Hello folks, I want to share my latest build. Yes, another Bucket and, yes again, Chilean Army

I took a bunch of leftover parts from both Tamiya and Academy kits and integrated them into this "frankenstein". Most of the stowage also came from the spare box. The big yellow decals were taken from (again) leftover sheets of Tamiya M113, the others were printed at home using Testors decal paper. Pint was done with Humbrol enamel as primer, Vallejo Acrylics for base coat and details, washes and weathering with artist oils, MIG pigments and Tamiya weathering stick. Also used, for first time, an Eduard Zoom PE set. Tough time bending....

The vehicle it´s based on an actual vehicle used by the Chilean Army in the early 70´s. This one only differ from my references in being "112" instead of "110" as in the real one. The reason, didn´t have a "0" and the printed one didn´t came up well as I espected.

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Comments welcome as usual

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A nother bucket Dexter, you must be swimming in them
Looks good. I really like it that you make your own decals.

Not quite, you can´t have enough Buckets

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Klaus,

Looks good. You must have half the Chilean Army on your shelves by now!

Sort of Thomas, at least a bunch of M113´s and M41´s

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Your bucket looks good, Klaus. I think it may the pictures, but a couple of spots look a little shiny (the inside of the commander's cupola, for example). Other than that, I'd say it's great! I particularly like how you weathered the running gear.

Looks pretty good. A couple things I see though.

First off, what is holding the antennas at that angle? Unless they have ropes holding them down, they will stand straight up. Also, the antennas should be painted, they look like steel (guitar?) wire now.

The tail lights are incorrect. The only part that should be red is the left, upper oval. All other positions are blackout marker and stop lights. The right side should have two black slits, with the upper one being longer than the lower one.

Lastly, the handle on the troop door on the rear should be all the way up. Up is the locked or closed position, down is the open position. It will not stay in the half-way position like you have it. The weight of the door will pull it open.

A few corrections and it will look great. Good job.

Thanks Lucas, I guess it´s the light. Just checked the model and it´s almost entirely matt....except for parts that cannot be seen in the pics

Thanks Gino, all the issues you mention have been corrected now. Thanks for your help

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Looks good. No spare track links?

Paul

Ups, forgot to add them! (at least the holders) Thanks for pointing it out Paul.

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