To be honest Cristian I hadn't planned on it....the amount of masking that would involve

Anyway, another step completed...just fitting the connectors on the front of the hull took nearly an hour....but I'm becoming a big fan of tamiya extra thin cement!

Last weekend progress.

Headlights & rearview mirrors



Camo, detail painting, filters and washes done !

I progressed with the rear of the vehicle first pic are the wedges with their bracket before glued.



This is the completed upper hull hatch with inner end outside details, 10 PE resin parts in total.





And rear ramp:



the only difficult thing is to bent the PE of the inner detail they need to be warmed up to to make the brass more malleable.

Very neat work Dario!

Most of the undercarrige assembled last night:

getting the axels, shocks, & wishbones alligned was very simple because of the design and fit of the pars. Just using the Mk1 eye-ball they all look straight & level & alligned

Started on the top. Side bins were a bit fiddly to get alligned as there is a sperate front, bottom, both ends and really tiny posts but fit is perfect. Still lots more to go on top & sides. Keeping off the tools etc until after painting.

Shaping up nicely, Sean!

Finally some bench time and some real progress.Major assembly completed and primed.Ready for some paint and weathering.

Very cool, Anthony! Gotta love that shape!

It may not look like much has changed but this is after 2 reasonable sessions at the bench since last photo. Some of the bits are tiny and cutting & cleaning the sprue attachments is time consuming given the number and size. But fit is perfect on all bar 1 so far.

Hi guys!

Long time without being here.

Lots of great works and I'm glad to see that Sean is building an M1132 because I'm out of mine.

The model is great but the SMP's pieces are to thin and I broke two or three of them. So, I'm done! Sean, watch out. Someone told me the SMP is hard and it is!

But I'm not out of this campaign. I started another 8x8 vehicle, look:





Yes, it's a HB's Boxer. I know it's a prototype, but is beautiful and it'll be paint in desert 3 tone camo. Yes, it'll be an what if.

As I said, I just started the build. I like to close the vehicle before build all other details.

So, look some pics:

Front plate:





Main body:







More pics later.

Cheers!

Marco

Thanks for the nic words

Hi Marco, looking forward to seeing that Boxer take shape: and what a lovely shape it is too. Very futuristic!

If the plow gives me any problems I'll just make it look like mine damage!

Hi guys!

Hey Sean, great idea!

Yes man, I love the it looks like. An it's huge.



Do, an update:

Rear amor, ramp and door:









Looks really strong, doesn't it?

Now, it's time to close the sides:









And close the top of the beast:













In the front part, first we need to glue the lights and an air intake (?) before add the part to the main body. I didn't finnish this part because I'm still painting the lightd from inside.





As you could see, the kit is fantastic and very easy to build.

More pics ASAP.

Cheers!

Marco

Marco;

Way cool! That must be one big sucker!

If I may suggest... while things are still open and relatively easy to get at - consider doing a fix on those top-hatch "hinge-pins" which HB appears to have cut a funky corner on - the "pins" appear as ridges and not as proud-standing pin-heads on the hull-top - these could, I think, be easily removed and replaced by small pieces of sprue or rod to better show as pin-heads?

Just a suggestion!

Bob

Thanks a lot Bob! You're right. I'll do this!

Cheers!

Marco

That Boxer is shaping up nicely, Marco! Looking forward to see more of it!

I tried Fabian's tip of using flour for the anti-skid coating on the ASLAV and it works like a charm. I'll post some images later!

Well here are some shots of what I'll be building for this campaign, and the progress I have made so far. I decided to go with a USMC LAV-R, something about recovery vehicles with me, also I didn't see anyone else building one, so why in the hell not.
















I was going to drop the $30.00 on some aftermarket resin wheels, but after further inspection, these will do.







Now it's on to the upper hull assembly

RWS complete, but won't put the 50 on till after the painting. PE grills on the intakes and exhaust.


Will start the handles tomorrow then spray with rattle can before inserting the vision blocks from below then mating the two hull halves and doing the rear ramp

There are some great builds going on here. I wanted to know if it is to late to be a part of this build. I think I have a Stryker kit around waiting to be built.

Dave

I believe we have until 10 AUG 2015 on these 8-wheel things. I HOPE so, as I haven't started mine yet!

Bob

I joined so let's see if I can get one done in time.
I had one I started before and painted with a digital camp for fun. It's not done but I'm not sure I like the way the camp was turning out. I'll post a photo later to share.

Good to be on board with this campaign.
Dave

Hello,

Some closeups of the anti-skid coating done with Fabian's flour method.

Test piece raw and painted


Applied to the ASLAV upper surfaces


Cheers,
Cristian

I hate to do this but I've pulled out of this campaign because I was looking at the model I have for this and it's to much now. I have the Stryker 1130 and all the PE you can get for it including the slant armor. I figured I'm better off in the campaign for models not completed right now. Maybe I can get that done and then try this one.
I will be watching here to see how these turn out. Keep up the good work guys.

Dave

Dirt, headlights and rearview mirrors are on, just need to work on the searchlight to finish this one !!

That's looking very nice John. I like the unusual camo colours.

Still working away on this. Didn’t get a lot of time at the bench this week but nearly ready to spray the base colour before inserting the vision blocks and putting the body together.





Then can start all the real detailing and the plow.