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1/35 Academy Warrior MCV
maxwinamp
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Singapore / 新加坡
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Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 09:29 PM UTC
My first post in Armorama and hope to learn more on armour modelling from here.

Rest of the pics are below:

http://www.outthere.info/Warrior_MCV/comp/page1.htm


















sweaver
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Kentucky, United States
Joined: April 19, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 10:05 PM UTC
Looks great so far, but maybe the tracks could be weathered a bit more. Possibly a dark brown wash followed by drybrushing with steel over the high points.

Just my 2 cents worth, I'm sure you'll get more and better comment later.

Erik67
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Buskerud, Norway
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 02:17 AM UTC
Great looking Warrior. I really like your paint job. Keep em' coming Max.

Erik
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Maryland, United States
Joined: December 25, 2002
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 02:33 AM UTC
thats very nice Max. Perhaps to make it look more like its in a sandy environment you could mist a light coat of buff onto the lower surfaces
bison126
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Correze, France
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 05:13 AM UTC
Hi
nice work on your Warrior. I think you can teach us a lot too !
Thanks to share.

Where did you get the crew equipment and the various boxes you added ?
Olivier
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 05:23 AM UTC
Looks pretty good. The tail lights are off though. The upper right and upper left light should be amber as they are turn signals. See below:





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Where did you get the crew equipment and the various boxes you added ?



Oliver, all the stowage comes in the new(ish) Academy OIF Warrior kit. It is a pretty nicely updated kit.
trahe
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Virginia, United States
Joined: April 03, 2006
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 08:14 AM UTC
Looks good! Don't forget the glass and wipers on the driver's periscope.
maxwinamp
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: March 05, 2007
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 01:43 PM UTC
Thanks for the excellent feedback. I am still trying to get the hang of weathering tanks and hope to improve as I build more AFV!
ptruhe
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Texas, United States
Joined: March 05, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 03:47 PM UTC
Overall good build with nice weathering but you went a bit heavy on the stowage. Looks like you've impeded the opening of the rear hatch and the rotation of the turret.

Paul
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Monday, July 16, 2007 - 08:18 PM UTC
Looks great. The only small nickpick would be the weathering of the tracks that seems to be fairly clean compared to the rest of the vehicle.

Thanks for sharing
liberator
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Luzon, Philippines
Joined: May 15, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 01:20 AM UTC
very nice..i like the paint job and weathering. if only we can do something about the seams(moldlines) on the side of the vinyl tracks. i have one too and have to weathered heavy on the tracks just not to show the mold lines or seam. over all..thumbs up on your warrior.
Bleak
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Calvados, France
Joined: January 17, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - 08:29 AM UTC
I just got to say that I love it, that's a great job...
maximus8425
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England - North East, United Kingdom
Joined: May 12, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - 09:08 AM UTC
Yup like the model mate, especially the weathering ot the hull not too overdone. Just a small niggle, the extinguishers look to be the old BCF type and so should be a deep brunswick green colour. The newer 2kg dry powder type are bright red.

Max
sgtreef
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Oklahoma, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - 10:38 PM UTC
This is a nice build.

great job overall.

So any hangs on the build were parts a good fit?

This Brunswick green you mention Max is this a Tamiya color?
maximus8425
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England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 06:01 AM UTC
No I don't think Tamiya does it but I think Humbrol do. It's a very deep bottle green. British vehicles in the late 50's early 60's used to be painted in it.
This is the closest I can find.



Max
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 06:11 AM UTC
Welcome to armorama. Very nice looking warrior!
maximus8425
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England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 07:21 AM UTC
In fact this is a pic of one, has a slight gloss sheen to it.
http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/scorpion_17.jpg
DT61
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2007 - 08:11 AM UTC
Really nice build!
sgtreef
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Oklahoma, United States
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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2007 - 11:59 PM UTC
Thanks Max maybe try Floquil they might have something close to the color.
Murdo
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, July 28, 2007 - 10:00 AM UTC
The colour on British vehicles in the 50s'/60's was usually Bronze Green or Deep Bronze Green.

Hope this helps.
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