Some pictures of the painting process. first time I use silly putty and it worked great!

One of my picture references:



Not sure I like that light green the PLA uses in their camo.

Nice work on the camo, but your light green looks way different than the actual vehicle. Is this for a filter purpose so it doesn't end up too dark?

Hey, Marcos.. it's looking really nice so far.. looking forward to seeing more progress.

I saw those figures before and wanted to order a set, but wasn't sure of their quality.. are they decent figures?

Hisham

Previous photo is after a white oil filter to give it more of a faded tone. I just did a yellow and ochre filter mostly on the light green. I will post pictures when it dries.

Hi Hisham. The figures are actually quite nice. Lots of detail:

I read somewhere that their only fault was that they are a bit tall for Chinese. I am not sure that in the PLA the special forces tend to be taller than the average chinese citizen. Anyway, here is a picture comparing it to a Tank figure:

And Dustin, I picked that Vallejo light green because I saw a couple of builds of modern Chinese armour where they used it. In the pictures it does look a lot paler than with natural light (mi desk lamp is cold white LED). I will see if tomorrow I take a picture with natural sunlight and post it.

The model still has to go through the complete weathering process.

Really excellent work Marcos. I built the parade version of this when it first came out. I didn't know there was a figure set available for this version- they look like really nice figures too- apart from the faces which look a little indistinct. Looking forward to seeing more of this!

Great build. I could not see the name of the figure/equipment sets. Could say what is the name of the company and where they are available. Thanks.

The company is call "And The Sails Plaything" - I'm sure it's a literal Chinese translation! As far as I know, the figures are only available from the company/manufacturer on Ebay. Their Ebay name is XING HOBBY - if you do a search for "1/35 PLA figures" you will find them. I have all their figure sets (except this one, as the vehicle doesn't interest me) and they are all unique and well done, both WWII and modern.

That is correct. I got them through ebay. And I agree, they are quite nice.

Karl, how is your Fennek dio coming along?

Not too bad Marcos, thanks for asking. Got the decals on the figures- just working on the base now before I start on weathering and washes etc.

Then again...

Hi Marcos - your build looks great! I'm sure you'll do a great job wrapping it up, and then into a cool dio! I've often wondered about that kit - looks cool on the box, now I see it looks good built too!

I've seen these in real life, near Quiqdao - a convoy of them as well as what looked like 2.5 ton trucks. They didn't have the nice camo pattern, just dark green, and, hard tops on. I like yours more!

Oh! With the hard tops on I couldn't tell how tall the soldiers were! Btw - I was with a Chinese co-worker at the time, who served, and she is not all that tall!!!

Cheers
Nick

Is that the head of Trumpeter's Customer Service Department?

After a couple more filters and a pin wash:

The colors are really popping nicely now Marcos- excellent work.

Working on the figures:



First time I try a digital camo by hand (vs. decal).

The camo looks pretty good to me.

Do the figures fit well in the seats inside the vehicle?

Hisham

Yes Hisham, I already test fit them.

Looking great so far.

The tires look a bit too shiny but I'm sure you'll attend to that later.

Cheers,

Christophe