Wellington, New Zealand
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 11:39 AM UTC
Hi all,
Here are some pics of the M32 on a base I whipped up.
I have beat up the bucket and in the pics it looks quite bright in real life it isn't.
All comments welcome



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Andrew Barclay
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 11:42 AM UTC
Andy, looks very nice. Are those aftermarket tracks i see there?
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Nebraska, United States
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 11:46 AM UTC
Hi Andy you have a good looking build and base here. I have two suggestions for you. On your bucket why dont you rust up some of the creases you put in it and also around the ring on the underside, and you need to rust up your chain also, maybe give it a coat of grey first would help to I think. Other than that I would say a top notch build. Cheers Kevin
Wellington, New Zealand
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 11:50 AM UTC
Thanks guys,
Pete, the tracks are from Tamiyas Sherman 105mm (thanks Kev) they are sooooo much better than the kit tracks.
Kev, Those are good ideas I will do that.
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Andrew Barclay
Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 01:13 PM UTC
Andy a very good build mate. I have to agree with the comments on the chain and bucket though.
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 01:30 PM UTC
Thanks cliff
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Andrew Barclay
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 02:47 PM UTC
nice groundwork! look real

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George W.Bush
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005 - 05:29 PM UTC
This is a good one. I've never been able to come up with this old paint look.
Since it's in a diorama/vignette setting I guess it would really be great if you could add more stowage. I'm guessing these engineering/recovery guys would be carrying a lot of it.
Nice work AB
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Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 09:00 AM UTC
Andy
Looks great Another great model from you Besides darkening up the chain you may wanna paint the headlight lenses silver

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Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 09:08 AM UTC
Yep, at least the chain. The bucket may have been galvanised in which case it wouldn't rust, but if it's that dented I'd say the paint would chip leaving a dull silver/grey to show through.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 07:45 PM UTC
Thanks for the comments guys,
RD, I would like to add more stowage.......but theres not much extra room around with out it getting in the way of the boom.
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Andrew Barclay