Hello friends!

More updates:

Working more handles, muffler lights and grill.







Regards!
Rodolfo

You're doing a real nice job detailing up the basic kit Rodolfo

Fantastic builds by every one
Been really busy lately but have made progress on the Dingo none the less. I will avoid the blow by blow comentary and get right to the pics.







Roof and hood are dry fitted at this point. Model on Boys Jeff T.

The 3D printed wheels are at most 1mm smaller then the kit but could be the way the kits tires angle at top. No clean up except a little scraping on the inner tire then the hubs just snapped in. This 3D Shapeways technology has potential and is getting almost to resin prices. This is the 1/48 Italeri puma kit with a gasoline resin conversion, and 3D tech tires with different tread patterns on each wheels as often seen in wartime photos.

Here's the front axle finished.

Greg, even though the wheels are a little smaller, they sure are sweet.
John, nice work on the front axle, Man.
Here's a little more on the Dingo...
Made a grab handle for the hood


Opened up the bumper

https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/28661/IMG_1437_800x600_.jpg
Mg mount and ring glued and primed

Bellypan installed. Exhaust installed and painted

Tires painted

That's it for now. Jeff T.

Hi guys!

Great work so far! I love these little kits, but I have no ability to build them.

Now a bit of progress on my Snow Leopard.

The kit is very good, no problems during assembly. Just did not like the EP, is very thin and therefore difficult to work.

BTW, the Snow Leopard is very, very large.

Here, I finished the assembly:







First color applied (Gunze yellow). It is barely visible because the I used a very thin hand of primer over the beige plastic.





Now, first color masked and second color ( Gunze green FS 34227) applied:





That's all I have so far. Hope you like!

Cheers!

Marco

I am calling this finished:

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Thanks for your kind words and company,it's been a pleasure to campaign with such a fine group of modellers and in such a well run one.
regards

From the man who's going to do a digital camo job! Go on Marco....

Nice job also Mecanix. Will I be seeing it this weekend in Dublin by any chance?

And we have adopted Delbert's ribbon for the campaign. Thanks Delbert, much appreciated.

Sean,

Yes you will and I hope to see you there as well.

I will be in the bar from 1400 Friday if you fancy a
chat about armour modelling and some refreshment.

regards

Hi Sean!

Some of these digital spots are larger than a braile jeep

We will see the final result.

Cheers!

Marco

Excellent work folks, the armoured lorry is a real gem.

Cheers

Al

hello,
MECAMIX superb work.
steph

@Jeff T

I'm not a huge fan of the Revell kits, but that Dingo is looking very nice !!

@mecanix

Very unusual build, but very well done !
Congrats on your work, you should be proud !!
The vision ports / windows on the "cargo can" are a bit uneven and not aligned ( 1st & 3rd photo), nevertheless it's a great job !

@Marco

I see what you meant by masking nightmare...
It's looking great, take your time and be patient with the masking !

@Mecanix: I almost forgot, but better late than never: Great work, superb result, unusual subject. Congratulations!

@John: No problem. I will finish the second color's mask and start the third one next weekend. It is not easy, but is easier than I thougth.

Cheers!

Marco

John This is the first Revell kit I have done.I don't know what their quality has been in the past, but this kit is really quite good. The fit is excellent and the details are sharp. I'll try to get some pics up tonight so you can see better. Jeff T.

Update:







I think I'll start painting some of the details during these steps, the acess to those detail painting will be harder.

The front axle wasn't perfect but it worked out.

Today's work





More to come ..

Step 5



Those bolts on the shock absorbers .. those small parts will fly off the tweezers for sure..

A small question, the instructions have some base colours for the lower chassis, semi-gloss black or light sand, that depends on the vehicle ? war theatre ?

Hi John,
hopefully this will help:
http://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/62293&page=1&ord=0
I know it relates to earlier versiosn but I presume same applies on the later models of the Humvee too.

Or this great site: http://www.hmmwvinscale.com/hmmwvframecolor.htm

some great work guys. I need to start on my 222 but guessing that will not be until the New Year (have a Stug to complete then its all stop for Christmas....)

qq tho... the instructions (its a Hobby Boss kit) give the body & interior painting guide, but nothing for the chassis... would that be painted he same colour as the body?

Signing in, These duo just came in the mail today. This is gonna be my 1st campaign entry so I'm planning to build these babies straight out of the box and maybe a base towards the end. Wish me luck, hehe

Rob;

Hi! Short answer is "yes" - all surfaces readily visible from outside, including the outer sides of those chassis rails, etc., would be the hull color. As to whether the inner faces of frame rails and suspension parts... all the "melons" and hardware would of course have been painted their "OEM" industrial finishes (NOT rot-oxide primer red, but some form of black enamel). Inner faces of frame members and suspension bits - including tie-rod, etc., would also likely have been the black enamel.

My best guess would be that no primer would have been left visible on these cars, as all were produced before mid-1944, and painting likely still followed most production practices. As the chassis were built by one company AU/Horch) and the hulls built by another (Eisenwerke Weserhutte, I think), and hulls mated to chassis by yet another, I would expect that the completed chassis would have shipped as a complete finished (painted in enamel black) industrial product to the final assembler, who then painted the entire contraption as needed by regs.

IF there was any rot-oxide primer left exposed, I would bet that it was so only in the engine compartment and maybe (but I think less likely) on the floor of the crew space.

Just my thoughts

PS: I am finally wrapping up my HobbyBoss 223 build - after much tooing and frowing and dithering and scratch mods and frustration and FUN! IMHO, the HB kit is pretty nice and full of details and a fun build, but there are lots of inaccuracies that should be addressed if one is picky. I would expect that the HB 222 kit follows along in many ways - fun, lots of details, various inaccuracies needing address.

Bob

Finished the hull interior on my Hobby Boss 222. Good base for the interior but it seems to be a mix of versions. There will not be all that much of it visible when the turret is installed. The "Feeling Part" honeycomb deck definitely gives a more 3D look that the Photoetch.

Here's my project:

Trumpeter M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle. Pretty much OOB, that's about it!







That's the first day's progress. Now on to the upper hull!
Larry