After the great help I recieved from you guys on how to fix this Dio, I applied it and completely re-did the set up and overall look of it. I hope it looks better this time around. Big thanks to 18 bravo for the help.

Chris major improvment over the 1st time now you get the feeling of attack / ambush with the guys bailing out and the top gunner in what seems to be a pose swinging the 5o cal around. Great job

Those rocks in the corner are they rocks from a grill?

Thanks for the compliements. The rocks were some left over dry clumps of plaster of paris i just painted and added a wash and some dry brushing to.

Much better. Definitely conveys action now. The only chage I would mak eis to remove or reposition the guy on th eleft side of teh 2n't HMMWV. He looks like he is falling off the base and he is tagging his buddy in front of him with his rifle, looks like he is shooting him. Other than that it looks great though. Good job.

Looks pretty good .

One question are not the light lens in the kit clear?

I know mine were.

So question why paint them silver on the outside?

Strange indeed.

the original lens's got messed up so i made due

How about the two front outer lights do you plan to repaint those clear orange to match the front side marker lights and are the rear lights and markers all red? they look a bit orange.

Looks much better! The only thing I would add is some dirt and mud to those trucks, they are much too clean.

This conveys action much better, nice revision.

Yup, just noticed that too. All the rear reflectors should be red. All the front reflectors and the turn signals should be amber.

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It's fortuitous that you painted them silver, as no time was lost. Tamiya clear red and amber need a base coat of silver anyway so you're good to go. As for the headlights, it's never too late to replace them with MV lenses. Only a few bucks will make a HUGE difference in the appearance.

Much better on the dio, except you might go with a bit of a wider base. If looks as if you were trying to cinfine everything to that small space. A little more left/right separation with the vehcles would be better tactically.

Ok I fixed a few things on this one as well. I took the paint off the head lights and added some future to clear them up a bit. The soldier is no longer aiming at his buddy running for cover. Applied a brown chalk wash to the HMWVV's for some dirt and grime for some depth. I even fixed the reflectors on the front and back of both the hummers. is there any thing else i should look at fixing??

the weathering looks great on the hummers =]

you still might wan2 blend the unfiroms in abit more =]

it looks lke a great convoy

good job on the trucks! I will take some pictures of our trucks for you, they could use some mud sprayed up on the sides of the fenders. I've seen it on every Humvee that gets dirty, so its a good weathering aspect to re-create.

I think it becomes better now. But what I don't get is why you place figures on both sides. Now nobody knows where the enemy is. If someone was sitting on that side and is stepping out (if that is it.) They could easily go to the othetr side in the Hummer and get out.

Lars