I saw this while doing some research:
Perhaps one of you Facebookers could invite this guy to Armorama. Fantastic interiors.
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Academy M163
Real life is very difficult right now so I am only shooting for adequate. Most of the detail painting is done. I plan on cleaning up the worst of the painting errors with oil paints.
I never did find a good picture of the tools. Instructions call for steel heads and wood handles. I went with black or olive drab heads and wood handles. If that is wrong, please let me know. I painted the gas cans olive drab because they look that color in the pictures. Does anyone know the correct color for the tool straps?
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That will vary from an OD to an almost faded yellow over time. You have lots of leeway on that one.
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They are issued in olive green cotton or olive drab nylon webbing. They will fade from sun exposure, get soaked with diesel fuel, covered in local mud and/or dust, never losing the acquired earth tones…
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Thank you again for the extension but real life continues to intervene and I did not make it. I will post pictures of the completed M163 when it gets there. Congratulations to everyone who finished!
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