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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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A novice's jeep conversion
cap
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Joined: July 29, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 03:58 AM UTC
After seeing a photo of a jeep in the Battle of the Bulge, I wanted to try recreating it with an old Hasegawa 1/72 kit. I am fairly new to trying to add stuff to kits like this sheet styrene, so it may not look too pretty but I'm giving it a shot anyways...





markm
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Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 04:07 AM UTC
That is some fantastic work so far......I only wish my eyes could see that small to be able to work on it. If I am not mistaken cyberhobby actually has one of those jeeps available as a kit now.
GunTruck
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Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 05:34 AM UTC
Whoa - in 1:72nd scale! Man, that looks good - keep it up. This will be fun to watch come together.
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Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 06:18 AM UTC
Thats really cool and really small . Keep us posted.
cap
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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 01:41 AM UTC
Here is the latest on my work. I used wire to make the handlebars and the light guard. You can see the photo that was the inspiration for the armor shield




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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 04:38 AM UTC
nice!
animal
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Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 04:55 AM UTC
Great job. I like it very much. Working in Braille scale is way beyond anything I would attempt. Too small for my fat fingers and old eyes. Bravo!!!
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