Looking good, maybe add small amounts of dust on the tires.

Hisham- thanks for stopping by. I used PVA Glue/White Glue/Canopy Glue for the PE parts over the lights. I wouldn't worry too much about those PE parts too much- they are quite thick and easier to handle than something thinner like Eduard.

Roman- Cheers! I haven't found the bit of wood I want to mount the Yongshi on yet, when I do I plan to add some pigments to the tyres and the wheel wells.

Looks great Karl.

I picked one of these up at the Irish IPMS show on Sunday and started it last night. It really does fit together very well, at least on the undercarrige. Your blog will be a great help: thanks.

Cheers
Sean

Hey Sean, thanks a lot mate. How was the IPMS show?

Hi Karl,
sorry, hadn't seen you reply before now. The Irish IPMS show was excellent. Great turn-out and lots of excellent builds on display. I believe it was the biggest show yet.

Anyway, here's my Yongshi :
It built up very nice and easy, exactly as you described.....then I made a mess of it. Decided to go with an overall white UN scheme. Humbrols enamels wern't up to the job after doing just one part so went for a spray can. What a mess! After repeated attempts and cleaning I had a paint job that while not great I just couldn't try any more... I had also gor a spray can of satin clear, so used this before the decals and frosted all the windows! What the heck!! It's meant to be clear.... Had enough at that stage so just put on the decals and wheels and called it done!





The kit is great, the mess is all of my own making!

Hey Sean- I reckon you are being a little hard on yourself. Apart from the windscreen this is a nice build! I've done that with a fair few glazed parts myself. They should invent a product to remove it from glazing!

This actually looks very fetching indeed in UN camo- I think I'm going to have to add this scheme to my 'to do list' aswell as several others! Congrats on the build Pat, I'm glad you found it a good kit to do. I'm patiently waiting for the DongFeng to be released now!

There are photos from the show here Karl: http://s550.photobucket.com/albums/ii429/Georgeconna/IPMS%202011%20Show/

Cheers
Sean

Finally got around to replacing the winscreen. Looks a lot better now:




Cheers
Sean

I am sure if you drove the car into the water the camo would be quite effective..

Nice job Karl!

Looking much better with the new windscreen Sean!

Warren- thanks for stopping by and taking a look, much appreciated.

Karl - really well done. great to see this kit being built here. You have done a great job on the camo. I like seeing these PLA vehicles being built up.

Sean - great to see the UN example also - glad you sorted the windscreen

cheers
Mark

Hey thanks Mark, much appreciated!