Thanks Gamera.

Great job there Gino!!!

The Archer dry transfers/decals- they're great stuff!!

The plain star yes, but the circled star I thought was post D-day only. The Army was trying out all kinds of interesting camo and markings during the Loisiana and other manouvers, so it's not impossible. 

GreySnake

Great work, those Archer decals are a very nice touch.  

 

Thanks.  The Archer decals are especially needed since the kit supplies no decals at all, let alone instrument decals.  Later boxings of the kit have instrument and placard decals, go figure.

Thanks Willys MB.  Yup, the star with circle was an early marking, pre '43.

From the WWII marking reg.:

"Army regulation AR-850-5 issued August 1942 ordered a plain white five pointed star, as the national symbol, it was seen in all theatres from 1943 and by 1944 was the most common national identification sign."

Beautiful job on the BRC!!

I have a 1:1 '42 MB and MBT trailer thats marked for the 6th Cav 28 Recon, the first Army unit to arrive initially in N. Ireland. Very nice you picked up on the blue drab lettering, but my understanding was that the circled star was a D-day and after marking. Didn't realize it was used during the early manouvers also.

Thanks Tank-Builder.  I would love to have a 1:1 old Jeep.  I would go for a CJ-3B myself.  I really like the high-hood.

CJ-3B

Now See!

 If they still built them that simple, more folks would have one. Very, Very Nice Job!!

Thanks goldhammer.  It was an enjoyable build.  I like how it cme out as well.

HA, nicely done little piece of history.

I have completed the Bantam BRC-40.  I painted it with Testors Model Master OD Green.  I then gave it a light wash of a dirt brown color, then a drybrush of Armor Sand.  The seats are painted Field Drab, then heavily drybrushed with the Armor Sand.

I have marked with a unit that they could have been with for early maneuvers in '41-'42.  It is typical for the time with the stars with circles and blue drab serial numbers.

Here it is.

Here is a close up of the Archer instrument decals.  They are very nice.

Here is the completed engine compartment.  I added spark plug wires, coil wire, and wires from the battery.  I cut apart all the smaller parts such as the air cleaner, coil, distributor, radiator hose, etc.  MiniArt has them all connected as one unit with thin bars, which isn't correct.  I separate them and placed them where they all should be.  I also added the oil filler tube.

True, I can't comment on the Tamiya version since I haven't built that one, but in general I love most Tamiya stuff.

Be safe there. It's been a pretty busy season in the Southeast for weather.

Thanks guys.  I am still working on it today as my job closed today for the hurricane that wasn't here in the Tampa area.  Just a bit of wind and rain.

M1GarandFan

The Takom jeep is pretty good. Lots of small parts, but the fit is good.

I forgot about the two new ones recently released.  Both Takom and Meng now have Willys MBs as well.  I haven't built either, but they do look good.  They may be better than the Tamiya MB, but I don't know for myself.

The Takom jeep is pretty good. Lots of small parts, but the fit is good.

I Still Likum tho!

Wow, that is super cool. Definately watching.

BK

Thanks Rob.  It is a nice kit.  The Tamiya MB may be almost 20 years old, but it is still the best MB kit on the market.  The Dragon MBs have some issues.

Nice looking kit. I got an armored Jeep by Dragon in a trade a bit ago, other than that, it's the "old" (wow 20 years almost) Tamiya Jeep.

Thanks goldhammer.  You are correct, there are not many of these left.

Looks like a nice kit.  Will follow along.

I think you can about count surviving examples on one hand.