High Mobility Battlefield Logistics Transport - The Build

[Captain Canada]

Some people drink Pepsi.
Some people drink Coke.

This model is phenomenal ! Hope you can work past the hinge woes. Either way this is going to be epic. As if it's already not !

[kerick]

Getting hinges to line up on RW stuff is tricky enough! This makes my idea for a converted Bradley seem a bit weak in the knees.

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, gents!

[jsport]

skilled pure lording genius

[zenrat]

IRL you'd belt the doors with a mash hammer gently persuade them into place with a subtle application of pressure to get them to line up...

It's looking great.  Can't wait to see it painted.

[PR19_Kit]

IRL you'd belt the doors with a mash hammer gently persuade them into place with a subtle application of pressure to get them to line up...

When I worked in the motor industry in the 60s the guys who assembled the doors to the car bodies would bolt them in place loosely, align them by eye and tighten them a bit to kick off.

Then they'd grab a 4 ft long length of 4" x 4" timber and lever the door into place before really tightening the bolts!

[Old Wombat]

IRL you'd belt the doors with a mash hammer gently persuade them into place with a subtle application of pressure to get them to line up...

When I worked in the motor industry in the 60s the guys who assembled the doors to the car bodies would bolt them in place loosely, align them by eye and tighten them a bit to kick off.

Then they'd grab a 4 ft long length of 4" x 4" timber and lever the door into place before really tightening the bolts!

There have been times, lately, when that has almost happened!

[Old Wombat]

skilled pure lording genius

Thanks, mate!

[Austanker]

Looks madness cant wait til its done 

[Old Wombat]

So, after 8 ¹/₂ days with our land-line &, hence, internet down, I can report progress on the Armoured Vehicle Front!

Paint has happened!

ASLAV based scheme using Tamiya XF-78 Wooden Deck Tan, LifeColor UA 091 Dark Green (as the light green - go figure! ) & Tamiya XF-58 Olive Green (as the dark green). Not the actual Army colours but, then, they're going to be Marines vehicles when finished, so a bit of variation is OK in my universe.

I have been tossing around the idea of adding a 4th colour (Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth) as another point of / obvious expression of difference to RW vehicles, but I'm beginning to feel it will look too crowded if I do that.

Anyway, photo's are still uploading to PhotoBucket - quite a few of them, actually. So, when that's done I'll chuck in a photo's-only post for your perusal.




Guy

[Old Wombat]

[jsport]

  OMGoodness such mastery

[kerick]

Ditto!
Such an ambitious project. I bet your'e glad to get to this point!
What did you use to mask?

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, guys!

Masking was blue-tac, with Scotch blue masking tape to minimise overspray.

[zenrat]

Beaut.  Can't wait to see it all together.