Keepers of the Peace GB 2013-14

Yes I am real close to the finish line.... just things like work and working out getting in the way of what's really important. ;-)

It's huge, I sat it next to a Marder and it dwarfed it. You have to be getting close on yours?

That looks really good there jibber! I bet it is quite imposing in person.

Wayne thanks, I enjoyed the UN Build even though I got in late. Getting the pigments and oils right were a challenge so I checked out your UNIMOG and others and I think they're close. I'd really like to do another maybe a soft skin next time.

Terry

hey terry

very nice build and weathering, certainly not overdone. while painting with white can be annoying, weathering over white is also a challenge. it takes patience, a keen eye, and  an understanding when enough is enough, especially on modern vehicles. i will have do do another UN vehicle in the future

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Greg I'm calling my UN AUF1 done. This was a trying build from the very start and I wish there was a way of  showing the interior of this beast. It's a very large model and really detailed. Thanks for allowing me in at such a late date, please pick any photo you see works best.

Oh I did no modeling at all last week in that heat...  we had high windsw coming in from the direction that my garage opens as well, so between the two, wind and heat, it was a weather cancellation until Friday when it finally cooled off to more seasonal temperatures and the winds died.

Stik thats going to be one very nice build, you did a fantastic job on that interior. Having to spray in those temps must be very challenging, we're getting close…

Last week I got the top glued on my K-200. Today I puttied up the few gaps around the glacis plate top and bottom. I dont know if those were a result of me or the kit, but they were not there when I was test fitting...

I added some spare track shoes based on photos of them stowed there

and I did some detail work such as drilling out the exhaust, assembling the M60 Machine Gun and antenna mounts, and smoke grenade launcher

Now that it is not insanely hot here I can get more work done this week... 100*+ in the work area is not conducive to good modeling.

Thanks just trying to get it done with the little time left.

Jibber: the Auf1 is coming along nicely! Looking forward to seeing it completed.

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A few finishing details and working on track, 360 individual pieces that had to be carefully removed and trimmed. Its hard to see but in one of the close ups you can see teeny connector pins that lay into a groove which makes the track "workable" but with only these pins holding the track in place, its impossible to keep them connected. Meng has softer plastic than other manufacturers and these connectors just dont work. I'd get a few pieces that'll barely hold but eventually I had to glue in two long pieces per side for the top and bottoms so working the sprockets and idlers will be a real adventure. I gave them a primer black then sprayed a Tamiya red brown as a base coat and painted each pad a blend of flat black and gun metal. I added a little mix of pigments then I'll give the entire track an oil based wash that'll work the pigment into smaller areas. I still have doors and other small parts to add then I'll finish with an overall wash and dusting. Meng makes a great kit with very good detail but the tracks could be improved.    

sweet. makes me want to go through my SPA stash (or add to it).

Looking real good there Jibber

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A coat of paint and most of the wheels received a coat. I still have the rollers to do, add assessors and some other smaller parts. Lot of washes and pigments yet to come. 

Yeah there are some differences between the YPR and the K-200 families. I am planning on displaying mine together once this one is completed.

AFV CLUB has some YPRs though not ROK stuff. will keep looking. not like i don't have anything to build

Academy & Trumpeter are the only ones who make 1/35 ROK stuff. Trumpeter makes the K1 & K1A1 MBTs, basically the ROK M1 tank, and Academy makes the K-200, the M48A5 w/ROK specific parts, as well as the US version, and they make the new ROK 155mm SPG. All in all not a bad amount it stuff. I built the AFV Club YPR a few years back. It is a nice kit.

still looking for it. i don't have any ROK stuff; a ton of PLA and JGSDF. oh and BUNDESWEHR stuff. AFV club has a couple. i may just have to put out the word to my local clubs i will trade big for it

stikpusher

Jibber, I am not sure if I am gonna go with a dark gray pin wash or a burnt umber pin wash. I dont want anything too stark on the white. I will bedoing some good earth tones around the suspension & running gear as well.

Wayne, this is a K-200 APV, AKA Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle (KIFV). Basicly a M113 derivative. It's a 1/35 kit from Acadmy. Yeah, I remember mixing ramen in with my C-rats or MREs. I also used to carry a bottle of Tabasco and can of powdered Gatorade or Kool Aid in my ruck.

stikpusher

Jibber, I am not sure if I am gonna go with a dark gray pin wash or a burnt umber pin wash. I dont want anything too stark on the white. I will bedoing some good earth tones around the suspension & running gear as well.

