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wildbill426
Joined: December 08, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2010 - 01:30 PM UTC
A separate holiday for me, to celebrate finishing this TIME EATER of a project. All 800 delicate, ill fitting pieces are done, with Tamiya nato camo and some various stowage. I must say the interior of the thing is great and matched the reference photos quite well; the drivers station in particular. But onward to my KZKT 537L tractor, a piece of cake with only 400 parts; should have that one done by next weekend LOL. Then of course finishing the Merkava III and Sdkfz 222....I better live a long time to finish all these things...
HeavyArty
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2010 - 03:38 PM UTC
Looks good. I have a couple of these in the stash and hope to get started on them soon. The interior and camo paint came out great. A couple pointers though. The interior surfaces of the hatches should be dark green and not SeaFoam (pale) green. Also, you have the tracks on backwards. When viewed from the front, the chevrons should point down, not up. Overall, a great build. A couple tweaks and it will be even better.
wildbill426
Joined: December 08, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 07:11 AM UTC
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Looks good. I have a couple of these in the stash and hope to get started on them soon. The interior and camo paint came out great. A couple pointers though. The interior surfaces of the hatches should be dark green and not SeaFoam (pale) green. Also, you have the tracks on backwards. When viewed from the front, the chevrons should point down, not up. Overall, a great build. A couple tweaks and it will be even better.
Well, I hear ya. But first, please see the reference photos below that I used. That certainly looks like hospital room (or seafoam..) green to me! I think I nailed the color. On the tracks, you're right; bad instructions, and those tracks are staying put....they were HORRIBLE to build, so I'll just have to attribute the direction to my unit being the Marines 'F Troop' division LOL. Thanks for the comments!
HeavyArty
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 07:21 AM UTC
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The interior surfaces of the hatches should be dark green and not SeaFoam (pale) green.
You misunderstood my post. The interior color is spot on. I am talking about the inside surfaces of the hatches; driver, TC, gunner, rear ramp, and upper troop hatches. They should all be dark green
Dark green ramp interior surface.
Driver, TC and gunner hatches; interiors dark green.
The rest looks great. Good job on it.
junglejim
Joined: February 18, 2003
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 07:30 AM UTC
I don't think Gino is debating your interior color choice (yes it's a good match for Seafoam green), but as he mentions the interior color of the hatches themselves should be dark green, especially noticeable on the large main upper hull doors. Check this and this
Edit: Ah, Gino just got in ahead of me to explain too.
Jim
Edit: Ah, Gino just got in ahead of me to explain too.
Jim
bill_c
Campaigns AdministratorJoined: January 09, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 09:38 AM UTC
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The interior color of the hatches themselves should be dark green, especially noticeable on the large main upper hull doors.
NATO Green like the outside?
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 10:02 AM UTC
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Quoted TextThe interior color of the hatches themselves should be dark green, especially noticeable on the large main upper hull doors.
NATO Green like the outside?
Exactly. Some sand vehicles will also have NATO green hatch interiors as well. This will occur when the vehicles was originally NATO camo and then repainted sand.
grunt26
Joined: July 23, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 10:13 AM UTC
Everything looks great. Make the changes to the hatch interior color, and you're golden!
And DON'T worry about the track! I have pictures of tracks running in BOTH directions on the same amtrac! The Marines don't care which WAY they run, as long as it runs! I've also seen the older "chevron" track (like yours) on one side of a track, and the newer "bigfoot" track on the other side!
Overall, a nice project...I've built two of them, and have two more waiting to go!
Semper Fi!
Rod
And DON'T worry about the track! I have pictures of tracks running in BOTH directions on the same amtrac! The Marines don't care which WAY they run, as long as it runs! I've also seen the older "chevron" track (like yours) on one side of a track, and the newer "bigfoot" track on the other side!
Overall, a nice project...I've built two of them, and have two more waiting to go!
Semper Fi!
Rod
bill_c
Campaigns AdministratorJoined: January 09, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 10:16 AM UTC
Saw one of these on the Commons in Boston for Marine Week and HAD to build it. The newest Hobby Boss kit looks like it will be fun.
wildbill426
Joined: December 08, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 12:15 PM UTC
Now I get it! Thanks for the info. It kind of looks like fun sailing one of those. Could you imagine the reaction you'd get at your local lake? I wonder if it could go fast enough to pull a water skier?!?!?
Havoc
Joined: October 08, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 06:17 AM UTC
Really nice work, Bill! I've got the EAAK version (non-RAMS) that I am eager to build, but probably won't get to until November...
Anything we should watch out for on this build --- you did mention "ill-fitting" after all!
Great reference pix, too!
I have the Trumpeter KZKT-537 as well --- I hear that it can be a bit of a fiddlly build, too. Looking forward to your build on that one and curious to see which of the two builds --- the amtrac or the tractor --- will be deemed the "easier" of the two!
Ha! That's a great question: how fast would an amtrac have to move in the water to pull a water skier?? It's "Apocalypse Now" for the New Millennium!
Regards and Aloha,
Johnny B.
PS Man, can't tell ya how I miss the Fall on the East Coast! The BEST season of all ta me!
Anything we should watch out for on this build --- you did mention "ill-fitting" after all!
Great reference pix, too!
I have the Trumpeter KZKT-537 as well --- I hear that it can be a bit of a fiddlly build, too. Looking forward to your build on that one and curious to see which of the two builds --- the amtrac or the tractor --- will be deemed the "easier" of the two!
Ha! That's a great question: how fast would an amtrac have to move in the water to pull a water skier?? It's "Apocalypse Now" for the New Millennium!
Regards and Aloha,
Johnny B.
PS Man, can't tell ya how I miss the Fall on the East Coast! The BEST season of all ta me!
Frenchy
Joined: December 02, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 06:28 AM UTC
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I wonder if it could go fast enough to pull a water skier?!?!?
Not sure about the AAV, but I think the EFV could do the job (providing the skier holds on tight to the handle
)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv9Eq1vopbc
Frenchy
bill_c
Campaigns AdministratorJoined: January 09, 2008
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Posted: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 07:53 AM UTC
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