yet another test fit

lIGHTER PICTURES. THE COLOR IS MORE ACCURATE.

I don't want to over do the weathering. Just make it look realistic enough.

This is where I am at at he moment. Need to decide which doors ara set open and whether to leave the trunk open or closed.

I am leaning toward leaving the trunk open and stuffing it with junk. In addition, I am starting to plan a little diorama for this vehicle. Thinking it will be Afghanistan, some kind of staging area. I have a couple of figures of Afghan prisoners, maybe a couple of SF holding them as they transfer them to regular Army. Any Ideas?

About to start with pigments on the under side.

I've enjoyed watching your project come together so far. I look forward to new updates. Keep up the good work.

Pigments almost dry.


I will add a couple of oil stains and then work on the interior detail.

What bottled water brands were available in Afghanistan? Can anybody tell me?

Anyone there?

Sorry, I'm no expert on water brands but that is one beautiful build so far!

Hello,

HeavyArty had given informations for that subject with several arabic brands in use.

Also a nice pic of the rear view of a Bradley with a mountain of water bottles.

http://www.ipms.us/forums/196836

Thank you.

Almost done with the interior. What do you think of the cargo/trunk compartment? shoul I stuff more junk in there? And I still have another water bottle that I am not sure where to place.

of course I still have the figures, M4s, and a pair of gloves to go in there.

Fantastic Marcos!

I would use some back packs and tarpaulins at the trunk.

I have a big project to my M1151 and will use your as reference, for sure.

Cheers!

Marco

Thanks Marco!

Vehicle is pretty much done. Now I have to work on the crew figures.

For the figures, I decided to go with the ACU pattern. I am going to try ( for the first time) Sinsengumi uniform decals. Let´s see how this goes.

I followed a video on you tube (only one I found). small pieces at a time:

I was really pleasantly surprised at how simple and straight forward it is. And how much detail shows through the decal! Forgive me if I sound as an ad for Sinsengumi, but I am really surprised.

My only complaint is that if you look very closely, you can get to see the printing dot pattern. But it si not so bad.

You got that figure looking great. I tried thes decals before and found they cracked very easily. Did you use any decal fix liquid? IF so, which one? And did you go heavy or light with it?

The Humvee itself is looking great

I used small pieces of decal at a time and a lot of Micro Sol. Don't try to force the decal into place. Let the Micro sol soften it several minutes. It should get the consistency of rubber and with a Q-tip push it into place. Once you have absorbed pretty much most of the liquid with the Q-tip start using your finger (my thumb works best) to force the decal to mold to details. Again, do it one small part at a time, otherwise you run the risk of having the decal stick to your finger. Once I am done with the figure I give it a coat of Vallejo´s Decal Fix.