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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 02:24 AM UTC
Putting everything together:



Did an oil filter to bring the colors out:


Pigments for the muddy underside:



Details:


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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:42 AM UTC
Almost done!
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:47 AM UTC
I think I am calling this one done:







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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 11:50 AM UTC
Good job Marcos.
Here is her sister!



Take note that the .50 MG barrel carrying handle is removed, at least in the French army. The MG barrel is slightly warped, you should straighten it. Personnally I would leave the tools in a single color.

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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 05:43 PM UTC
Excellent job, Marcos! Did you ever find out what those two parts were?
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 07:06 PM UTC
Hi Marcos, some photos of mine VPS. I built it in one-tone camouflage.

http://armorama.com/forums/211204#1774424

Congratulations
André




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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 07:34 PM UTC
Thank you Olivier, john, and Andre.
I think you are right Olivier, in my reference pictures there is no barrel carrying handle. Didn't think of it. I will clip it. As for the mg barrel I tried to straighten it with boiling water till it looked ok. I guess it went back a little to its original warping. And Andre yours looks fully loaded for combat! What did you use for cammo netting?
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 07:45 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Thank you Olivier, john, and Andre.
I think you are right Olivier, in my reference pictures there is no barrel carrying handle. Didn't think of it. I will clip it. As for the mg barrel I tried to straighten it with boiling water till it looked ok. I guess it went back a little to its original warping. And Andre yours looks fully loaded for combat! What did you use for cammo netting?


Marcos, I used camouflage netting from Arkebusa. I tried from echelon decals but it is too fragile. This from Arkebusa is awesome. I recommend.

link to review
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/8266
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 08:04 PM UTC
Thanks Andre. I did use the Echelon one, and also found it was way too fragile.
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 08:50 PM UTC
And Olivier, I painted the brown camo over the tools because that is the way it was on many of my reference pictures:


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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 08:52 PM UTC
And John, I think those two little parts were in fact the jerrycan caps.
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:44 PM UTC

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And Olivier, I painted the brown camo over the tools because that is the way it was on many of my reference pictures:


I see. Those pics were taken during our National Day (14th of July) parade hence the tools camoed like the rest of the vehicle. So your model is correct.
But I can tell it is not standard in the French army in "normal" conditions.

Olivier
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 11:16 PM UTC

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I see. Those pics were taken during our National Day (14th of July) parade hence the tools camoed like the rest of the vehicle. So your model is correct.
But I can tell it is not standard in the French army in "normal" conditions.

Thanks Olivier for sharing your expertice on the french army. I will definetly take it into account for my next French army model. Because, coincidentally, besides the Mexican nationality I also have the French!
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Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 11:56 PM UTC
Wow, this turned out great. I should look into this set.
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Posted: Friday, October 14, 2016 - 07:32 PM UTC
Thank you Mike. You should try it. It is a fun challenging kit.
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Posted: Monday, October 17, 2016 - 09:05 PM UTC
Some final better pictures with natural sunlight:






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Posted: Monday, October 17, 2016 - 09:14 PM UTC
Next project: I have to decide whether the LMV Lince from Italieri, the T-90MS from Trumpy, RSOV Land rover from Hobby Boss with Black dog crew, Ford f-350 from Meng as Mexican federal police, or go back to my Afghanistan diorama to redo, because I don´t like how it turned out. Choices, choices!
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Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 04:52 PM UTC
Very nice job!

Did you make the markings yourself (rear license plate)?

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 06:55 PM UTC
Thank you Christophe. Yes, I made the rear plate using the decals provided on the Revell kit. Yellow square cut from decal, then used the single numbers and the tiny blue stripe from the Dutch flag. And the number coincides with the real number of a VPS in one of my reference pictures.
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