Hello everybody!
@SSGToms - thanks a lot for your comment Matthew! I’m glad you like my work!
And I’m working on the weathering… I applied the decals, some Gunze gloss on top of that and then there goes some oil dot:
That was before and after it looks something like this:
And the chassis looks like this:
I’m going to take it out on that finish a little more and then I’ apply some clear flat, because now the finish is obnoxiously glossy…
Thanks for looking and have a nice day
Paweł
Hello everybody!
I have painted up the lights front and rear. Hobby boss supplies these parts made entirely of clear plastic - that allows to paint them up in an interesting way. In the photos below the wheels are only dry fitted, so they look funny. Somehow the left lights also look crooked, I’m not sure why, in reality they look “straighter”. Here are the photos:
I feel like I could finish this one up in one day if life didn’t keep coming in the way… Let’s see how long…
Thanks for looking and have a nice day
Paweł
Camera parallax with respect to the axes of the light boxes does that. If it looks good in real life, it’s good!
@Ted_Dannemiller - thanks a lot for your comment! I’ve additionally checked those lights to make sure they are really straight.
I have also worked on the weapons mounts, there are two foldable mounts on the sides of the superstructure, I’ve built one deployed:
And one folded:
I had to scratchbuild their locking levers. I’ve also added what one of my friends familiar with the M706 was always pointing out - the chains securing the fuel filler caps. A third chain is on the trailer hitch in the rear:
I was also working on the armament:
One “pig” is from an AFV Club kit, the other one from a Dragon figure set, and their mounts are leftovers from my TAKOM Sgt. York. The “invention” on the left is the XM174 automatic grenade launcher that was tested in Vietnam by USAF (that info was supplied by a friendly Vietnam vet).
To add some stowage I started with the ammo boxes. Another info from my vet friend is that some boxes were painted white and meant to hold the 40mm illum rounds:
And that would be it for now - thanks for looking and have a nice day
Paweł
Great work Pawel!
Ah, the XM174. What a neat little package. I’ve seen a pic of a Marine posed showing how to fire that from the hip. Pretty fun imagination.
On the driver/co-driver hatches, ours were lined with a pad about 18mm thick to soften the blow of bouncing up and down in the seat. Additionally, I would often sit in the open hatch while coaching my Saudi troops on night mounted navigation. But that is another story and beverage!
Well done!
@Ted_Dannemiller - thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words!
I tried to do those “crash pads” on the insides. I have made some of them with black painted masking tape, some were already molded on the resin doors by MMK, might be that the pads are a little too thin…
And today what I hope will be the last update before the deal is done…
I’ve built the opening assist for the rear doors:
I also have some stuff to go with the car:
Among other things we have here an M16 with a (scratchbuilt) underslung XM148 grenade launcher (tested in Vietnam, superseded by the M203), 40mm grenade clips for the XM174 (the oval ones), a radio yet to be painted and a drink cooler (I still have to paint the “zinc coating” on it).
Thanks for looking and have a nice day!
Paweł