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Armor/AFV: Modern - USA
Modern Armor, AFVs, and Support vehicles.
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1:35 M996 Humvee TOW Missile Carrier
capvssnk
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: August 21, 2011
KitMaker: 83 posts
Armorama: 68 posts
Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 02:24 PM UTC
This is the Academy kit, a warm-up practice before I'll go for the Bronco's kit.



















HeavyArty
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Florida, United States
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 03:17 PM UTC
Looks pretty good. One thing about the turn signals and reflectors though. It looks like all your side reflectors are amber and the front turn signals are red. All the rear reflectors and the rear stop lights should be red. All the front reflectors and turn signal lights should be amber. Other than that, it looks good.
USMCHerc
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APO, United States
Joined: February 13, 2012
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Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 04:32 PM UTC
Great looking kit. The paint job looks superb.

A bit of constructive criticism from a non armor modeler. The USMC decals look thick on the hood. Could you add a layer a future & then flat coat again to fix this.
The vehicle tires are showing the dirt build up on the raised tread and not in the tread grooves. I play with my jeep in the mud & sand and the dirt stays in the grooves. The outer portion of tread that contacts the road is usually clean.

Keep up the great modeling.

Cheers & Semper Fi,
Jason
capvssnk
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 04:54 PM UTC
Thank you for your advice, I didn't paid attention to those details even seeing many Humvee photos.
capvssnk
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Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 05:07 PM UTC
Thank you for your advice, you point out many things to improve the realism of this model. There is one thing I wonder: when I spray another top coat(matte finish)on models, eventhougt just very little, still create a strong glare on the surface, any reason why?
terminators
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Joined: February 20, 2012
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Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 - 03:38 AM UTC
Nice painting.

Just one thing. The little parts in the middle of the rims are on the wrong places. Rear and front parts are differents.

The "column" in front of the windscreen is too tall and the diameter is too big.
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