I’d suggest sanding the behinds down - the seats have cushions and those would compress. The butts would also compress a little and I think that wasn’t accounted for neither in the model nor in the figures. Removing some material would remedy that.
And thanks for the heads up, I’m going to look out for that when I finally get to building my Lambro…
Good luck with your build and have a nice day
Paweł
@ Ryan (Tank_1812). Thank you, but I think I’ll pass on the cargo foot-rest idea.
@ pawel. The benches don’t have cushions. The kit supplied planks are pretty thin (1.07mm). However, a likely butt trimming along with bench bracket lowering should suffice. …
Next step will be painting, but that will have to wait a little, till I master the basics of airbrushing. My first steps as a beginner will start in the next weeks.
Wish me luck…
Peter
Hi guys,
Back to work on the Lambro 550. As it turns-out, it came to a combination of Franken-Figuring and Taxi Musical Chairs in order to get the four unruly passengers seated with their feet firmly planted on the floor.
• Approx. 1.0mm shaved off the buttocks.
• Bench braces were clipped and lowered 2.0mm.
• Bench seats were thinned at their respective figure locations, approx. 0.5mm.
So, with a little bit of this and a little bit of that, the combined adjustment was approx. 3.5mm.
That little Cessna is fighting me. Quite a few fit problems I’ve found. The cabin windows don’t want to fit in the frames, the instrument panel seems to be attached with will-power and the joysticks are short shot. Will have to scratch them.
I’ll carry on as and when I can, but I’m going to change my build for the Airfix Shenyang J-5 in VPAF colours. Haven’t heard a single bad thing said about this one, so should be a much easier build given the approaching deadline.
Bulldozers looking good.
Airfix did at least one boxing of their Mig-17 in Polish markings, but aftermarket decals would be easy to find. I’ve got a couple more and I’m positive one has.
I have got a couple of projects planned in Polish colours, a Mig-23 and SU-17 so I’ll be sure to start threads for them when I get around to it.
Still uncertain on the finishing; I really like the three color camo discussed before though I can’t tell if it belongs to war time or post. I found another pic showing same camo and same environment. The jeep sports markings I can’t tell of, though the 107 reads US Army near the registration. If it is an American base in Korea as it could be guessed on previous pics it’s just out of my (poor) knowledge and would it turn out is postwar then it’s out of scope in this campaign
Stefano @Steo77, have you tried looking at different unit web pages on the www, I often go to the 11ACR Vietnam Veterans members page and study their photos for period correct markings, crew stowage etc.
Thank you for the suggestion, I’ll surely give it a try! I found accounts of artillery deployment during Vietnam, but nothing getting into details. And it’s one of a huge file!!
I assume these Hellcats were war weary birds inherited from the USN and I imagine the Vietnamese environment was harsh on the Gloss Sea Blue color. I experimented with some weathering on the blue coat. Still not sure how far to push it but here’s what I have so far.