Wayne, this is a K-200 APV, AKA Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle (KIFV). Basicly a M113 derivative. It's a 1/35 kit from Acadmy. Yeah, I remember mixing ramen in with my C-rats or MREs. I also used to carry a bottle of Tabasco and can of powdered Gatorade or Kool Aid in my ruck.

i think the gray will look nice, just a hint of accent without the heavy panel lines on some a/c which seems to be the current rage. it's always interesting to see how beat up some modern builds look. dirty yes, environmentals yes. even pinkish from the red soil or permanent grafenwohr gray but not rusty or lots of chipped paint.

so it's a modified YPR. i have looked at them for years, never bought one. will have to search. AFV CLUB makes a couple with 25mm turrets, dutch i think, but they may not have interiors. i used to carry fresh onions and the like and we would use them the first few days like on ww2 submarines. when i took the 4.2" mortar platoon each gun track had a cooler in the load plan and, since the FOs were moved to the tanks, my PSG had a jeep too. during REFORGERs we "lived off the land. firing posn recons included locations of the nearest byckerei and metzgerei. oh and bratwurst stands.

I'm going to experiment a little with a few oils to see what I get, thanks guys. I need to do less talking and more working, I'm down to the wire on this one.

Jibber, I am not sure if I am gonna go with a dark gray pin wash or a burnt umber pin wash. I dont want anything too stark on the white. I will bedoing some good earth tones around the suspension & running gear as well.

Wayne, this is a K-200 APV, AKA Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle (KIFV). Basicly a M113 derivative. It's a 1/35 kit from Acadmy. Yeah, I remember mixing ramen in with my C-rats or MREs. I also used to carry a bottle of Tabasco and can of powdered Gatorade or Kool Aid in my ruck.

oops i knew that. i thought i was asking stik what he was building. must be late. 

AUF1. I'm finally getting close to the end, had a few delays. I think I'll try the oil wash, I'd already mixed Tamiya Flat White with a few drops of Buff but I like the look of the wash a lot better.

i will use TAMIYA primer when doing 1/350 and 1/700 boats. i use ace hardware NOW for armor. inexpensive and i only had 1 grainy issue which was probably a combination of near the bottom of the can, not shaken enough, and colder temperature in the garage. so basically operator head space and timing maladjustment.

what is it you are building?

Thanks Wayne, I have to tell you that under carriage on your UNIMOG is just awesome. On this build, I primed it using a Tamiya Grey rattle can that Ive always had really good luck with, not so much their primer white. Whats the difference, I have no idea but the grey sprays very smooth. I didn't want a white over white paint.

hey stik

sweet interior. what vehicle is this? i need to spend an afternoon in photoshop creating MRE, soda can , water bottle, and various other cases. a case of RAMEN n oodles for any us tank in germany in the mid to late '70s. you couls alwasy tell when an armor unit was going to the field. the small local px would be out of RAMEN as tank crews would by a caes or 2 to mix with C-RATs. tanker stew yum.

jibber

Wayne what washes did you use, I love the finish you got would that be a Burnt Umber or a Lt Brown?

let me ponder that. the chassis was painted engine gray and washed with raw umber and some gray and some black. the "dust" was a mixture of mostly raw sienna with some yellow ocher mixed in. for my future builds i will document all this much better since i seem to always be trying something new and can't remember what i did. the white paint i think was MMA over a not very good rattle can white primer. NOTE not a good idea for the primer to be almost the paint color. i did NOT add a clear coat of anything after painting.

the UNIMOG is going to chill con regionals as is a bunch of other builds i have retired from local contests. picked up another hobbyboss cool looking PLA 4x4 with roll bars and an MG. looks similar to JGSDF TYPE 73 LT RCN 4x4. hell looking at my stash i could do my own GB on modern 4x4 HUMVEE type vehicles. and the only HUMVEE i have is an AVENGER ADA

Wayne what washes did you use, I love the finish you got would that be a Burnt Umber or a Lt Brown?

stikpusher

I think my washes will take care of the new white look. I found a nice photo of one of my K-200s in the Bos and it has some nice filed look to it... just like I like!

yes they will. take a look at my UN UNIMOG truck. all the weathering on it is done with artist oil washes.