Soooo close. 4 hood latches, 2 doors, 2 wipers, roof, and two very tiny rear lights left. I did put the provided rifles in their rack in the back seat - then tested the roof…rifles are too long and anywhere I could cut them down it’d look awkward. So, those are added to the spares-box.
Mike
Two doors and two wipers left. And some touch up paint. Those lights were a royal PITA, especially the tail lights. 
Mike
Looking very nice indeed Michael.
Hi mates, I just managed to finish this ICM Fuel Bowser for my little Ukrainian Air Force, probably my last build for 2022 and just in time before the Christmas Holiday…
My wee Staff Car is completed.
It was a nice kit indeed. Fiddly parts for sure. Should you build this one for yourselves, don’t toss the box - I needed it to locate the positioning of a couple of the parts as the instructions can be very vague.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 
Mike
I’m about to start my slightly bigger staff car.
Great builds, Mike and Peter. Congrats on finishing! 
That will have to be a quick build then… Only 11 days left!
Great build, nice smart colour. I like it!
Cheers
Peter
Boxcar is finished. The kit itself was challenging. There was no interiour, I had to fill and sand a lot and the decals are not the best ones. In retrospect I should have gone with the xamouflaged version. Due to the poor decals I had to paint a lot of the red and white stripes with a brush. I also ditched some smaller decals. Sidewindows are painted aswell. The clear parts were too small for me. I did add some lead to the nose, but apparently not enough. Soooo…I have two more planes from Roden in the stash, the 1/72 An-8 and the 1/72 C-123 and I will definitelly use these lessons learned !
Despite the tribulations Jacob, it came out great. Very nicely done.
I really like it, too. Well done!
Nice paint scheme. 
I have an update, but no pics! I don’t know what happened to my camera…
But it has been a bit fiddly, but I have the hood on and it’s on pretty well! I was stressing over it, but I only need a little filler on the hood and I think it will come out fine. So I’m optimistic I can finish by the end of the year!
I have to say, the fit of the parts is really just perfect, but getting them all to line up correctly has been a challenge. Like the Miniart T-55 I want to do this one again. I bought two fearing Miniart kits might be hard to come by when the war started this year, so maybe I will!
Now I’m looking at the headlights on my Gaz and wondering how to do them. I think I’m going to have to build something for them to rest on while the glue sets up. I wonder if I can get away with reinforcing the joins with two part epoxy once they are attached…
Found the camera. I think the jalopy is going to be done. It is very jalopy-ish.
That horn on the rail seems to want to droop…
The bed is done and weathered. The tires are done, I need to weather them. The headlights are painted, but I despair of how I’m going to get them attached, and the rear view mirror is painted. It will also be tricky to attach.
I need to do the PE windshield wiper. That’s an early morning job before I have any coffee definitely.
To hold parts up, use a toothpick and Blu-tac. Press the Blu-tac onto the fenders and push the toothpick in as far as you need it to go to hold up a part. You can squeeze the Blu-tac to raise the toothpick to the exact height.
For things like lights, you can shape the Blu-tac to fit under the head light opening to help hold it and add the lens or cover later.
Oh, that is brilliant! I have always pause with using blu-tac because it’s stronger than the glue and the attachment, but to build a brace for the part using it should be fine. That’s a great tip! Don’t we have a great tips thread around here somewhere? It belongs there!
I know @ayovtshev has a folder of his own that he saves tips in, but I am not aware of a hot tips thread itself.
