Vallejo range and I didn't want to do any mixing so I opted for the US Field Drab so that it would be a close match but also so that any black details would stand out better against the base coat.
I think it turned out nicely and the details on the GHQ models is incredible but it is a rather boring model to paint. It would be more fun if I chose to do some wild camo scheme but the IDF seems to just coat everything in brown and call it good. Even their infantry camo is rather boring in a dull olive drab. I have a limited collection of paints at the moment so I have opted to not do any weathering to the model. I have several colors of sand I could easily brush on but I have nothing in the red spectrum to rust up the tracks. Now it's time to move onto the rest of these M113 things so I can get onto the more exciting models, Namers and Merkavas!
