M548 gun truck

Hello!

@SSGToms - thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words! They mean a lot to me!

I started building the ammo supply. I’m using the great AFV Club set:

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From another angle it looks a bit surprising:

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And here it is fitted in the cargo bed:

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I have also managed to paint the faces:

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Thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Paweł

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It’s good to see that gun setup done properly. Excellent work!

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Thanks a lot for your kind words! The veterans from NDQSA (Duster, Quad and Searchlight Assn.) helped me with it!

Have a nice day!

Paweł

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Very impressive build, I’ll following your progress Pawel.

Dave :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello!

@strongarden - thanks a lot Dave!

I’m movin’ on with the figures. I sourced a decal sheet from Korea with 1:35 Mitchell pattern and put them on the helmets - here’s how it turned out:

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Where the decal wrinkled a little it looks a lot like fabric on steel. Decal also has some dithering (raster) that can be seen in extreme close up - then again after wash and pigments the contrast isn’t too great (just like its supposed to be). So I like how it turned out, I’m curious about your opinion.

And more work on the figures:

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For this I mainly used Games Workshop contrast paints and I like how they work.

So I’m moving on to finally finish this and start something else.

Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

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Hello everybody!

I have an update for you - here’s a foto of the Lt. and the sarge:

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While making photos I managed this random shot:

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Behind the cab there is an M16 in the rack and under the tarp:

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I’m also working on the radio sarge will be on:

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Thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Paweł

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Hi Pawel,

an excellent job for now, like me a lot, figures very appropiate for vehicle.

Cheers

Francis :+1:

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Hello Francis!

Thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words. I’m glad you like my work.

Have a nice day!

Paweł

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Hello!

I’ve built the radio at last! To dress it up I made some smoke grenades wirh decals from Peddinghouse (already had them since my dozer project). Here’s how it turned out:

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I hope you like the result - thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Paweł

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Nice job on the Mitchell camo. Those colors were spot on.

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Hello everybody!

It’s been a long time - again - but finally I’ve got an update here.

I have fabricated and installed spare road wheels like in the photos of the real thing:

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At last I have also glued the tracks/wheels subassembies that were removable until now. I have finished weathering these areas to match the photos:

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On the other side there is also the exhaust - other than the kit instructions have it there seems to be a full height exhaust stack in the photos - where it is not obstructed by the guys hanging around:

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Thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Paweł

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Excellent work, my friend. Keep the updates coming. Did you choose to omit the pivot levers? I saw them in the build photo, but not the finished (?) cab pics, or did I just miss them?

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@Ddek - just goes to show how hard they are to spot after the cockpit is in place…

This photo from long time ago shows some of them:

So yes, they are installed. Thanks a lot for your comment and have a nice day!

Paweł

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I stand corrected, Pawel. I did not mean it as a derision. I just didn’t see them in the advanced pics. I’m looking forward to seeing it with the guns mounted up. Your quad build is excellent, as is your figure work.

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No problem, it came through just right. Sometimes I obsess about a detail that turns out almost invisible on a finished model - and this is one of such features - those levers. But its still interesting to know they are there and what they do.

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Hello everybody!

As a last thing I made a few last “things” I felt were needed - I have placed some .50 cases and links from Master and I have also fabricated a shovel and a broom. I have placed them on the model together with the crew:

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And thus my project is finally done!

Here are some more photos of the done deal:

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I like to have a detailed underside on my models - in this case this is how it looks like:

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Some more close ups:

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Thanks for looking and have a nice day!

Paweł

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Great add.

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Turned out really nice, those extra details really set it off. Got to cleanup all that brass. Reminds me of scene in Waterworld where they are using a scoop shovel to clear out all the brass on the quad 50 barge. Great job. Wayne

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Excellent work, Pawel. As usual. Congratulations on a job well done.

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Great job. It turned out awesome.

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