Hello again! Been a while since I've made any progress on this as I've moved to germany for the summer and it took some time sorting the modelling desk out. I'll try and have some photos this weekend, until then, just a small question.

Is it realistic to have a air recognition flag on the bonnet? I've seen them on early invasion photos, but since this is a later vehicle, I'm not sure. Any ideas?

Anirudh

A little update for tonight. The roof has been glued on, as have the figures, the smoke grenades and the rear 240. The whole thing has had a few dust very thin dust washes to tie it all together.





I'll take some better pictures tomorrow in better light. I still have a few items lying around which I'm considering adding such as the tools, spare wheel, possibly the aerial recognition flag, some bottles, saw+frame, packs on the side and maybe another m4 and a shotgun.

Comments appreciated!

Anirudh

Not a lot of progress on this build other than a couple of packs being added and a flat coat over the whole thing. I have now started building "Thor" as well. So far all I've built is the chassis, added the wheels and the rear bumper, but I've run into a small problem and have a question.

Is the Legends production Ibis tek bumper set supposed to come with the protruding headlight assembly? I didn't get one but it is a grey part on the box photo.

Anirudh

if you mean the extend radiator part, i also supposed that it was inside the box, unfortunaly it wasn't, the Box photo is very misleading with that

i contacted Legend and they did send me the part,

painted my GMV



the weathering started on the interior:



more soon

Very Very Nice.

Pete

Excellent work Gijs, the paintjob is well done and the weathering really brings the interior to life!

Have you thought about adding any figures yet?
I can post some photos of the Evolution Miniatures ODA figures if you want.

Anirudh

I love the build, but I have to say that is the most interesting paint stand I have ever seen.

Looking impressive Gijs.....Well done....

Ok like I said I have some photos taken in some better light.



A scary view:


And I've made a bit of progress on Thor. So far I've built the chassis, added the bumper, added some interior details, and built the headlight assembly. I have also built part of the turret using bits from Tamiya, Voyager, RB and academy.




I've borrowed bits from the Academy M1151 since my build won't be needing them as I'll be building this particular one:


Hopefully I'll have more progress soon. Any comments and criticisms appreciated.

Anirudh

your dumvee looks great! nice details like the skull on the ammo box

Thor is also going the right way,

and yes i'm going to add the Legend figure


fun painting with the ACU camo

Thanks Gijs! Now that I'm not on strange university time, theres plenty of time for modelling which is good.

Have you seen this step-by-step for painting UCP?
Here

Good luck painting it!

Anirudh

Gijs, this is absolutely fabulous build. The paint job on the interior looks very good. Can´t wait to see this finished!

Jiri

Little bit of progress in the last few days. I've built most of the new style bumper that Thor has. I still have to had some of the bolt heads, and the winch assembly; not sure how im building that, I may take that from another kit or if anyone has one to trade/sell I'll gladly take it off your hands.





Yes I know its a bit wonky, but I'll straighten it out when i fix the bonnet to the body. Also I think the square bars might be too large, but they were the smallest I could find here in Germany
Let me know what you guys think!

Anirudh

Anirudh, that is starting to look great!
do you have enough photo's to build the armor on the cargo bed? i may have some more


i got the flesh and part of his vest on my figure painted,

Thanks Gijs. Actually I much prefer the building part to the painting, maybe I could send this to you to paint!
I could always do with more photos for this build, so please send them to me. I'll PM you my email address.

You're figure looks very good so far, the colours seem just right. Which paints are you using?

Anirudh

believe me or not, i prefer the build part myself to, the painting part comes with that,
the more you Build the more you get to paint, and every model you'll get beter



for the flesh colors i used oil paints with a base of Vallejo basic flesh,

the vest is also painted with vallejo, with some Khaki mixed with sand colors,
i aways have my laptop next to me so i can compare the colors i'm mixing, realy helpfull,

also the vallejo paint + a wet pallete is very good to brush paint, If you havent give it a try + they don't smell and are easy cleanup.


photo's send

Thank you for the photos Gijs, Between them and Rob's CD I think I've made a good start on the cargo bed and the roof.






So Rob what do you think so far?
Comments appreciated

Anirudh

No photos this time since I've only added some more of the rear armour and the hatch to the crew cabin. I'm awaiting some Aber PE hinges to detail the rear and to add to the doors.

I have a few questions (not for the first time )
I've seen the rear compartment in the guntruck in your CD Rob, and I was wondering whether that of Thor is the same? or is there a seat for the gunner?

Does anyone know where I can get the mount for the M240? I know of the AFV club stryker set but is that the only option?

Thanks
Anirudh

Gettin' better Anirudh.....

got a pic of the m240 mount? i might have one spare

Hi, Anirudh
Thank you for sharing, beautiful production. I love this post.

Cheer
Blackwater

@Matt: I don't think its a standard mount as I've never seen it on any other vehicle other than these Marine gun trucks. If you look at my previous photo of the real vehicle you can see a small rectangle on the outside of the rear door: thats the mount.

Actually, it shouldn't be too difficult to build, Just need to get some rectangular strip that's the correct size.

@Blackwater: Thank you very much for the comment! Coming from you that is really high praise!

Anirudh

Todays update: The turret! I've added the side panels, some bolts and the frames for the ballistic glass. The glass, more bolts and the 40mm ammo boxes still need to be added.
I have also built and fitted the new windscreen and the stand for the BFT antenna. The windscreen has been masked with tamiya tape on the inside, and liquid mask on the outside to protect the glass.




Comments appreciated as always. The last big part to tackle is the doors, which I've been putting off since they the seem quite complex, but I'll have to do them soon!

Thanks for looking
Anirudh

I think you'll find the doors to be fairly simple after all the great work you've done so far. I know you have some good side views of the vehicle. Perhaps you can print them, scale them to the correct size on the copier, and use the cutouts as templates. That's how I cheat the system.
I think the tool stowage on the hood will actually be more of a challenge. Out of curiosity - are you going to add the dampeners to the shocks?