Hello everybody! This my Puma IFV I just completed. I had a few plastic snap together models about 20 years ago when I was really young, but this is my first real model I have ever attempted. My patience was definitely tested between assembly, learning how to airbrush, and weathering. 

I made lots of mistakes and I was about to throw it against the wall a few times lol. My biggest mistake was building and completing the tracks but glueing the top of the hull to the bottom of the hull before attaching the tracks. However, in the end, since you do not see the top of the tracks anyway, I was able to remove about half of the tracks and manually feed them around the drive sprockets, road wheels, and Idlers. 

Folding some of the photoetched parts was a pain in the rear end. I broke the main mirrors off multiple times and ended up just glueing them in the down position.

I bought an Iwata HP-CS airbrush along with a little Harbor Freight air compressor and learned how to spray acrylics on the fly. I somewhat followed the Nato camo scheme on it and used Vallejo acrylics. I am actually very pleased with the paint job. Painting many of the clear parts was a problem because I glued them on during building. I will wait after I have completed my next model to attached most of the clear parts. Other than losing one decal the rest turned out great. I used Mission Models gloss and flat coats to seal the model.

I used some acrylic thinner and Vallejo pigments to weather the tracks and model. My first weathering attempt was way overdone. It dried looking like it came out of a sand storm. So I washed off all the weathering and toned it down a lot.

I love IFVs and I really like the Puma so now I have my own model. I am thinking about doing the Meng Bradley Busk III next. Tips and tricks are appreciated.