I love the SE5…
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Me too, the SE5 looks great and probably killed fewer of its pilots than the more famous camel.
I have been working on the GSM Canadian Machine Gun Carrier. The Vickers MGs have a metal cooling tube very nicely represented in plastic in the kit. They would have worked fine if the gunes were pointed forward but I thought them too stiff if they were trained to the sides so I replaced them with .020 lead wire.
Paul
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I recently went on a 4WD tour of Modoc War historic sites put on by the Klamath County Museum. On that tour my pickup had to navigate a number of mud wallows that were unavoidable. Once home, I shot some snaps of the truck and used them to dirty up the model. Original pictures of the cars show they were in pretty nice shaper, perhaps recently overhauled. I finished this model in good shape but with plenty of mud splashed on the sides and somewhat dusty overall just as my pickup was and still is.
With that, this project is finished.
Paul
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Can’t deny it, it’s different. Never seen one of those before. Nice job, I like the mud spatter.
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That’s gone together beautifully. Like the finish and weathering.
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Very nicely turned out Paul. Love the mud effect.
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The GSM kit was very good. The parts fit well and very little fitting was needed. The instructions were a standout, much like the late and much missed WNW kits had. When done, the vehicle looks like those in the photos. I will certainly not hesitate to build another GSM kit.
Using my own truck as a model and imagining where mud might go with no fenders of any kind I had a bash at it.
Paul
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That is absolutely fantastic! I love me some rivets.
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Looking great, Paul!
Some very uncomfortable fighting positions for machine gunners in the back. Interesting to see how technology has evolved in relatively short time.
A great model to your collection! 
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I am getting started on my tank for this build. I am doing the 1/35 Hobbyboss Schneider CA. Looks like a great kit.
I have not researched camo and markings yet and the kit only supplies one crazy camo scheme.
More to follow
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Found this at the bottom of the box - is this a replica of a real medal or something Hobbyboss came up with?
Any insights?
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My understanding it’s something they made.
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I think it was included as a celebration of the centenary of the war’s ending. I had one in mine too. Can’t remember if the St Chamonds had them too?
Looking forward to seeing how it builds up as I’ve yet to do mine. The tracks look, shall we say interesting to assemble.
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Thanks for the comments, Guys. I thought the medal looked a bit “homemade”. Might still look good on a base with the tank.
Stephen, indeed the tracks look very interesting. Looks like it will work, but I will make sure to update you in this tread. 
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I have researched the Schneider CA a bit online.
There are some good pictures of the kit included camouflage shown in my previous post. I guess nobody really knows the real colors by now.
There are also a number of other schemes. I am especially intrigued by the one below. It seems to be 2 or 3 colors sprayed with a ### style pattern on the sides. Very interesting. Again I guess the colors are really qualified guesswork?
This one is also nice, but suspect it is a post WWI scheme used in Spain or Marocco. Anybody recognize the flag on top?
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I’d assume it would be French Artillery Grey as a base, with green, ochre and red-brown over that. The second grey in the instructions looks like it might be a lightened grey. But that’s an educated guess, it could just as easily be a light blue. One I thing I don’t know yet, is where the cammo was applied. Factory or when delivered to the units?
It looks like a good kit and not as big as I thought it would be. It would be a great piece to display alongside the St Chamond and FT-17.
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Which reminds that I got this book for Christmas from my partner. Still need to read it. Might take it with me on this year’s summer holiday.
Don’t think there’s much, if anything, on camouflage but the rest seems interesting.
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Thanks for the comments, Stephen. Looks like a good book.
What are your thoughts on the camo with the ### pattern below? Looks like it might just be 2 or 3 colors with possible another color for the ### pattern.
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Now that is intriguing.
It does look like a three tone scheme and the cross hatching is similar to the darker cammo pattern. Could be dark brown? That does lend some weight to field applied cammo, although I’m not quite sure what the intention is. Could be to break up the outline against netting, wire mesh fence. It’s an interesting one.
Another good book I would recommend for a quick reference is Craig Moore’s Tank Hunter.
There are some good colour profiles included. Lots to inspire.
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The cross-hatching was also used on British tanks, where it was meant to simulate the shadows of vision slits, confusing anti-tank riflemen into shooting at armour rather than the vulnerable openings. I’d expect it to be a dark colour - probably black - to look like those shadows…
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