Nice work Jiri. It seems you already knew about the Ivory Coast pics BTW did you finally receive those I've sent ?

Frenchy

Hi Frenchy,

actually I didn´t know about them. Some of those pics were also on maquettegarden, but definately not the one with the close look on the radio rack.
Here the weather is just crazy today, so I spent the whole morning scratchbuilding it. Still have do the radio kit anyway

Jiri

Jiri,

Incredible what you're doing, I found your fantastic work.
The cargo bed, I can not describe ...

Sérgio

Hi Jiri,
it's a really cool model you'll get there. I always wonder how you can bend such thick styrene rods ?

Hi guys,

thanks a lot for your nice comments. I just finished the construction work and will focus on the paint job now.

Both the Land Rover DPV and the VLRA have frames made of Evergreen´s (2,5 mm I think) plastic rods. With a little bit of effort you can shape if very well without breaking it. However, in case of VLRA I was only satisfied with the 4th attempt... so it took some time anyway.

Looking very good Jiri.

Thank you all for your support and positive comments




Sergio, compared to yours it´s just a WARPIGGY

This is last post and pictures before she goes to paint.

A real master piece is the 0.5 MG. Congratulations E.T. Model!!! With so many pieces I spent two evenings on it but it definately worth the work.

Thanks for looking

OK, here´s some progress since the last post. As the primer I used Surfacer 1200

Camouflage colours are Tamiya Acrylics. The tan colour is a mix of XF-60 + XF-3 together with some white while the brown fields are XF-64 + white

Youpie Jiri
Nice job on the painting, on the build, etc....

I hope to see the rest
Heavy paint chipping and a lot of stuff on the flat bed

Congrats
Cheers
Seb

And this is current status, the base colour is blended with artist oils. I used three different tones... burnt umber, light ochre and light tan. Today, I sprayed the gloss coat all over the kit and will continue with washes.

And the last one for today. I had to redone the front grill and kept only the side parts...

Looking good.

Thanks Seb, I also hope to see the rest Lots of plans and ideas, but not so much time for modelling

Actually, I think I´ll be carefull with chipping on this one. It´s true I saw some real VLRAs heavily scratched, but I also saw many pictures from Afghanistan with not even one single scratch. Dirt and mud is a must.

The cargo bed will indeed overloaded. Even the Hugo´s beast will envy

YES that's the one you need to aim at

I keep an eye on your build Man.

Good luck
Cheers
Seb