Now working on painting the figures:



And test fitting all the equipment. There is not a lot of space there!

Anybody know a good site for reference with good pics of Idf uniforms used in the 1982 invasión of Lebanon Thanks.

My Lebanese Farmer and son:



Working on the soldiers:



And what do you think of my donkey:






I think the donkey need a coat of flat varnishh and then a touch of Krystal Glass in it´s eyes.

Very nice Job until now Marcos! May I ask you which Valleyo Colors you did used for the IDF figures (uniform, helmet and Equipment).

Thank you

Thomas

Sure Thomas: Uniform:
base; 70.881 yellow green
wash: 73.200 Sepia wash
drybrush: yellow green plus a touch of 70.951 white

Helmet:
base: 70.988 Khaki
wash: 73.200 Sepia wash
drybrush Khaki + white

Equipment:
Base: 70.882 Middlestone with a tad of 70.881 yellow green
wash: 73.200 Sepia wash
drybrush: base color + white

Let me say first everything is looking great.You could even modify the donkey and civilians as refugees fleeing the war ahead of them.Two of the best places to search for IDF uniforms,etc would be Google or YouTube just type in Operation Peace for Galilee.

I hope that is helpful Thomas. And thank you Jason. Now as I finnish the soldiers I need to start on the cart for the donkey. I am not sure which way to go. I am looking at options in google. Have to dig in my spare parts box and see what I find...

Almost done with the M151. The photo with flash distorts the true colors a bit. But you get the idea. tomorrow I will post better pictures:

Marcos thank you for telling me the Color numbers; your figures look spot on! I have the same Project on hold because I was unsure how to paint the uniforms of these guys.

Muchas Gracias!

Thomas

Nice subject. You have made a lot of progress as well.
J

You are welcome Tom. And thank you Jerry.

I think I am pretty much done with the M151 shmira. Some better pics:

I changed the color of the side petrol Jerry can to Black. Although in some reference picture I saw it in Tan, most pictures show it black. So here it goes.
I have also been working on the donkey cart. After several atempts I think I got something I like. Will post pics soon.

Done with the jerry can:

Looks great Marcos.
Will keep watching.

Tom

Working on the cart. used the hairspray technique to make the paint look old and chipped. I used actual wood to make it look more realistic:

Thank you tom

I just need to work on the Donkey's harness and then start with the base.

Great work! Question - does anyone offer a very late version US Army -151 with the retrofitted roll bar? I remember seeing some NG units with those when I first got in, seemed like a pretty cool ride.

Can't believe that troops had to drive these thing w/o the rollbar. Heard a lot of guys got killed when they rolled.

Hi Marcos - great build as always - you've really packed a lot onto that truck - looks nice!

Looking forward to your next update

Cheers
Nick

Thank you John and Nick. Well, I am pretty much done with all the figures. I think this will be the general distribution of the diorama.What do you guys think?:

I am toying with the title for this dio: "Lost in the Lebanese Chouf '82"

Starting on the base:

Ha! Lost and stuck behind a mule drawn cart! I like the steep hill on both sides of the trail - makes it pretty clear what the problem is!

Keep going!

Nick

Hi Marcos,

Excellent modeling sir!.

I really like the rope you have on the front fender of the M151 - it looks very real - what did you use?

Regards,
Kobus

Thank you Nick and Kobus. The rope in front of the M151 came molded in the CMK resin front fender. I only take credit for the paint job :-)