Hi guys,
I will try to do this small project for the Armoured Car Campaign.
But for those that aren't in "Campaign Mood", I will do a Build Log as detailed as possible.

Box



Extras





Parts





Step 1:





Thanks for watching !!

I will follow, for sure!

Good luck!

Marco

Thanks Marco !!

Hi John, nice to see you're getting to build something at last! Nice choice too....will look savage with the extras.

I'll be a regular visitor here Nice set of aftermarkets

What is this blue pad in the Bronco's box? This one under decals and PE fret.

maby a cuting board from bronco ?????????????????

I believe that is just a piece of cardboard the PE and decal bags are taped to...

Small update, Rear axle done. Working no front axle.

Rear :





::The detailing is good, plastic is soft and easy to work::


Front axle






@Sean

Thanks for the support
I hoping to get that effect, anything with a MiniGun & a Mine Roller looks savage


@Kuba

Thanks for checking Kuba, your Hummvee Collection inspired me !

@Henk

I believe Thomas is right, but I haven't opened that bag, I'm afraid I might lose some parts in the process..

Here's the front axle finished.

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 ?

Theater of operation doesn't dictate chassis color. I have not been able to determine what dictates chassis color. I've seen all sorts of combinations. You can pick one and you will be fine. I've seen sand vehicles with sand chassis and black chassis. On a majority of vehicles I have looked at, the springs have been black.

Thanks Brent !
ok, I might go for the semi-gloss black .

Wow, another build log on 1114. I'll be following this one as well. I've got the same kit and just saw few Live resin stuff to see the detail. I'll be getting some of their stuff soon. Very nice work so far. Keep it going.

Mike

Thanks for watching & following Mike !!

Today's work,

Some more details added.



This will be next:

i hope you finish this kit soon , good work to you !!!

Thanks ! I will do my best !

John, if it's not too late, You should change a frame to the proper one for M1114 version. In all versions, when rear bumper is factory made, there are different inner supports of such bumper. You have to remove elements which are marked with red at the photo above. You have to replace it with new supports marked with green (bumper is this blue line).


In original it looks like that:


At the first photo (source unknown) there is a M1025A2, but it should look in the same way. At the second photo (made by Brent Sauer) there is M1151 and You can see, where these supports should 'meet' the bumper.
After corrections it should looks like that:

Photo borrowed from this Academy's M1151 WIP thread of Sebastian, a colleague of mine.
The same frame mistake is in all Bronco's M1114s, in Academy's M1151, and if You make a A2 variant (f.e. upgrading Tamiya's M1025 to M1025A2) You should make the same corrections.

Thanks Kuba !!

You are right, there's still time to correct it.

I will try my best to do it correctly.

Man I'm keeping an eye on this build log!!!!

Thanks Caveman !
I'll try to get an update this week !

Working slowly..



Next step is to correct the inner supports that Kuba pointed with his great reference photos.

Here's my progress :







I was very happy until I looked at the photos Kuba provided, damn ... have to redo it again..

Ok !

Here's my progress on the M1114:





Then







Almost done...

Last parts before starting painting the lower structure / chassis / transmission etc..





Note: I didn't redo the surgery after noticing my mistake (see previous posts w/ Kuba's needed upgrade ) because I noticed the plastic frame was getting quite fragile after my attempted efforts and was afraid to break some major parts and ending up with a bigger problem .

Anyway stay tuned for more updates soon !

Painted the chassis / structure details.





Much of it won't be visible. Also I can see lots of dirt & dust ending up there too...