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French VLRA in ivory coast
greg63
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 04:29 AM UTC
first test for pics
greg63
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 04:48 AM UTC
ok, it's good, so
this is my first post here, as I said in the introduction, excuse me for my english...

This is a french recce truck build by ACMAT, is name is VLRA for (Vehicule Leger de Reconnaissance et d'Appui) light vehicule for recce and support.

The kit is a blast-models one, very good kit, and the figurines are home made

and now, the pics















the figures















and the diorama










that's all for now, so, what do you think about it ?
nooplwb
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 05:11 AM UTC
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May I ask what paint did you use for the French 3-tone camo?
Thanks,
Bill
greg63
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 05:19 AM UTC

Quoted Text

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May I ask what paint did you use for the French 3-tone camo?
Thanks,
Bill


I used tamiya nato black and nato brown, but not the nato green for french vehicules, so I used humbrol number 80
seb43
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 05:31 AM UTC
Greg
Great VLRA
This is a blast model kit ??
I did see an article in Steel Master with a VLRA but from Master Production.
Are you sure ??
Nice dio and the figs are well done.
Cheers
Seb
greg63
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 05:35 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Greg
Great VLRA
This is a blast model kit ??
I did see an article in Steel Master with a VLRA but from Master Production.
Are you sure ??
Nice dio and the figs are well done.
Cheers
Seb



Oh, yes Seb, you right, it is a master production kit
somtec
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 06:36 AM UTC
Hi
Looks excellent, the crew bring it to life.
Where did the figures come from?
chefchris
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 07:45 AM UTC
Greg,
Welcome aboard! Excellent work on the VLRA. I reallt like the scratched figures - they do bring out the life in your diorama!

Chris
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 08:38 AM UTC
Looks really nice. I love the natural poses of the figures.
Pyromaniac
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 09:52 AM UTC
the gound vegetation on the dio is some of the best i've seen for this kind of terrain but the palm leaves don't really do it justice. can i suggest you try to replace them? there are two features about palms on this site and the one using real fig leaves might be worth a try.
elph
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 01:53 PM UTC
I agree with Luke. The palm tree leaves could be replaced. They look a bit matt and bland, but beside that, it's good to see something different and you've done well with the figures; the poses are just right. Hats off to you.
greg63
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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 - 09:12 PM UTC
thanks to all for your advice, I'll study the features about palm trees and I'm going to redo all this

thank you
greg63
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 05:53 AM UTC
That's it, it is finished, finally, here is photos in ..........

I followed well the advice of Luke and Brett Elphick, and redone my palm trees (thanks to them)

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161610.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161611.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161612.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161613.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161614.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]


And there some photos taken with a natural light


[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161615.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161616.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161617.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

[img]http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/12/29/77/65/p7161618.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]

s what do you think about it ?
JeepLC
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 06:29 AM UTC
Hey, it looks fantastic! You should be very proud. One thing though. You must fix the links for the photos. Other than that... amazing job!

-Mike
seb43
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 02:09 PM UTC
Great Work Greg
Really nice maybe some extra paint on the plastic plant and it will be really perfect

Cheers
Seb
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009 - 07:14 AM UTC
I love it when a plan comes together. Nice job.
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