G'Day all and thanks for dropping by.
I would first like to say that I have been viewing this forum for a while now and the quality of the work produced here is absolutely amazing. I hope to pick up lots of tips and receive lots of criticism in regards to my new hobby, and I produce some work even a fraction of the quality of what I have seen.
For my first project I have decided to portray my time in Afghanistan by replicating my vehicle (Callsign Wallaby 2) I commanded for 6 months in Uruzghan Province late 2012. The Australian Bushmaster is a renowned AFV throughout the world and has helped save the lives of countless soldiers for the last decade. It is worth mentioning that not one life has been lost inside this vehicle.
The kit I have used is the Showcase 1:35 Australian Bushmaster IMV. I ave found that the exterior if the kit is well detailed and accurate as far as I can see. Unfortunately on the flip side, the interior is not very accurate nor detailed as much as I would like. But in all fairness, this kits is not designed to have the interior on show. My plan is to have a cross section cut out so that the interior can be viewed in detail. This kit is the more common troop variant, where I commanded the EOD variant which had custom shelving in the rear compartment to store our extra equipment and most importantly..... fridge 
This will require a bit of altering and alot of scratch building of our equipment and the Operation blast protection upgrade. For obvious reasons I can not show post detailed pictures of what I am trying to replicate, but I have a couple to give you and idea of what I am trying to recreate. Later I will be purchasing some AM bits to complete the exterior as the picture below.
I have already completed some of this project, so this WIP is not from the very start. I actually started this months ago, but thanks to work commitments the progress was slow and I was unable to post what I had completed so far. Non the less here we are now and I can share my first project learn my first lessons. The way I have approached this build is all over the place, so I apologize if my build method doesn't make sense.
Above is one of the pics I snapped at the start of this build. There is the radio stack (unpainted), the Ammo and Isolator stack (with the flag) and the custom blast protection floor down the bottom. I tried to simulate years of wear on vinyl for this but fear I have over done it with the dry brushing. I will have to re address this later.
Here is the finished product (minus weathering) of the Ammo and ISO stack.
Here I have started to mock up the shelving in the rear compartment. I have also painted a little more. It is starting to take shape here.
This is where the interior is up to at the moment. none of this is glued down at this stage as I still need to work on the underside.
This is the underside almost complete. All I need to do now is custom make the winch system and paint and fit the fuel tank.
I will post some more progress pics when I can, but for now I hope you have enjoyed looking on. and please pass on some tipsif you have them. I look forward to reading them.