General Atomics M-7771 "Custodian" Armoured Security Vehicle

[PR19_Kit]

I liked the original 'Mooneyes' wheels better. 

[Old Wombat]

Yup. Luck, got tons of it ... All bad!

Bit of a mishap with some of the paintwork. It's been fixed but has put me behind on my finish date.

Hopefully by late Friday.

[Old Wombat]

Trial SmugMug image:

[Old Wombat]

OK, I'm happy with that!

Images have all been swapped out for this thread.

[PR19_Kit]

There's a wave of 'pinkness' sweeping across the Antipodies............ 

[Old Wombat]

Actually it's Academy Model Kits styrene grey but, yes, in the image it does look pink.

[NARSES2]

Actually it's Academy Model Kits styrene grey but, yes, in the image it does look pink.

I thought you'd used the left over paint from Zenrat's pink creation  It is strange though how some greys can look pinkish under some lights.

[Old Wombat]

If you compare this;



with this;



you can see the difference between photo sessions using the same camera in almost identical lighting situations.

Weird, eh!

[NARSES2]

Weird, eh!

Very. Which is why I don't get to involved in some of the interminable colour arguments you read and hear.

[strobez]

Is it just me, or can you still see the shadow of the googly eyes peering through the paint job a bit? Love it!

[Old Wombat]

Nah, that's just a bit of (wasted now) pre-shading.

[zenrat]

Does General Atomics anti gravity technology work over water?
If so, this could have been eligible for the next GB as well as the current one.

[Old Wombat]

Does General Atomics anti gravity technology work over water?
If so, this could have been eligible for the next GB as well as the current one.

I was figuring not, that it needed dense matter to act against.

I've also been thinking that there may be an optimum operational size/weight range for the system; so, if the vehicle is too small the antigrav system (excluding power source) is too big to make it practical, so jeeps/Humvees/Landy's/etc. are out; medium sized vehicles such as the M-1117/Unimogs/LAV's/etc. are OK; but tanks & heavy trucks, etc. require exponentially larger power sources which make the antigrav system impractical for them.

I've been thinking that because I've been contemplating giving my old Centurion XI hovertank a re-spray & joining the two in a dio.


BTW: Decals are going on & I'm working on ancilliary figures to go with this. So, getting closer to finished but I have a week (7 days) of arvo's from tomorrow which will slow things down.

(Then I'm on leave for the lead-in to the SAPMA Expo. )

[zenrat]

Hovertank sounds good.
I've been thinking about '50's hovercars.  I have a number of kits that would look great floating 12 inches off the deck.
This Syd Mead pic has inspired me.

[Old Wombat]