Hi,
Work is almost done on this SAS Jeep, ok still some small things to do such as some more
mud on last minute added items and must stil paint some small items such as botles and backpags.

This one is coming on a litle vignette with one or two figures in a relaxed pose, still waithing for the figures :-(

When everything is ready i wil post some pictures here.

grtzzz,
Ronald

Looks really good! What are you using for mud?

I love it! It looks very good!
I would even go so far as to say that I would marry it!
HA HA Anyway, lets see that final product when you get it done..

~Chip #:-)

Hi PZKFWIII

I made the mud with static gras and sand and mixed with Tamiya paint thats all

Looks awesome. Are you planning on using it in a dio?

that's a really wicked little toy you've managed to put together. Great weathering look forward to seeing it with it's cerw

Lovely model again Ronald. Love all the details in the guns. Were the barrells an aftermarket product or did you scratch them? With your skills, both are possible! Looking forward to seeing it in its proper setting when the dio is finished!

Great job. I love seeing models as they go. This one is coming along great.

To get Really picky and offer a really minor little itty bitty thing - you could add a hint of a strap coming from the back on some of the packs along the rails. To remove any idea of 'magic' straps holding them up. I know it's really minor - it took me a good while to even come up with that.

You've done a great job.

:-) Ronald, this is excellant, the weathering is expertly done. :-) A vignette will set this off perfectly, can't wait to see it
Mal

Up to your usual excellent work ...keep cranking them out !! Very nice work!!

Rick

Ronald to me it looks just outstanding. Difficult to say what I like the most, may be the machine guns...
Bravo!!!

Ron, I've followed this build right along as you've posted in progress pics in Rivet Review. I still recall the beautiful pe/metal work earlier on, and now, the almost finished product. This is just a fantastic piece of modeling----be proud of this one!!!

Thanks for the pics, and the build story you have shared with us over the last several weeks.
This is really really really, good stuff. Wow!!

Steve aka WeWillHold

ps: Hey, I just got promoted!

Ronald,
As always with your work, the attention to the little details and the amazing craftmanship really comes out.

I really like this little model... you've really captured the sort of "ad hoc" nature of these vehicles and the weathering and finishing really seems to have very nice scale effects.

Can't wait to see the finished vignette with the figures.

Later,
Tim

Excellent bit of work here Ronald. You've really captured the look of this little one.

Hi Plasticbattle, The barrels let I say the whole gun is from the kit its took me20 minutes to clean them and dril a litle hole in it and making the curved end of the gun but its was worth the time that I have spended on this guns.

And thank you for the kind words, and the rest of the people also off course

Thank you for the kind words and the tip for the strap hanging out , never thought about that

Outstanding work. Thanks for sharing it with everyone.

Coop

Ronald, really great work.

Couple of questions: why are some of the pieces of the grill missing and is that a map tucked in-between the seats? Nice touch.

The stains around the fill caps of the tanks is another nice touch.

Hi Tin-Can Yes that is a map between the seats, about the missing pieces in the grill thats a good question, I think this Jeep is based on a Airborne jeep and that wil say remove anything that you can mis on the vehicle to reduced the weight.

Maybe someone else have a better answer on this isseu.

Ronald,
You are absolutely right on the grill missing teeth deal - it is a purely weight reducing measure to increase gas milage.

Very good work Ronald. I like the attention to deatail and the Guns. The missing grill teeth was a common pratice on the desert vehicles to allow as much air to the radiator for cooling the engines. Can't wait to see it on the DIO. Keep the great work coming

Ronald

Great work on that little jeep dude that`s really a product of craftmanship
Well I won`t have to start about the straps for the bags as that is already mentioned but that shouldn`t be a too big problem to fix....
Further great painting and definately a superb weathering job, very convincing.

About the missing theeth on the grill I go with the opinion of Animal.... Although that is the way I always read it. This was a common use in the dessert with the long range dessert group (LRDG) Because of the enormous heat in the dessert the motors would overheat to fast and that was the last thing you want if you are on a special mission. So what they did was cut away a couple of those "theeth" They left 2 to keep the grill alittle stronger then without. Also they added a Condensator onto the vehicle.. As water was scarse in the dessert they came up with this device... It`s actually some sort of can that collects the water that is formed inside it due to the immense heat and it was attached with a hose to the watercooling system....
As your vehicle looks like a European type car they didn`t need the Condensator as it wasn`t that warm there but probably they kept the grille that way to keep the vehicle as light as possible for the airdroppings..

Although the last thing was more of a guess the whole first part was things I read everywhere on the web and in books

Hope it was of some help

Hi Faust,

The work on the gril was for reducing weight, the thing you mentiond in dessert for the reworked gril I have doubs on this there is alot of space in gril for fresh air.

But this mine only my opinion

Ronald

Well I only type what I have read in a book
but you could be right as well as the book only tells soemthing about the jeep in dessert service.

Anyway that`s not the point a great vehicle you have got there