Well I needed to finish the base up before the ASMS show this weekend in Austin, but since I am itching to start on AFV's 251/22 I didn't want to get too involved on the base. So all I did was take a sheet of 16 gauge magnesium put some a&b putty in a hilly type blob and start putting heki grass until I was satisfied and to finish some dried flowers from hobby lobby, so here it is. Comments and suggestion are always welcome









Regards,
Robert

Comment: Really like this setting!

Question: Heki Grass? I want some - where do you get it?

Gunnie

Hi Gunnie, I order mine from eurorailhobbies.com and the numbers are 1573-1578, they have a minimum order but the way I use heki grass the minimum doesn't mean much. Thanks for the compliment.
Regards,
Robert

Thanks Robert!

Gunnie

Hey Robert,
May be nothing fancy, but it sure looks good. Great job!
Joe

Two parter - looks really good on the construction of the armored car. Well done.
There are chains on the wheels - that usually means mud or snow. The combination of the armored car on the base isn't 100% unified. It looks decent, but if you want to tighten the union I would add some mud on the tires and the ground where the grass is ripped up.


I would also add a bit of color to the flowers - maybe a bit of yellow, not much just a bit.

I love the shading and weathering. The streaking is wonderful.

Hi Scott ,
Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. However the 6 rad had such poor off road performance, it wasn't all wheel drive, skinny tires and under powered engine that the crews used any means necessary to give them the added edge. When I started the build I had intended to place it in a snow setting because I was using the snow chains on the tires, but decided against it as I can't find a snow product that looks right to me, any suggestions? Thanks again.
Regards,
Robert

Hi Robert,
On your question about snow. I use Baking powder. I just seieve it on over the base and it falls just like real snow.

I really like woodland scenics snow product.

To address the snow itself - WS snow is easy enough to use. It runs $8 - 10 for a huge container. It has good affects.
If you were going to add snow to this project I would add a light dusting, something like jackhammer81 did on his Ardenne Dio. That would tie in the chains and 'wrap' the whole project together.

Now - if this is going to a contest I would definitely experiment with snow first on a test bed. Get comfortable with snow before adding to a content piece.
As is it's nicely done, as I mentioned above, a bit of mud would tie to the two elements a bit tighter. Snow will do it too. I would not add snow on the main surfaces of the AFV. I would add some as if it has clumped off the grass or been kicked up. A light dusting would melt off or fall off the top and main surfaces of the AFV.

Thanks Scott and Andrew, guess I'll have to quit being a baby and give it a try.
Regards,
Robert

Sometimes simple is best.
Very nice display.

Robert,

All you need now is a 1/35 lawn mower! :-)

Is this the new 6-rad from Italeri?

hi Biggles2,
No this is the old resin kit from Sovereign.
Robert

Well this "nothing fancy" really looks great. Groundwork looks great. Vehicle is awesome.

Robert, very nicely done. "Q"