Hello,

I have started a new build. I had already the Academy Ontos in stock. Later on I bought also Voyagers PE kit and two resin kits from Verlinden.



I have started the build with the first steps in the plan and build the supension and the wheels.
First part.


Wheels are made and dryfitted.




With the upperhull.


The suspension is not ready, but I will stop here, because I have first to paint the lower hull and the fixed part of the suspension and the wheel.

Before the painting I started building the Verlinden resin interior. Inside the box are some resin parts and a description with to dark pictures.


First I dryfiited the floor and wall parts, they needed some cleaning up before I could place them.




With the upperhull. No problem to get the upperhull closed on the lowerhull.


After a few houres work, the interior is almost finished. There will be some parts on the floor, they already been build, but not glued inside.

This is what I have done and more will folllow.

Joh

Thanks Joh for your build log. I will look forward to following this one as I have this kit in the "stash". Have a great Holiday season ! Tom

An interesting vehicle. I just hope you finish this one.

I'm very much interested in this kit. I had the old Renwal before and would like to build another Ontos. I'm glad about the fit of the Verlinden interior. There's nothing like good fit to start a build. I will be following your progress. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool.

I saw Verlinden's Ontos Stowage for sale but wasn't aware of the interior kit. Any idea how accurate it is? Is it more of a through the hatch approximation?

Other than the tracks, the stowage looks pretty generic. Are the sandbags at least designed to fit the contours of the hull?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'd like to do a similar build in the future. Can't wait to see more progress.

-Sherb

Joh,
Looking good so far. Going to be following this one. I have the same kits and accessories.
Tom

Looks good so far.
How was the fit of the interior parts?

I have done a little bit of work lately. First I finished all the resin from the 1st Verlinden kit. It's not a bad kit, everything fits very well, only the drawing is to dark, so if you don't have a good reference, is sometimes a quiz to find the right place for the parts.

The part in the tower or how it's called.

I will make some cables and other stuff, but first finish this part.

Everytime I had to dryfit the upper and lowerhull and with the last parts of resin, I had to cut some parts away. Also on this picture you can see some of the PE. Voyager PE is very thin, works good, but with my problems it's sometimes difficult. So I had to clean some parts


This last pictures shows the interior from outside. There will be enought light to see the interior when everything is finished


I have to start with all the guns, that will take more time and after that I start dryfitten some of the stowage.
So stay tuned

Joh

Nice progress. I'll have to remember that Voyager has thin pe. I'm currently battling with Trumpeter's pe. It's far to thick. Can't wait to see some paint on the ontos.

Just like everyone else I'm looking forward to seeing some paint on this baby. I have the Acadamy kit but was unaware of the Verlinden interior so I may well get that once I see how yours turns out.
Cheers
David

Hello,

It is a long time ago that I have worked on this project. The last week I got some inspiration and I used that for finishing the build of the Ontos. I can do more detailling but where to end, so I decided that this is enough.

I put the part together for the pictures, in real the are still apart.




This pictures show some of the interior. There will be more inside, but I kept this parts apart from the rest to make painting easier.






It's now time for some paint. I will use Vallejo air, but I have to find the right color.

Sofar for now!
Joh

that looks awesome! I cant wait to see it with some paint

A little update, I started painting, the base is on the Ontos and I give is some time to dry. It's the first time I tried to work with Vallejo Air and it works nice. I use some wiper fluid to thin the paint and it ensures that the paint does not dry in the airbrush.

I will show some pictures when the painting process is finished.
Till then!

I'm really liking your build so far. One question: in the last photo, a couple of the barrels seem out of alignment with the others. Is this a problem with the kit or perhaps an optical illusion?

Your build has me inspired to consider the kit.

Happy Modelling, -zon

With all the metal detail, it must have some weight to it. Let's see some OD and dirt on it.

I was just going to ask the same question..

Joh, this build is looking quite impressive especially considering it's very small size.

Thanks for the comments.

As I said, the kit parts are not fit. The guns are line-up now, althought is not easy to do. The kit fits on some parts just and with some extra not, so it takes time to get it all outlined.

I hope to finish the paintjob this week.
Grtz Joh

Joh,

When I loooked at it again, it seemed the travel lock might be holding the barrels out of alignment. Good luck working it out. I'm really looking forward to seeing some paint on this!!

Happy Modelling, -zon

Looks good.

I've got this waiting, so I've been watching this closely.

Remember, USMC vehicles from this era are not Olive Drab, they are a dark green.

G

That's right, no OD, I decided to use a dark green us color.
But first finished the interior, with all the detail painted and ready for the last bits of work.


Stay tuned!

Hi there,

The last pictures from a "clean" Ontos before I will start weathering this model.







Grtz Joh

Joh: the Ontos looks great!!

Happy Modelling, -zon

Loving it. Are the interior of the hatches not white?

Looking good, can't wait to see it weathered.

Ontos - has 2 B one of the coolest / oddest looking AFV's ever.

Nice looking Ontos, hope your having fun. Looking for more pictures.
Warren