I took the junkyard dog to my club meeting. It was well received by even the die hard RW builders. They seem to have gotten used to me by now.

Ack!!!  Something is eating my model!  No, It's just the silly putty. This was the third time I had to do this masking.


Final paint and some fiddly bits attached. The last color was Interior Green by True North and is pretty hard to see. It's funny how the Model Master paint dried just fine on the silly putty but the True North got sort of half dry and got all over my fingers as I pulled it off. On the model it's fine. So I just tossed that silly putty and will get more for next time.







My question now is what color to paint these exhaust ports. The instructions say gunmetal but I've painted the deeper parts NATO black. I'll think of something.



Now I have to write up a description to go with the entry for my club's contest on Oct 12.

This is a truly excellent piece of work, mate!

If you don't think the gunmetal will give sufficient contrast, you could try metallic grey or steel.

Quote from: kerick on September 22, 2024, 06:53:22 PMI took the junkyard dog to my club meeting. It was well received by even the die hard RW builders. They seem to have gotten used to me by now.

Yeah! Wear them down with Bluddy-Mindedness!    Worked for me.

That's coming along a treat!

Beautiful chunk of work mate...this has turned out epic 😎 👌 👏 🙌

Quote from: Wardukw on September 23, 2024, 12:58:40 AMBeautiful chunk of work mate...this has turned out epic 😎 👌 👏 🙌

I couldn't of put it better 

Thank you, gentlemen!

Excellent piece of machinery there
For the exhaust, have you thought about using burnt iron?  I have some of the MIG stuff, and you can either brush or airbrush it on. I have only used it for a small job so far, but it looks good.

Burnt iron sounds great! I'll look for it.

I've gotten a little more done. This fitting of the radio antennas is a pain! I used the uv resin to make lenses for the RWS, looks nice. I'm adding some search lights to the gun shields and to the top of the doghouse facing forward. MRAP vehicles in Iraq were covered in lights! Constantly touching up paint here and there and to the radio antenna stuff. I might just get this one done!

I think I've attached everything I can think of. Last of the touch up paint I hope. No idea what to do for markings. I don't want to do decals because then I'll have to glosscoat and the colors might change. I might get brave and spray something on. It might be a problem with all the stuff I've attached. I'll figure out if its worth it. On to the pictures!



























It should have a base with some palm trees and jungle growth. That's for another day. I hope you've all enjoyed this one.

She's a thing of beauty Ken ..decals or no decals ...epic   

Actually for decals you could just go with ID plates on the mud guards ..that's just 2 .
Just stick em on the paint..don't worry about clear coat .

I certainly have !


"Comin' through! Comin' through! Get outta the way or you'll wish you had!"


She's a real beast!

That rocks! Nice work. 

"Junkyard' maybe, but definitely no 'Dog' - unless you mean in the 'Attack Dog' sense.

Yeah, just ID plates sounds feasible - maybe a nickname? That could be hand painted without any worries as to neatness or otherwise.

Thanks mi amgos!
Good idea about the ID plates.