This could really be a good base kit for a bunch of Wotif's for not a lot of money.

Hi guys, thanks for your feedback. Graeme, I wish my neat and tidy build had applied to the tow cable. I buggered up where the heads attach to the cable hence the Mr. Surfacer, in my defense though Trumpeter made the guage of the copper wire way too big for the heads. The build is complete now and ready for a bath and when dry some primer. Can't wait for the fun part of getting paint on it.














Cheers, Jeff.

Why Trumpeter does insist to use fuel can with 2 handles ???
Really great build BTW.

Cheers
Seb

Jeff

The build is looking good.

Anthony

Hi guys, thanks Anthony and Sebastian for your comments. Have another update to add:

The model primed and pre-shaded. The pre-shade ended up being redundant, I should have just primed it with black.








Next the basecoat was applied with good old Tamiya Acrylics. I am happy with the color, it seems to be a close match to modern Canadian green paint.








Now the tires are painted with Valejo paints and the model is given a filter. I love MIG filters, they really smooth out and give depth to the paint.














I'm glad the paint is on now, I think it shows the quality of the model. It's not a bad kit.

Cheers, Jeff.

Nice clean work, keep the updates coming!


cheers

Looks great. May I ask what colour you used for the base coat, and how you did the filter, what colour and was it over the entire model?

Thanks for sharing
Brad

Looking good, with the paint.

Anthony

Hey Jeff,
Been working on the back panel and it's driven me crazy,the instructions are very poor.Thank God I have your photos.
I have the PE figured out,but I still don't understand the placing of the copper wire and the length.Did you use it or just move on?

Tom

Awesome stuff mate, really starting to take shape now, cant wait to see the end result. Keep up the good work. Cheers

Anyone know if these are the same TUA turrets that used to be on the M113s back in the early 90s?

Paul

Short answer: No.

But it is a better or equal starting point than the old Verlinden turret.

I use Tamiya NATO green for the base coat, then lighten it up with buff for the weathering stages.


cheers