Very nice Orestis! And congratulations once again on everything

more progression shots:

@Jesper : I didn't know you were also doing plane ? Thiis one looks really good, neat work
Orpant: really nice vehicule, never seen it before.
Best,
Julien

More on the base, as the various coats dry on the plane...

Dabbed a hodge-podge of greens onto the base to break up the solid color. (Vegetation will hide this later, but best to fix any of the base that shows through.)

Deciduous trees made of wire, painted and set with interior-grade wood glue, then painted with a mix of white, black, and raw umber craft acrylics. The dried moss in the bag will be the foliage on those trees.
Palm tree trunks are twigs cut from dried plants.
There's a coat hanger wire in the center, painted gray, to hold up the finished airplane.
thanks for reading,
-Sean H.

Sean,

Your presentation looks really good and inventive !
Show us more !

Best,
Julien

Julien, happy to oblige!

Here it is with the moss foliage applied (with Aileene's tacky Craft Glue). Woodland Scenics ground foam for ground cover. Just the palm leaves to go.
In hindsight, the base color should have been a Vietnam red, dusty clay color. I have too much black showing through (Wisconsin black topsoil, no doubt). Ah, but then looking again, the black is minimal, and dirt would look too low-- I had originally hoped to model just the treetops.
cheers!
-Sean H.

I'm going with a better subject after having some decal issues with my F100C. The model is the SCAN River Patrol Boat by Monogram. http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/549/scanpbriver.jpg

John: nice work on the bunker.

Sean: me like! I think the tree tops are working well and the Bronco looks good too.

Brent: Do you know if they still make that boat? I can see some zombie chasing with that.

Happy Modeling, -zon

Update progress, North Vietnamese SA-2 Guideline missile on launcher.

eMan: looks good. How well does the kit go together?

I've made progress on my M-113. After the shot was taken I sanded down the ejector pin fillings so it is ready to start painting. However, I lost one of the road wheels down the drain during washing I guess it will just be short a wheel!



Happy Modeling, -zon

Some really nice work going on here! How is everyone doing with time?

Took the paint masks off...

No photos of the long, involved masking and painting and drying and curing and masking and painting and so on. I consider it a personal, solemn experience.
Later I noticed that I had assumed the engine air intakes were under the propellers, not above-- I'll have to do some repainting there, because I painted them upside down.

I had a decent idea of what the trees should look like in my head, and I went and got green office paper and sprayed it darker with a shot of spray paint, then made templates from a business card, then cut out and applied the leaves with tacky craft glue and an overcoating of Elmer's white glue
... then I checked a photo of an actual palm tree and decided I need to step back and redo that. I made everyone's cartoon idea of a palm tree, not the fibrous leaves of an actual one.
Anyway, in answer to your question, Jeremy, I won't have any trouble finishing this up in 10 days. I've made progress since these photos, and just have decals and light weathering (oh yeah, and redoing some trees!).
cheers!
-Sean H.

1/72 Trumpeter M-113 ACAV seems good for my job. I wish I have an M-35 truck to carry it.

M8 Greyhound

from 3rd Vietnamese Armour Regiment 1954

Here are a couple of pics of where it's at:




I ran into some issues with the oil wash (first time trying this)I was having trouble getting the look I was after but that was coming along then some blistering appeared so I have to stop with the oil washes and continue with dry-brushing and pigments. I don't have time to figure out the blistering problem before the deadline, but that's not a problem I have a test mule to work that out on.

Cheers Rob.

I have 2 figures to build and paint the bunker is in final stages of completion should have done by next saturday.

by the way thanks Zon

john

nearly there, just overall finish and landing lights to go...

I have questions though--
1. There are red circles on the top wing-- the box art shows 7, the decals provide 5, the wing has 5 fuel fillers (?), and the instructions show 4. Any knowledge of this? I'll check the internet in the meantime.
2. The instructions give the colors in FS code starting with 3-- that means flat finish, right? Should this paint scheme be flat or glossy? (Or were these planes painted glossy and quickly faded to flat?)
Anyway, I decided against changing the palm leaves-- the family tells me they're good as is. Once I get this finished, I'll post my next pics in the gallery.
Cheers!
-Sean H.

Sean,
Five are fuel fillers the other two look to be access panels.
Have a look here:

http://www.ov-10bronco.net/techspecs-ov10a.cfm

Cheers Rob.

Awesome work everyone! Wish I had more time to go through and comment on everything right now.

Just a heads up, because I am going through finals this coming week I am going to unofficially extend this campaign for one week to August 8th.

Get those builds finished guys!

Wow! That's a ton of information. Thanks a million, Rob!
One other side note, the instructions identify the navigation lights as red and blue, not green. I knew that one!
I'll be done tonight, then pics in the gallery.
Jeremy, do well in finals!
-Sean H.

Thanks for the comments on my F-4J. Appreciate it.

Very cool base, John! I really like the look of it.

Sean, I will shamelessly steal your idea for the base next time I buil a FAC or CAS aircraft. it looks great!

Roman, cool greyhound. The interior looks good. Looking forward to see more.

Our current outside temperatures is in the 100's with 80-95% humidity. You've got to love air conditioning! Thunderstorms are expected; good weather for modeling indoors.

I don't regret my decision to switch my campaign subject after decal difficulties with the F100C. The STCAN South Vietnamese River Patrol Boat is a delight to build. I've spent most of my dedicated modeling time with this boat painting and weathering. I've used spray cans from the local home store for the paint and pastel chalk for weathering. Today, I painted the hull rust, followed by rubber cement and then black. The rubber cement removal process following the spray added the chipping paint affect to the hull.

The boat is rounding the bend and heading toward final assembly. The sailors and small details are all that remain. I’m adding some detail changes to the South Vietnamese sailors. The two swim trunk figures will receive tee shirts and one will have uniform paints.
The South Vietnamese skipper is going to be wearing a popular camouflage print from the early 1960’s. The sailor with long paints will be wearing tiger pattern paints with an OD green tee shirt. I‘ll paint the 3rd figures clothing in various shades of OD green. The advisor is also wearing an OD green uniform

Hi guys! I would like to take part in your event with a fun vignette, which I was inspired by a picture of the Vietnam War era. The figure is the conversion of Hobby Fan, pedal car (plastic Tamiya + Green stuff).

yeah,I see this scene! good idea