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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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Matchbox M40 GMC
sabredog
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Western Australia, Australia
Joined: July 22, 2007
KitMaker: 607 posts
Armorama: 599 posts
Posted: Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 08:45 PM UTC
Presenting the venerable old Matchbox M40 GMC. This kit needed a lot of patience and no small amount of "force" to come together. Even the base had its issues with the track impressions being too narrow for the vehicle. Still here it is...

I modified the gun mount to allow the gun to be elevated to around 45 degrees, its maximum elevation.

Painted with Vallejo and weathered with oils and pigments.

My normal model pic camera is charging so I had to take pics using my everyday camera, a Canon SX120 IS.

Turned out pretty nicely even without the tripod.




Braille
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California, United States
Joined: August 05, 2007
KitMaker: 1,501 posts
Armorama: 1,485 posts
Posted: Monday, July 12, 2010 - 08:50 PM UTC
Michael,

Glad to see more photos of your build here. You've done a wonderful job on this kit.

-Eddy
Bowman18
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England - North East, United Kingdom
Joined: July 19, 2008
KitMaker: 317 posts
Armorama: 286 posts
Posted: Monday, July 12, 2010 - 11:29 PM UTC
Nice model you got there, looks very clean and a pleasure to build.

Keep up the good work.
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