3-4 years ago this vehicle was in the sphere of unrealistic dreams. There were no skills, documentation and inspiration too. Almost two years ago, a colleague from Humvee Models, based on a large and solid documentation, set about building. He did a lot, but he stopped. On the basis of his work, I wanted to make my model, until suddenly ... Black Dog releases the conversion!



Black Dog Conversion


unreadable instruction with such a large number of elements








What is missing - both machine gun holders. They are specific and once in Danish dumvee I made one, so there will be no trouble. The second thing is the winch cover at the front, rear bumper of the A2 version, incorrect spare wheel.

Good luck...

Mario

I hate it when someone do a conversion of one of my favourite vehicles and it's crap.

Blackdog seem to be a repeat offender (super Jeep, Land Rovers and now this).

Trouble is this kills the market for serious manufacturers who would consider making the same conversion or kit.

Cheers,

PS : those who don't like me using the word "crap" do me a favour and compare the blackdog photos to the real thing.

Christophe
This is the producer market. Someone else can produce such conversion - better or worse.

Nice vehicle ! Hope parts fit well. Can't wait to see your built ! Thank you for sharing.

Agree with Christophe about Land Rover conversion. I'm doing their Snatch with MCS Barracuda and it is not an easy conversion: missing details, wrong details, deformed parts, bad fit of some parts, instructions not clear...

However with patience and material it is possible to make a good model.

And Blackdog conversions are often original.

It's a new set. I've tried several pieces and are like Lego bricks. I heard a lot of bad words about Land Rover with Barracuda

Missing parts in the Tamiya set- scratch and photoetched elements

In the interior there is a glued anti-scuff liner and additional armor of the wheel arch





Left side of the armor

These are long pieces of resin. How is the quality, warping, etc?

Cheers,
Mario

Maki,
Resin quality is very, very good. New conversion = new forms. At this moment of construction everything fits like LEGO. The details are clear and there are no trapping

That's great to hear. Have fun with the conversion, it really looks good. I'll keep following your progress.

Mario

Do you know if there is a belly armor on this vehicle ?

What sand colour did you used for equipment in the cargo area ?

Alex- 4720 Model Master (acrylic)
The armor is certainly, but unfortunately I have’nt any photos. Some mounting screws are visible on some of the pictures. There is also visible armor in the wheel arches

The whole is folded and painted with a base color. Interior completed at 95%

Today small step- set elements& some scratch

They can't be Dan's, they don't have beards or pony tails.

Wheels by Panzert Art...

I think your build is great ,well done .

Bonnet and chassis ready...

The end, the finale, the gallery ...




















two Danish brothers

Nice work. Danish soldiers would be nice for those vehicles.