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From what I can see you are off to a pretty good start. I am not saying you should rework these models but here’s some food for thought on the next ones.
First thing to do is to scour the Internet and find all the pictures you can of what you are building. Really study them for the little details and copy what you see. Also see if there are any articles posted about the model itself, those can be a wealth of information in regards of telling you of any problem areas with the kit to look for.
The Tamiya SAS jeep kit shows its age these days, mostly in the molding of the figures, the weapons and the jerry cans to be sure. You have done a pretty good job with it. Your build looks clean, and your painting is pretty good.
I won’t go into super detailing, such as all the fixes that can be done to the jeep itself, since you say you are new to “taking the hobby a little more seriously”.
A good starting point for this kit would be to up grade the accessories. This kit is all about the accessories. Back in the days when this kit was first released Tamiya had horrible Jerry cans. They only had two handles instead of three, and the cap is just suggested. A very good replacement for the jerry cans can be found from the Italeri jerry can set which even includes racks that can be used for the cans behind the crew. Weapons sets are available from several different companies for better quality weapons. These extras cost more money of course (welcome back to the hobby!).
Some of the fixes can be done for free like making sure your baggage has been secured to the vehicle in a realistic fashion. By that I mean, make some straps to show how they are hanging on the side of the vehicle as apposed to just being glued on to the side. Make sure that they are not carrying anything that is not necessary to the crew. In this case, the box of drum magazines for the Vickers MG you have next to your M2 .50 caliber MG. No need to carry ammo for a weapon they don’t have.
The figures can be improved on by reworking their headwear. When I built the kit years ago, I carved and grinded down the Arab style head gear to look more like it was thin cloth instead of big globs of plastic on their heads. I then had to shave the ear off of a spare figure to give the driver his left ear.
I can’t really comment on your Humm-V’s because they are too small in the pictures, on my monitor anyway. I can say that from what I can see they look nice as well. I really liked how the green one has many sand painted replacement parts on it. That really gives it some character.
The only other thing that comes to mind would be to post each of your pictures separately so they can be seen better. Your pictures are nice and clear but when the picture is quartered into four different pictures it’s too hard to see anything.
I think these are some nice models you have here and you can be proud of them. Keep up the good work and I hope you keep posting your models.
Dave Shaw
