Hey fellas,
another build on the workbench for Malaysian Independence Day celebration.
I will build this kit to represent the vehicle used by our then Royal Calvary Corps (now is known as Royal Armour Corps) in the 70s as seen in this parade photo (minus the spare tires)


The kit is Hobbyboss 1/35th LAV-150 with Mecar Gun.... i did the first look review here

This is going to be an OOB build.........

Okay, let's get started..prior to starting any work, i wash the parts (months ago)...

The kit look superb...on initial inspection, i suspect this will be a smooth and fun build... i start working as per the instruction.

Amazingly, this kit came with some interior parts such as the engine, seats, driver seat and some control surface and sticks... This is shame as i plan to close all hatches and door later on...Anyway, just for the sake of pleasure, i install all interior parts as per the first step of the instructions.

A bit of advice for those who wishes to build this kit, there are many flashes and some shallow ejector marks in some parts... Please observed the parts carefully for flashes and dry fit everyparts. There are seamlines everywhere especially in small parts... so the smooth sailing i predicted earlier was disturb with a series of sanding and sanding and sanding....

Mating the upper hull and lower hull comes next... this is tricky also even i carefully mate them together with tape there still a few gap issues which were address with super glue and sand paper.... Advice- pls make sure the join surface are align together with a tape or a jig before gluing.... thanks god with my extra cautious i have to sand just a few areas and minimal filler are used...

All other parts are then assembled and installed. Flashes are observed again and again especially on the suspension system. But it was fun build so far.

The turret consist of 3 major assemblies which is tricky to get it done..after dried fitting and testing, i glued F8 to F6 first at let dry and then glued F20 next. There are still gap at the bottom of the turret rear.

The wheels and tires are perfect. I like the 'tubeless' tires or hollow tires hobbyboss provided... unfortunately i still hope they gave 5 set of wheels with one extra for the spare tires that seen in the parade photo..

Thanks for reading this far and now it's time to show photos ..












comments and suggestion are welcome and thanks for looking and reading


Zaidi

Good start Zaidi, I've been looking forward to see one of these. The reviews have been very mixed, the partial interior and massive knock out marks seem to have given most reviewers the opinion that the kit is best build up with out bothering with the interior. It sure looks like the interior needs a lot of tweaking if you really want to show it through the hatches etc. Those gear levers look HUUUGE

Thanks for showing your progress

Henk

Henk,
I agreed. For those who wishes to show the interior, they will do hell of a job to get it done. In this build, i dont care much about gap and stuff in the interior coz i will close all the hatches anyway. The join in most interior wasnt that good. I even have to tweak open and enlarge a few tub to make sure the engine compartment or casing fit it....

yeah those knobs are meant for Yeti...

thanks for your comments..

anyway, found this video in youtube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtEzeJmzSow


Zaidi

update of the day.........

i thought this is gonna be a smooth build but into my dismay it wasnt...
i start to work on every single pieces and found out there are too many flashes everywhere especially in the small parts... took me a few hours for a small progress.. most time spend on cleaning those flashed.
To add into my misery the instructions are confusing too... there is a step where it called for a parts that does not exist and i had to use my rusty old brain to figure which part goes there...
and most of the smaller parts are join to the sprue at a place where they should not be joined at all. As a result more cleaning job are required.. Why can hobbyboss join the parts to the sprue at a location where it easily to clean...??

ok, photos ..

replace the broken handle with brass


gap and uneven surface


these are weird



there are nothing to put put in these 'holes'...i look into the instructions a few million time but nothing can be put here... i guess i have to fill them later or wait till the end of construction and look for extra parts...probably they will be there

the clear parts...headlight are molded at the top... why cant they molded at the bottom...??? grrrrrrrrr


about 5 hours are spend just to get into this small update

tired and sleepy.............

thanks for looking


Zaidi

O.K. dumb question time: what's a 'Mecar Gun' ?

haha...not a dumb question. if u dont ask, i thought it was a US product..
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Mecar+90+mm+Light+Gun&offset=0

Thanks!

Very Interesting looking build by the way...

Another update

I tried several green shades but at last I decided to used dark OD... a mxiture of tamiya OD + black - i dont know the ratio coz it a try and error ratio until i get the desired color... b.the rear brake light will be modified... the red is not right!





I also made a new antenna ..this is the base made from miniature tube and i wound steel wire on the tube.... this is still not finished!



I replaced the oversized kit headlight protector with nickel wire and CA glue.


Back then, most of the Malaysia vehicles were finished in either gloss or semi-gloss.To get the bling bling effect, gloss coat were applied.... this served also for oil wash protection....



that's for now!

More photos soon.... thanks for looking

Zaidi

nice build so far man,

I've got this same ride but it's got the bushmaster gun an 240 on the turret.


umm WOW... talk about huge wide spread post LOL


but I really do like the work so far..
I'm trying to do a slight interior upgrade, it's becoming a challenge.... using the sqd walk around book.. is helping though..

any great work so far man

keep it up

Hey Chris, thanks for the comments....good luck for your build..

it's been a while since i update this build........

first, disaster stroke at the end of the first paint job. The clear coat create a layer of thin film but were pull by the masking tape...so i had to redo the paint job.

This is the aftermath of the disaster



and while redoing it, i had to scrap the original paint...
later i decided to replace the oversized turret basket and the side mirror 'mount'






this is just being repaint with mr color olive green with a bit of black







that's all for now

thanks for viewing

Zaidi

another small update


some rust and washes and even filter were added... didnt quite satisfied








more effects after the tone..........

another update....

still not 100% finished...there are lot of thing to do and retouch











comments are welcome

Hello, congratulations on your model.
I have got the same kit.
With the camouflage, I can tell what nation belongs the lav-150?
Any decal, where did you buy?
thanks