well hello ladies and gentlemen, my first delve into allied armor for a while, the Hobbyboss (82407) M4 High speed tractor (3-in./90mm) will be my victim for the time being.
the box art is drawing me to a winter finish, but my common sence is telling me to show a dusty vehicle.
overall impressions are good, nice detail, the plastic is Akin To DML, being hard, and slightly difficult to work with. there is one mistake i have caught up on so far, and that is the fact the drive wheel is the solid faced version, as opposed to the drivewheel with ?lightening/strengthening? holes
as seen here
walkaround

im looking forward to this.!
thanks for watching

It's a good kit. One thing shown on the box, but not in the kit, is the tarp over the rear compartment. I used lead foil for mine, but on reflection tissue paper may have been a better option.

Hey Dave, i saw that when browsing the net, ! im not sure what im gonna use to make it tho.

well, i ahve made some progress tonight

how does one make this?


with these


drivewheel


idler


return roller constrution





idler holder





Blank canvas

on with the assemble on wich to attach the Drivewheel

and the retur rollers

on with the idler

and on with the drivewheel( both dry fit to fit the tracks) and the bogies

and the tracks



the tracks were very sloppy, so i removed 2 links from each side for a tighter fit

Just be careful with the suspension as it's a bit fragile with small contact areas. You've got it together fine, but mine all fell off when I applied the oil/thinners wash and had to be re-assembled with superglue!

That happened on mine as well, also the cab is pretty fiddly to get to fit right.

John

hey guys thanks for the heads up!
i renforced it with more glue and superglue!
(lol)

some progress. basic interior colours down



the engine comp is darker as i tried khaki drab (!!!!! warning much more green and light on the tub lid!!!!)
and then overcoated with olive drab !
sorry for bad lighting pics, i felt i needed to show some progress

some small progess for pics, but i have made much more overnight

hello quiet minions of armorama

first off, a size comparison


the full (ish) kit


off with the back


i added soem chain detail( chainw as supplied but ony for "open" option)


winch




and off with the lid

hello!
im building in my crazy sextional way again, with a part fully weathered before all of it is even painted:D
dust and weathering with oils,
mud my own pix of mig pigmens and noch long grass

That weathering looks awfully nice.

Matt

Thanks Matt! im pretty pleased with that myself!

Lookin good! Are you going to have it towing something or just stand alone?
Rich

standalone, on a thing with a opel blitz, basically, its just come out of a field, and onto a road

It's looking great so far I'm liking the weathering alot, the best so far i think

thanks,
weathering is slowly going downhill, i think i just struggle building painign and weathering suspention.



shame its not as good as the back......