I have finished initial assembly, painting, and decals on the truck. I painted it in NATO camo with the green canvas like above.
On the front, I used the Keltek mouth decal from their M142 sheet. I hand painted the cats’ eyes. I also added a Ukraine Army ID number and a slogan that came with some other Ukraine decals. The slogan had a 79 ABN BDE patch on it. I covered it with the 43d Arty BDE patch from the ICM Weapons and Chevrons of Ukraine set. I also added the same slogan w/43d Arty BDE patch on the rear.
The spare on the roof is for the M777A2 howitzer. I got it from Vargas Miniatures for this project.
Some more detail pics of the truck.
I have also started the 3D printed M777A2 by Vargas Miniatures. It is only about 30 parts and goes together well. The detail is amazing. I did break off a couple parts that I had to recreate though. You can see them in white styrene. I also removed the TAD Digital Fire Control system box on top and made a new mount from styrene. Ukraine initially didn’t get M777s with the TAD, which allows you to fire smart munitions such as Excaliber. They have since received them, but I wanted to do it as an early one. I also added rear lights to the howitzer. I will be adding the air hoses and light cable after painting it.
Here it is so far.
More to come later. Thanks for checking it out and commenting.