Hi Guys, thanks for the great comments I really appreciate them all.
So here I am on the last stretch!
Firstly I bought these plastic jungle plants which looked great in the photos, but the photos didn't show the big ring in the centre! Some modification required.
I cut the ring mostly out and then the plant in half. Then the two ends were glued together to form a base for adding more leaves inside. This is sounds easier then it is as the plastic wouldn't superglue to itself at all! I had to stick the base to some card and once this had dried (finally) I then cut more individual leaves and glued them one by one into the centre, only to find that half of the leaves hadn't stuck and needed gluing again. Man this stuff really doesn't like glue!
I then wasn't happy with the shine that the plastic was giving so I mixed some matt varnish with some vallejo dark green and started spraying mixing in lighter greens to give the plants some depth.
Once these were dried I pinned and stuck them to the base (with white glue!)
Next I added some more moss, vegetation and last details, and the base was finished.
I always like adding stowage to vehicles, but I like to make it look like it was secured there and not just placed on top, to fall off when the vehicle hits a bump. After much pondering I guessed that the handles above each door would make suitable attachment points and used some fly screen to represent a cargo net to hold down some ration boxes and a rucksack.
The final piece was to paint the figures. I started with an overall acryllic skin coat as a base.
Then I painted a thick layer of umber oil paint over the whole skin and left for a while to soak in slightly. The majority of the umber was removed with a cotton bud, whilst trying to leave umber in the creases and crevices.
While this was still wet I mixed up a skin tone of oils and then dotted this on the highlights and then used a clean soft brush to blend this in. This was repeated dot by dot until I was happy with the result. I sometimes finish by blending dots of white for the very extreme highlights, but I figured that in the jungle the skin tone would be darker and dirtier so I left this step out.
I left this to dry, which took about 5 days, before adding the details in acrylic such as the boots hats and the cola can of the seated soldier. The figures were then glued to the M706.
The final step was to use different mud coloured pigments fixed with rubbing alcohol to give it that used jungle look. I first started this with the tyres off to get a heavy coat underneath, which was completely hidden once the tyres were on! At least I know it is there. Once the tires were on I repeated the process in relevant areas with a wash of pigments over the tyres and splashes of mud up the side of the vehicle thrown from the tyres.
The final job was to white glue the vehicle to the base and throw a little pigment on the base and the job is finished!
Good timing too, as I have been to Scale Model World this weekend and have purchased a Bronco A13 cruiser which requires my attention, and will be appearing in the diorama section any time soon!!
Thanks again for looking and for all your great comments