Afternoon all!
Today I'm starting my build of the AFV Club M88 Nam. This is the original gasoline powered version of the M88, I have plans to use this in a diorama in Taiwanese service along the AFV Club CM11 (Here's my build log of that if you're interested (https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/239433#2019694)



I plan to build this out of the box, and as with my CM11 build, I will be showing the sprues and instructions as they come up in the build. If you have any questions or comments then please feel free to ask! First I want to show the great job nolajewelryandcollectibles from ebay did on packaging the kit, despite being over a decade old it was still in mint condition! I'd also like to apologize in advance for the crappy phone pictures



Here are Steps 1-4


And the hull, and Sprues A,B,C and D






Here's the final result of today's work, it's not much at all, really I couldn't wait until tomorrow to get my feet wet but I'll have more work to show by the end of week. Thanks for reading, Happy Holidays!

When I built the kit years ago. when removing the headlight guards from the sprue found it easier to use a hot knife. They are super fragile.

Thanks for the tip Larry, but I believe Afv Club included some photoetch with an updated version of the kit since so many people had issues with the guards. Hopefully I got this new version

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I finally got the tri-tone camo scheme down, I used Tamiya TS-78 and Red Brown, along with Vallejo Dark Rubber. I still need to do a couple more coats of black and brown, but it's nearly complete!