It´s been a while since I posted some photo here, summer time was not so modeler friendly for me, but there was a fast awakening... By a Meng and their latest release - I´ve been waiting for it soo long...

I decided to do it in US Army marking, even when I am not able to find more that five pics or so... Weird...

So there it is - just a fast topic, I did it as a fast kick build - and the result will be photographed tommorrow.

The pit:


Tracks are great to work with - but it is very hard to connect them...


Piston rods were replaced by a aluminium polished ones - I don´t like to paint this

I can only see the first picture- the other two are red Xs. However, the work in the first pic is fantastic.

Am fighting with the photobucket...

Be patient please...

Uuuuuh, fight is over - I win...

Next few pics...Some wiring - only a few needs to be added

And the result...almost:





Hope you´ll like it - it was fun...

Fantastic work!!!

Hmm , very nice and inspiring work

Wow wow, Fantastic details and I like the proper tension on the tracks. Well done!

Thanks guys! Well, that tension cost me year or two of my life...

There is the photo from this morning - of the finished model. Any comments are welcome...





And my favorite comparison to Humvee

Great work!

Mario

Very nice build Pavel. The interior shot looks fantastic. I like the finish, but the tracks appear to be very similar in colour to the vehicle. I would like to see them more "track colour" and contrast a little with the vehicle. Other than that, nice job.

Thanks Frank - what you mean by a "track color"? To be honest, I have not much US Army photos, and on some photos they look like generaly black, on some in color of the camo... Don´t know what is right, or the rule for coloring it.
I wanted it less dirty this time...

Fantastic job. I am fighting too with the tracks at this moment, I know how you felt ;-)

Uh oh, good luck is wished...

Next time I´ll do something with that drive wheel - probably move it a little down...

Great build, Pavel. Was this model at E-day? Very inspiring, makes me want to finish mine...

Hi Pavel,

I have seen a civilian D9 some years ago. The tracks are all bare metal with lots of dirt. I may suggest an iron color tone.

Cheers
Hans-Hermann

Yes, it was on Eday Do I know you...neighbor??

Herman - yes, I know about a lot of style of colors - but I think original color was the body color - so I did only minor damage of this paint on tracks...

Here's some photos I took a few days ago of a D-6, the outside of the tracks polished up from the sandy soil, while the inside is a dark rusty brown:





Jim

Great images Jim ... the different tracks colour adds some colour contrast and makes the model more interesting.

Agree...