Hello to all once again. Its been a while since I have posted something here. So I have started making an M1117 Guardian Kit made by Trumpeter, along with Voyager PE, and Echelon markings



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Okay here are some pictures of the kit finished and ready to paint. Sometimes I hate messing with PE.








Next step is to shade and Paint more pictures to come by the end of the day!

Here are some pictures of the Pre Shading





I painted the Tries with a mixture of Tamiya Nato Black and Flat Black, and Guiza Flat Base thinned with Tamiya Lacquer


The clear parts where coated with Future Floor wax

that's looking really good

Thanks tomorrow I will being Painting the desert color

Here is the first color I used Tamiya Desert Yellow mixed with Guiza Flat Base and thinned with Tamiya Lacquer.






Any feed back is welcomed

Second color of paint is Tamiya Buff mixed with Flat White then thinned with Tamiya Lacquer.

hi there,
great job ,realy makes me want to go out and spend more money this month and do a m1117 ,those wheels realy look the part and your desert colour looks a1 to me .. good clean build and first rate paint job , looking forward to the completion ,

Thank you for the great feed back

Why did you paint the windows blue?

what color should they be?

Looking good so far.....Good luck....

This is looking good, how did you prep the windows for painting?

I airbrushed the windows with future floor was, then I painted them with Tamiya Clear Blue

real ASV's glass, if you want to call it that are clear. For example, you'll have to excuse the dust, Afghanistan has a crap ton of it but you get the idea.



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Thanks I'll try to fix it back to clear with a tint

Here is the last coat of paint. I Used Testor Sand mixed with flat white. The next step is to apply filters, chipping and decals.

I just added some highlights, decals, windows, and painted a few parts green. Next step is to apply filters and chips





Hope you all enjoy the pictures and once again and feed back is welcomed!!!!

Okay here are some more pict of my build. I have added some Sin filters. Any feed back is welcome!!!

Just added some chipping and painted a few parts. Pictures to come very soon!

This is looking really good....

This build makes me want to start on my two kits. Grate paint work man.

Here are the pictures of the added chips and painted parts.









Next step will be to add pin wash, Oil fading, rain marks, the rest of the windows, and pigment dusting. Once again any and all feed back is welcome.Thanks for all the great feedback

thats looking really good. I have one on the way with all the voyager fixins.
can you tell me how you do your paint chipping? I am really impressed with how it turned out.

fantastic stuff here

Thanks for the great comments, I bought all the how to do it videos from Mig Jimenez and used some of his techniques mixed them with what I have learned and picked up over the years. I used Testor’s acrylic raw umber and just free handed the chips like Mig Jimenez did in his video. It achieves a really nice affect!!

I also went to the Primeportal.net. I used the pictures of the M1117 they had as a guide to paint mine.