I finally did it...I finished a model!
I love building these things, but painting and finishing them...well, since I am not very good at it, i tended to skip this little detail

But after some very good advise from people here, i decided to finish a model no matter the result....and here is the result: Tamiya's jeep built straight OOTB.

It didn't quite turn out the way I wanted, but I more or less treated this as an exercise, still I am happy with the result, simply be course this is the first model i actually have finished in 3 or 4 years!

I have to practice a lot more, but i discovered something...painting is fun!

Feel free to criticize...I need the feedback...good or bad and sorry for the quality of the pictures, I need a better cam.

To see my pics, click "photos" in the corner..for some unknown reason, i can't upload pics directly.

uhhhh i dont see any pictures are you sure you uploaded them

Hey Brian that looks really good, I really like the ration box in the back. One thing, and this is more artistic liscence than anything, is perhaps try spraying the inside of the wheel wells and under the fenders with some buff or dark tan for dust. It might just help create a sense of depth and break up the mono-tone olive drab. Looks good, now get crakin' on the next!

looks really good--at least you finished!

Lemme bring those up for ya!





It looks good. Very fresh, but, well built. Good job man!

Cuhail

It looks very good for "your first in years". It looks clean, but weathering will come in steps on later models. Never think you shouldn't paint hem because you aren't good in it. You'll learn and 95% of your models will be better then the one finished before.

Lars

Very nice clean build and nothing wrong with the paint job either- well done Brian.

yes,good!,ecept ration in wooden box

I like it, nice and clean build.
Libor

Looks great. Love those jeeps!

Its a real gem of a kit isn't it? Building one myself right now and just loving how it goes together.

Jeff

Hi

I think it looks very good. Nice change to see a clean build rather than the "weathered" majority we see mostly these days.

Nothing wrong with your painting and finishing from what I can see.

Alan

Nicely done, especially for your first build. Now I maybe wrong, but shouldn't the rifle scabboard be mounted the other way? What mean is if you raised the wind shield as it is now, you would be able to remove the M1.
Darryl

It looks great. Good job on it. I like teh lightly weathered look.





K-Rations did come in wood crates during WWII. Nothing wrong with the one he has there.

Nicely done Brian, looks good! Instrument panel and dashboard turned out fantastic, good details there. Overall well done with the build and slightly worn look. Keep at it!

Thanks for sharing your work, welcome to Armorama!

Cheers -

Tim

Well done, I like it

Ryally

very nice build well done.

Very nice build, and even nicer that you finished one. Keep them coming.

Wow! Nice work - even more so having not built for a few years!

So what's next?

Rudi

Outstanding finish Brian especially for an OOB build the paint job looks great it's as though it's just been freshly cleaned at the motor pool good job

Nice job Brian, now your hooked on painting like the rest of us. I remember when I bought my first air compressor and sprayed for the first time, that was it for me. Looking foward to seeing some more completed models from you.

Rob

Thanks guys!!
Your comments mean a lot to me!

As some of you said, I am starting to enjoy the painting process
A kit does look better with a lick of paint on it

Weathering is something I need to work on...one can only hope to become as good as you guys one day!

The next few kits are going to be sort of experiments, I may make a hash of it, but as you said it's the only way to learn.

Next kit is Dragon's Panther G and I will of course post some pictures