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Post by beowulf Mon 31 Mar 2014, 9:31 pm

doing this for a 'Pocket Money GB' somewhere else

the idea is that back when we were kids we always wanted those expensive kits but could only afford pocket money price ones

rules are, anything goes but the kit/after market stuff (but not paint cos you would already have had it) should come to a max of £10

got this in the MZ closing down sale


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Post by Guest Mon 31 Mar 2014, 9:35 pm

Good looking kit. Can't wait to see what you will do with it.

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Post by coyote Mon 31 Mar 2014, 9:52 pm

Yeah, all those kits we couldn't afford when we were kids and now we have invented a word called 'stash'. We really went all out when we came into money LOL.
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Post by Guest Tue 01 Apr 2014, 12:28 am

Well said Chris.

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Post by harron68 Tue 01 Apr 2014, 12:34 am

Looks like a nice kit. Good luck on the build. And it is the truth, we didn't have much money unless as kids we had after school jobs. Nice to live to be old enuf to enjoy the creative craft and have the money to indulge.

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Post by beowulf Sat 12 Apr 2014, 5:49 pm

managed to get to the bench today so made some progress, going together very nicely, lots of parts in the box!! lol

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thing is i really cant face doing the tri colour camo that USMC MUTTs came in, so been doing some research

this is, i believe, an early pic during trials of TOW...note the longer 'barrel'

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Isreali IDF.....all seem a bit beat up lol

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and then i happened on a walkaround of a Portugese Army one.............first thought was the paint had faded cos its a strange shade of OG, but it seems a lot of Portugese Military vehicles are the same..................unless they all fade the same way lol lol

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so i might go some shade of OG or OD, dont know if i shall weather it either, we shall see where it goes
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Post by Guest Sat 12 Apr 2014, 6:03 pm

Nice set of reference pictures.

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Post by beowulf Thu 17 Apr 2014, 12:13 pm

since we have a long weekend coming i hope to make some serious progress with this, just about ready for some paint

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Post by beowulf Sat 19 Apr 2014, 8:57 pm

planned on spending lots of time at the bench today, didnt happen

got some paint on tho..............decided on an overall coat of NATO Green

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Post by beowulf Wed 23 Apr 2014, 8:04 pm

going to try and get this done asap, need to clear the bench

given it an oil wash in black and umber, i like to give oils at least a week to dry off but this had less than 24 hours before it got a coat of matt varnish

tyres look horrible but when i add some mud they should tone down

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Post by Brizio Wed 23 Apr 2014, 9:17 pm

Nice!

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Post by GaryDainton Thu 24 Apr 2014, 8:30 am

Good job Paul.
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Post by dogfish7 Sat 26 Apr 2014, 1:52 pm

The weathering is looking awesome!
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Post by beowulf Sun 27 Apr 2014, 11:30 pm

and finished!.............more pics in the finished thread

can see areas of the mud that i could have improved on but i wanted to get this finished and out of the way.....was doing it for a GB somewhere and the deadline is looming!

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Post by harron68 Mon 28 Apr 2014, 1:40 am

Looks excellent with weathering. When we built military stuff in our youth, we did them "showroom new." They looked so unreal. Your mud makes it look like a real and well used piece of equipment. Thanx for the whole story of how it went together.

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