ok, after wite some time without posting my progress for incoming I now post what looks like my finished quad that will tow the 25 pounder, and this I will try to take into a dio, if I have enough time enjoy, comments welcome, good or bad




This is the looks that I was looking for, a sandy quad in North Africa(??), this quad alone was one fun build, it had almost no fit problems, and the bottom of the truck has a lot of detail, but im too lazy to take any more pictures today.

looks very good and well put togeather and painted.

I like the 'dust' effect - hard to get right but you've kept it subtle. Nice one

Thanks for your comments, I didn't want the dust to be too much, but just to be noticeable.

Really nice Good, subtle weathering not overdone at all. The only thing I would mention is the 'mickey mouse' camo scheme. Most of the time, the edges were a bit 'harder' than you have done. What you have done (and it's done WELL! )is to 'feather' the edges a bit, now that would depend on local conditions sometimes it was sprayed, sometimes brush painted so it's only me being a bit 'nit-pickery'... Perhaps a little more 'curve' on the MM? It's all a question of taste though, you must have really spent some time on the masking for that lot.... Another scheme you could have considered, was the sand/dark green (or even grey) which a lot of Quads in the desert carried....Nice Work!, Jim

Nice one dragonslain. I love the sanding effect. I have done this for the last 2 years and always have made it too heavy.... losing a lot of the colour variations and completed weathering. I need to take a page out of your book.
The painting looks great overall ... especially the wheels. The only thing that stands out is the gap between bonet and wheel arches, on both sides .... maybe thats the natural bonet opening??


I read a good method for making the micky mouse pattern a few years ago, using those little "O" rings that you buy to put on pages for folders to stop the pages from breaking and falling out. Paint the whole model black or very dark green as may be the proper colour and weather the obvious area. Then place the "O" rings on the table (or similar) a few times to reduce their tackiness. Then place on vehicle. Fill any middle holes that are left with tape. Spray the sand colour, or eurpean green. Remove "O" rings again. Looked to be a very effective method. The "O" rings seemed to be a perfect scale size also. I know its a bit late for your Quad, but somebody mightbeinterested in the tip!

Thanks for your comments, for the mickey mouse I first handbrushed the outline, and then filled the inside with the help of my airbrush, but Im not that good with it and the overspray softened the hard handbrushed edge, and yes, maybe the edges should have been rounder, but this is not my last quad so I may try to improve it on my next one!

and about that gap... I found that once the bonet was glued to the firewall, so there was little I could do to fix it, it could be impossible to putty it and give it a perfect shape

that gap was there on all the real vehicles as well. While the 'Bonnet/hood' did not open there the panels were screw fixed so that they could be easily be removed for major engine maintenance.

ALSO for your information the 'Quad' shown in the original picture above is actually an English Morris and not a CMP FGT 'Quad'. There were a number of different makers of these gun tractors all lumped under the name 'Quad Gun Tractor'

Cliff