I as I'm sure others, will be patiently waiting

Glad to see you back ray. I had been wondering about this one.

Its a stunning build

W

Nice to read you're back in town. I'll stay tuned for sure !

Olivier

Well got some stuff done today. Attached the storage bin to the side, and attached the PE continues tie downs.


Drilled the holes and attached the PE front light brackets and also attached the drivers periscopes and hatch. The drivers hatch spins freely on a thick peice of copper wire so it can be positioned open or closed.


Most of the day was spent on the rear doors. Just some minor sanding to get them to sit flush when closed and they will be done.


Every door and hatch except the engine deck has workable hinges.

The rear door handles work exactly like the real thing, swing them down (gently...) and they lock the door closed.




The hinges are not finished in this photo. Ive trialed it with thin wire so ive got a bit of play and its easy to remove the hatches and doors for painting. Once the slightly thicker copper wire is inserted in them they should be a lot firmer and the hatches should sit a lot better.



Close up of the hinges.


And one more photo just because i can


Another thing i managed to do today was break every single tiny drill bit i own.

great stuff ray

Nonslip coating done.

Hatches Closed


Hatches Open

Great job

Very interesting !

Ready for paint.

Wow, this is looking super sharp! I'm getting ideas for things that I don't even have the skill or knowledge to pursue, keep up the good work!

Ray

You have nailed the little details, from a guy who helped with the product test for the Canuck Coyote back in 1996/97, well done.

Cheers

Anthony

Thanks for the kind words lads. Much appreciated.

Primer done.

Ray
Outstanding!
Bill

just seeing the interior on these things makes me want to try one.

Very nice model you have going there, cant wait to see some paint get layed down on that beast of a kit.

Looking fantastic! Can't wait to see this painted up!

Btw, whats the bar hanging off the rear of the hull?

G'day Matt,
The bar holds this bit to the top of the hull.

Cheers Jason

ARGHHHH So excited for this!

Cheers Jason!

Jason
This looks fantastic. The proportions look right on, you have managed to raise the bar again.
Bill

This is amazing work, I hope you have somewhere to show it off. Really good stuff.

Jason- Bar armour is looking awesome mate. This car is definately getting a set once its available. Are you going to include the different rear door panel for veh's fitted with the spare tire carrier?

As usual, once i think its ready for paint i find things i need to add. I scratched door locking mechanisms on the rear hatches and the drivers hatch. I added the small mounts on each hatch were the earthing staps are fixed. Also, i lengthened the centre bar armour support as it seemed to short. I still need to scratch the lugs where it mounts to the vent fan cover- ill post up a pic once thats done so you all know what im on about. Also, i think the headlights were pointing too low so i fixed that. And i added some scratched bar armour mounts on the lower part of the hull, as the car im modeling had these left on.



I also noticed some PE tie downs i had missed


Also added a door lock mechinism to the scratched rear bar armour support. This is where the rear panel that covers the spare tire locks in.


I also added more hull mounts on the bottom corner of each rear door. After looking through some of my photos, i remembered that these were welded on at the same time the rear periscopes were removed and covered over before the cars went to Iraq for AMTG in 2005. They are where the rear door hinges attach for the bar armor door panels. Ive noticed that not all Phase 3 ASLAV have these- only if they were deployed to Iraq at some stage and had bar barmor fitted.


The spare tire carrier is only hinged temporarily so it can be removed come painting time at the moment- the hinges dont actually look like that!

Cheers

Intended pun?

Matt

Base tan coat.


And the Green. Very rough, lots to tidy up but ill worry about that after the black is done.