Updated 8/ 19--Militia/technical gun truck /Africa added jungle foliage

I remember getting intel/opord briefings and whenever they showed the pictues of "Technicals" in the area, most of those vehicles were either Toyota, Nissan/Datsun or Mitsubish pick up trucks.  I wonder whether these manufacturers advertise in Somalia "This truck comes with standard heavy machine gun mount and can hold up to 5 200 round .50 cal ammo cans"

Ian,

I like the way you painted the truck.  Looks very convincing.

  I doubt that those guys are too interested in side Airbags and cup holders.

Thanks.

Didn't find the pic I was thinking of yet, but found a PILE of pics on one of my favorite sites:

 http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=81668&highlight=somali

I'm still looking for ya, tho!

Hello IanIsBored2000, You are doing great job, that Technial is amazing as well as the diorama base.....

When speaking about Technical cars, please look here......(text in Czech bur fotos are esperanto)

http://modelforum.upce.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14162

very good! coming along nicely!

are there any of the landrover kits around? Would love to do a couple up as aussie rovers!

What about a captured Humvee cut down to dashboard level with big.50 cal mounted in the back. I have seen this in a few magazine articles on modern wars in Africa.

                                                                                                                                      Moxey

Grimmo wrote:

are there any of the landrover kits around? Would love to do a couple up as aussie rovers!

I can think of three kits off-hand of 1/35-scale Rovers:  Tamiya's British Ambulance and SAS Pink Panther and Testor's Land Rover.  I'm pretty sure all three are OOP, but I sure hope either I'm wrong or that ebay has them cheap. 

Ian!  Was showing your diorama off to my wife and the 7yo - both the girls were seriously impressed!  Wife says, "Is that LAUNDRY on that line??"  Oh, yeah - you made a couple of fans there!

moxey wrote:

What about a captured Humvee cut down to dashboard level with big.50 cal mounted in the back. I have seen this in a few magazine articles on modern wars in Africa.                                                                                                                                       Moxey

 Moxey, that is very interesting information, can You show us the photos PLEASE !!!!

Outlands wrote:

Grimmo wrote: are there any of the landrover kits around? Would love to do a couple up as aussie rovers! I can think of three kits off-hand of 1/35-scale Rovers:  Tamiya's British Ambulance and SAS Pink Panther and Testor's Land Rover.  I'm pretty sure all three are OOP, but I sure hope either I'm wrong or that ebay has them cheap.  Ian!  Was showing your diorama off to my wife and the 7yo - both the girls were seriously impressed!  Wife says, "Is that LAUNDRY on that line??"  Oh, yeah - you made a couple of fans there!

  Thanks! Haven't been around much, enjoying the last of summer before that dreaded stuff called school-- but I'm still chipping away at the dio.  Thanks for the commens!

Outlands wrote:

Grimmo wrote: are there any of the landrover kits around? Would love to do a couple up as aussie rovers! I can think of three kits off-hand of 1/35-scale Rovers:  Tamiya's British Ambulance and SAS Pink Panther and Testor's Land Rover.  I'm pretty sure all three are OOP, but I sure hope either I'm wrong or that ebay has them cheap.  Ian!  Was showing your diorama off to my wife and the 7yo - both the girls were seriously impressed!  Wife says, "Is that LAUNDRY on that line??"  Oh, yeah - you made a couple of fans there!

I have the pinky and the ambulance, but havent seen the testors kit. will have to have a look around. It would be easier to get the basic kits and go from there than buy the pinky or ambulance kits.

Been a while since the last update--having some trouble getting the figures, but I think Ive got it all figured out now.  The last week while camping with my family, I got an itch to model, but obviously had no models nearby.  So I went on a little walk armed with a plastic bag and terrorized the local plant population.  I knew jungle theme dios only look good with a massive amount of variety and color, so I grabbed all kinds of plants.  Right now they are just arranged on the base, until I get some glycerine to preserve them permanently.  The grass like stuff is all moss, and all the other plants are just leafy little things I uprooted.

Hope you like it!

Ian,

Those plants look very good in that Dio. 

Thanks M1.  Well, just took some pictures with better lighting--enjoy!