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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Not great, Not Bad M-18
rhenders
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Arizona, United States
Joined: July 09, 2005
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 08:17 AM UTC
Here is another for the shelf. Straight from the box an M-18 Hellcat. The decals turned out like crap so it wont make it to any show anytime soon, but I thought I would still share it with everyone.


Wisham
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 09:09 AM UTC
Looks pretty good for out of the box. Where did you get the road base from?
It can be fun to do one out of the box everynow and then.
rhenders
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 09:23 AM UTC
the road base came from the local hobby shop he makes and sells them for cheap. Then I put some paint on it and called it good..
seville6
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New York, United States
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 09:32 AM UTC
What is the base made of, and how much does he sell them for?
rhenders
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 09:39 AM UTC
they are made out of resin and sell for $8.00...
Tojo72
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 10:06 AM UTC
nothing wrong with this build,it looks real good.I like your shade of OD,which paint did you use ?
rhenders
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 10:15 AM UTC
I used Tamiya Olive drab I mix the paint 3 parts base paint, 1 part white, 1 part gloss, 2 parts thinner.
sauceman
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 10:37 AM UTC

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nothing wrong with this build,it looks real good.I like your shade of OD,which paint did you use ?


Yep, I agree this is very well done.


cheers
DT61
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 10:59 AM UTC
I also agree, nice build. The resin base looks pretty good to.
Darryl
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 07:10 PM UTC
Looks great! It's the Academy offering right? I had problems with the decals as well when I built it about 10 years ago...

Cheers!
Stef
milvehfan
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 08:04 PM UTC
Looks really Good to me. I think you did a Great Job OOB., Sure would like to get hold of that kit and a couple of the road bases. milvehfan
Kuno-Von-Dodenburg
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England - North, United Kingdom
Joined: February 20, 2007
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009 - 08:40 PM UTC
Looks pretty good Robert. Nice job. I like the OD shade.

The road section looks VERY similar to a Verlinden one that I have.

- Steve
rhenders
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Arizona, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 03:52 AM UTC
The kit is about 8 yrs old so that might explain why the decals gave me such a fuss and yes this is the kit from Academy.
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