Here is the Takom 1/72nd scale FV 432, which will be part of the military vehicle presence during Operation Saladin, in the early 70's. Compared to other vehicles in use, mostly owned by the Uranium mines own malitia, the FV 432 is quite modern, with the exception of some recently procured m113's. Forty of the FV 432's were sent out to central and Northern Africa both new build and used British army variants, and their operators seemed like them as they were used to driving either WW2 surplus, or ex soviet vehicles, both of which were as bad as each other. I will paint this in a similar scheme as the FV 4005, as they will be based at the same mine.

Wow. Nice work on that tiny little thing !

Quote from: Captain Canada on November 12, 2023, 02:51:38 PMWow. Nice work on that tiny little thing !

Cheers, it was fiddly, but nowhere near as bad as the Vespid centurion mk 5 I did a few weeks ago. That thing was nervous breakdown fodder I tell you.

Very very nice build Chris 👌 😀
That little thing and little is the word..that's about the same size as a 35th scale jeep 🚙 😳
 

That's come out well Chris, particularly like the "cage"   

Quote from: NARSES2 on November 15, 2023, 02:52:49 AMThat's come out well Chris, particularly like the "cage"   

Cheers, I was in 2 minds wether to put it on or not as I have quite the phobia of photo etch, but the jig that came with the kit worked wonders with it.

Quote from: chrisonord on November 15, 2023, 04:12:43 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on November 15, 2023, 02:52:49 AMThat's come out well Chris, particularly like the "cage"   

Cheers, I was in 2 minds wether to put it on or not as I have quite the phobia of photo etch, but the jig that came with the kit worked wonders with it.

Certainly did

Just some detailing and matt clear coat for this one, and its done, the rubber "tyres" on the road wheels of tracked vehicles are an absolute favourite of mine.. said nobody ever, I am pondering what to use coluourwise on the tracks, as shiney gun metal doesn't really look right .

Quote from: chrisonord on November 20, 2023, 03:01:06 PMJust some detailing and matt clear coat for this one, and its done, the rubber "tyres" on the road wheels of tracked vehicles are an absolute favourite of mine.. said nobody ever, I am pondering what to use coluourwise on the tracks, as shiney gun metal doesn't really look right .

When I was doing small scale armour and had run out of Humbrol Authentics "Track Colour" I used gun metal/boltgun metal for tracks dry brushed with whatever I was using at the time for "rust".

Quote from: NARSES2 on November 21, 2023, 06:23:17 AM

Quote from: chrisonord on November 20, 2023, 03:01:06 PMJust some detailing and matt clear coat for this one, and its done, the rubber "tyres" on the road wheels of tracked vehicles are an absolute favourite of mine.. said nobody ever, I am pondering what to use coluourwise on the tracks, as shiney gun metal doesn't really look right .

When I was doing small scale armour and had run out of Humbrol Authentics "Track Colour" I used gun metal/boltgun metal for tracks dry brushed with whatever I was using at the time for "rust".

Cheers Chris, I always use gun metal on tracks but the last couple of builds, it just doesn't look right anymore.

Awesome stuff matey 😄😄

Quote from: chrisonord on November 21, 2023, 08:25:30 AMCheers Chris, I always use gun metal on tracks but the last couple of builds, it just doesn't look right anymore.

It's an awkward one as dry brushing with rust or similar actually highlights the areas which would probably wear rather than rust, but it just looked a bit more used IMHO. Long time ago though.

Try this you guys..you'll love the results.
I don't paint tracks in a metallic colour ..I use dark gray matt paint .
Metallics have a shine and weathering them isn't easy as pigments won't stick very well and won't take away the shine.
The only places on a modern track which shine are the guide teeth in the middle of the track and the end connectors as they get rubbed by the drive sprockets.
Drak gray as the base and work from there ...dry brushing is easy as sin and you'll notice a very nice affect 👌
You can add pigments to add dirt or dust and if you use a pigment fixer you'll get great results 👍.
If you guys saw that Stug Panther build of mine you saw how those lovely 3D printed tracks turned out..have to admit I'm still chuffed with how they turned out   

Quote from: Wardukw on November 22, 2023, 11:15:21 AMTry this you guys..you'll love the results.
I don't paint tracks in a metallic colour ..I use dark gray matt paint .
Metallics have a shine and weathering them isn't easy as pigments won't stick very well and won't take away the shine.
The only places on a modern track which shine are the guide teeth in the middle of the track and the end connectors as they get rubbed by the drive sprockets.
Drak gray as the base and work from there ...dry brushing is easy as sin and you'll notice a very nice affect 👌
You can add pigments to add dirt or dust and if you use a pigment fixer you'll get great results 👍.
If you guys saw that Stug Panther build of mine you saw how those lovely 3D printed tracks turned out..have to admit I'm still chuffed with how they turned out   

Cheers  I will give that a try.

Finally finished and ready to be stowed away ready for moving. This thing has a bit of pre battle damage, as one of the mirrors got broke off, never to be seen again, oh and I should have painted the lights before fitting the PE guards, oops.