Nice, well done Guido! It was well worth the wait.

Mario

great job well done
henk

Very nice work.

"and there was much rejoicing!"

The add-on armor blocks look really close to the real ones Guido. Excellent job !

Olivier

Thank you so much, mates.

Awesome. I like it very much.

Do you have more pics from your Interior? I want to use it as reference.

that is a great build,very nice.

Thank you so much, Roy.
Andreas, please give me a bit of time: don't remember if I shared all of them.
And now....let's start with the slats.
Thank you once again.

Guido- outstanding details on your MPCV ! looking forward to your future progress.

I'm working on a similar project..trying to figure out the correct spacing between the bars..the fun part of scratchbuilding!

Fantastic work Guido !

I will use this topic as a reference to build my Buffalo.

Witch color did you use ?

Cheers !

Marco

Marco, I used a base (over a Vallejo black primer) of a personal mix from Model Master enamels: dark brown and sand 313 (ratio 1/6). To continue with 313 only to highlight some points.

Some steps more to come.

Thanks Guido !

I'll follow.

Cheers !

Marco

Do you have any pics of your manipulator arm cables? I'm trying to detail the section around the camera.
some photos I have show a wrap around the hoses..and a few show something much different!
Jeff

Hi Jeff.....I think to have something interesting for you, but please wait....I loaded that on another pc.
Some new pics of my work.
The CROWS II......Marco, are you there ?
I've initially decided to fix that one from Blast.....later I had the chance to have a look to the new Bronco M1114 with CROWS on the roof and they're different.
I mean about the measures.........the Blast is simply bigger. And which is the right? Finally I decide to fix the Bronco.....it has some little PE and decals too. And its appearance on the Buffalo roof sounds good.

On the L the machine gun from Blast....don't know if you can appreciate the dimensions, but, believe me, it's bigger



Tamiya primer on it....the M240 is from Live Resin







The Rhino.
First time I used the AK chipping acrilyc fluid.



The Rhino, as per istructions, was first sprayed with an enamel coat, simulating a rusty tone. When dried I sprayed the AK fluid over and then an acrilyc black. The chipping effect depends on the time passing between the acrilyc fluid cover and the enamel final color: if shorter you will achieve a massive final chipped effect.

The Rhino with the enamel rusty color over.



And how I chipped it......needs some more rust with oil and powders.








Before fixing the slats I weathered the model.....need to add some mud and desert dust random.











And these are my first three slats from the Lion Roar set....so many to come



That's all mates.
Thank you so much for viewing.

wooow amazing how hard is it to make the slat armour??
henk

Thank you so much, Henk.
I can actually say....it's a challenge.
To better paint and weather the model, I decided to fix later the slats...and this means I cannot fail with them when glueing on the model. There are some brackets and supports for the slats that will oblige me to check the exact alligment before. The costruction of each slat isn't difficult. Yes, it's a big time spending work, but in LR box there are two jigs to build the slats: you cannot be wrong with them.

Hi Guido !

I'm here now ! (yesterday was my son's birthday)

Fantastic Buffalo. Your tread will be my guide when I build my own MPCV.

Congrats !

Marco

Guido,I love what you've done, as usual. This is simply the best Buffalo I've seen.
There's only one slight problem, easily fixed. The framework around the Rhino is make from wooden 2x4's, so it obviously won't rust,
Otherwise than that, a really nice build.

!!!!! Yesterday was my son's birthday too !!!!
Thank you so much, Marco.
Robert, thank you too. Next time I'll ask you before

Hi Guido!

In situations like this (same date of birth of our children) here in Brazil we say "Caramba, que coincidência!"(Gee, what a coincidence!) Congratulations to him!

Again: Your Buffalo is a great inspiration. We want more!:p

I intend to make my green, with the mechanical arm and some wheels and electronics in sand. What do you think?

Cheers !

Marco

Fine ;-)







and Italian

Thank you so much Guido !

One question: This Italian has black camo ? Ideas, Ideas, Ideas...

Thanks again !

Marco

Yessss.... three tones scheme.

I think I need more...Let's go to internet find more pics. It will be hard.

An Italian Buffalo ? Not a bad idea...

Three tone ? It is a really good idea.

Thanks a lot !

Marco