Away at a military vehicle event all weekend where we had a small model show 3-4 clubs and no traders but with free tea/coffee, see my Armourfest thread for some photos from the event.
So Saturday morning I started on the old 1970 Tamiya tooling of the JGSDF Type 61 for the Tamiya campaign. Completed the build this morning.
With that all done and after taking another walk around the event I resurrected the Takom Chieftain Mk.5P build which I’d taken with me.
Hi Sean,
Yes it went very quickly, they had a slide show during the dinner showing all the winners. The awards were on the table next to the model. We were packed up and out of there by 8:00 PM.
While the Helldiver takes most of my little bench time these weeks, the Airfix Ferret as my side project also slowly takes shape. The hull is finally done and ready for primer and paint … 
Just some basic sponge chipping. If I can gloss coat it tomorrow, I might be able to finish this model soon, and on time for my departure next week!
Sounds like as is often the case, some liked it and others not so much.
They were estimating that handing out awards, calling each winner up, would take 4 hours. I don’t know anybody that would enjoy sitting through that.
But there are some modelers with huge egos, who revel in that 15 seconds of fame in front of everybody. They liked it not so much.
The way they did it was really the only practical solution. A 4 hour awards ceremony would have just killed the mojo of the show.
The Helldiver is also nearly ready for primer. The fitting of the clear parts is a catastrophy, especially the sliding part of the pilots cockpit. Kit is Revellogram from 1997 …
Extra air tanks in place. Transfer case fabbed ready to mount. Measuring up for the prop shafts tomorrow.
Mystery question:
M916 - or M915?
Its looks “taller” than a stock ‘5, but there’s no real sign of the ‘6’s longer deck, winch gear etc
( I believe it’s a Mininman Factory rendition, not an actual truck, so artistic licence perhaps……).
Looks like the Miniman Factory M915 to me. Like you said, it doesn’t have any M916 features visible.
I’ve added track and ballast to the project:
A real challenge was getting the toylike plastic rail ties to look like the actual wood used on the trestle - lots of layers of paint and added some texture using pumice gel. And added some meager vegetation and a dead tree.
Also retouched the figures:
So, making headway -
Nick
Looks awesome. The rail tracks and base look rear. Great job so far.
Both are looking great so far.
Well, that’s a wrap! I’ve finally finished this kit before my departure. Rubber band tracks are incredbly annoying to put on. I got to the point where I “stapled” the tracks with pieces of paperclip to keep the tracks together.
wow that’s amazing.
I’m looking at pics of the M916 cab interior, trying to work out colors.
My build is an early ‘90’s factory-fresh truck finished in Sand at the factory for ODS deployment . I’m seeing a few images of trucks similar to this with an Olive Drab or dark grey interior, black or dark grey seats, black seat frames and a sand-coloured dash. Others, resprayed for ODS I guess, show dark green /olive drab throughout with grey seats.
Any knowledge or opinions would be welcome!
