hello everybody,

this is my first photo post on this forum. The "dio" is not ready the soldier need some light dusting, i'm still working on a tank commander, the groundwork need some light hightlighting. So still some work for me to do.

but hope you like the progress pics

Greetings robert

Cool dio, and it's still not finished!! To make myself feel better about my dios, I looked closely at yours. The only minor thing I could see was the seams on the jerry cans inside the M113. Thats it!! Great work!!

@winchweight:

...........the seams.......... i know, shame on me

greetings robert

Hi Robert, very nice dio you have here. I would add some different orange color pastels tothe chains to break up the monotone orange color. Very nice dio!! Cheers Kevin

Hallo Robert,
I like this dio, and with the addition of a commander figure it would definitly improve. I think you might want to add one or two more figures as recoveries are quite involved, and I don't think they would have send two people out to recover a APC in Vietnam. I really like the chains, what are they? PE or small juwelary?

Groeten
Henk

Definitely would do something about the chains. Real life chains would most likely not be completely rusted (unless they were kept in water). I know it may be too late in the project but I would paint them to resemble steel and then apply rust in all the spots where links rub and scrape against each other. I think that best way to do this would be to give it several rust colored washes followed by some dry brushing and perhaps some pigments or colored pastel chalk. Otherwise, this dio looks good.

Nice dio Robert. Like the chains. How did you get hinges on the wooden boxes at the topside of the recovery vehicle? Were they scratchbuilt, PE or did they come with the kit?

Sorry just a very, very minor point. I noticed some aquarium plants at background of the 4th photo. Its no big deal as it's in the background but they aren't too many tropical plants that fit that configuration and size. Just thought you might like to know in case you plan to use a lot of it in your future dio.

althought im not working vietnam period, i like this one a lot!

@ everybody

thnx for the reply. i think i will do something about the chains. the boxes are from a academy kit and the hinges are paint with gunmetal and silver and drybrushed with aluminium.

i the plants are little to big i think i will hide them with other plants

greetings robert

I know there was something bugging me
What is the weight of the APC, because the lift weight of the boom was 25 ton max. It was used to take engines etc out, not sure about liting complete vehicles.

Henk

A full m113 (nam) weighed about 12-13 tons....... It's plausable.....that's how the 5ton Guntrucks were made!!!

the lifting is possible



for more info look at http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/mounted/chapter7.htm

greetings robert