At last, the build is completed. The weathering may be deepened and the crew could lay more personal stuff on the rear deck or the flanks but which kit is definitely completed ?







More pics at my personal page below

That is a great model. You should be proud of the job you did on that. I have been wanting to build one of these fro quite some time and your work is definitely inspiring me. Thanks for posting it.

Very impressive. The fit and finish from what I see is flawless. I would love to see some photos of your build. The paint work is fantastic. Painting is one of my weaker talents. I really like the finish. It looks worn but clean Bravo and three cheers

Looks really great. I agree that it needs some more weathering, the paimt looks too fresh, like it just came out of the paintbooth. One point for future referance, US Army doesn't paint road wheels in camo colors. They are all forest green. Also, usually, the camo doesn't extend below the fender line either, the running gear area is all forest green. Looks great though, just as is. Good job.

Thanks for the tip about the running gear painting. I've just followed the instructions without being aware of this mistake from AFV.

I'll try to give it a more worn aspect and post pics of the results.

Darn, if I could paint that good, I'd be so happy I would haft to set on both of my hands to keep from waving to everybody.

Really good work, congrats!

I agree with others regarding the weathering - it could use some more of it.

And one minor thing regarding the camouflage - you used too much brown. In NATO camouflage used by US Army approximate distribution of green, black and brown areas is 44% - 41% - 15%. So areas of green and black paint cover most of the vehicle and are almost the same size while brown ones are much smaller. If you are interested in exact proper camouflage scheme for US Army M88A1 (and many other vehicles) take a look at this 15MB pdf (you need Acrobat Reader to open it) document with official military Technical Bulletin: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/photos/uploads/Vodnik/NATO-015165.pdf.

Pawel

Thanks Vodnik,
as usual you prove valuable for all of us with the PDF file. Thank you again for sharing it.

Thanks Gino...... Never knew that........
Thanks Pawel...... Complete tech manual....
Bison, nice looking model., except a little too clean..... but I simply prefer a little weathing..... has nothing to do with the quality of the build.

well surely a nice one . I like the clean way is builded and the way is painted . I really love the shape of this one and i ll have to build it some day

Nice try

Costas