ARMOR - Small AFV Group Build, all scales done

Peter awesome looking interior there man. Who says we cant make these little vehicles look good.

T34 Your rad 8 is looking good man. Hopefully mine will be here in the next day or two. Also as far as your question of the rad 8 in Normandy. I am not positive but I do have a source that can get the answer for you. Will post you the answer as soon as I get it.

JKeller. That quad is comming along nicely.

My M8 is progressing nicely, and I will have progress Pics tonight.

Well Gang.. as promised,, Pics. So far this build is going along as planned with no major modifications as of this moment. Started useing Tenax 7R on this build and this stuff is really a god send. Especially since I was using Testors glue before. No more glue strings to clean up.

Looks like some more impressive progress all around.

Peter- that interior is looking sweet. That seat is awesome. So is all that work some of that type detailing that is not going to be hardley seen once the build is done?

more pics again, i'm making good progress

very impressive. good work.

joe

hi guys,well im working on the dio for my ford gpa,comeing along bretty well.nothing to special ,does any one know what to use to seal real bushes? anyway have a good day all.

gdarwin[roy]

Looks like the rad is comeing right along.

QUOTE: Originally posted by lizardqing2 Looks like some more impressive progress all around. Peter- that interior is looking sweet. That seat is awesome. So is all that work some of that type detailing that is not going to be hardley seen once the build is done?

Nope Chris. The dear ol' Daimler is open topped and you will see all. (The Mk 1 and Mk 2's were built with an armoured roof but the Mk 3 had a canvas cover 'cause the troops never used the armoured roof if they could avoid it - just think about head clearance and bumpy roads

The seat has been fixed. The backrest has been replaced and the wire replaced by ship riging thread. Looks better now. When the radio and other stuff is done I'll post another pic of this area.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. By the way, I've had this kit a looong time. Price on box is $6-59 AUD (about $4.60 USD). Ah, those were the days.

Rich & T34. Coming along very nice indeed.

me again i'm building it pretty quilk now, i need to paint it now, might get some paint tomorrow.

so here are some more of my progress pics

Sorry I havent made alot of progress gang but exams have really got me bogged down in studying, I'll try and do a bit this weekend, Hopefully I'll be getting my first airbrush, a Badger 200, for my birthday in the 17th so that'll speed things way up.

QUOTE: Originally posted by ManiK_Impressive Sorry I havent made alot of progress gang but exams have really got me bogged down in studying, I'll try and do a bit this weekend, Hopefully I'll be getting my first airbrush, a Badger 200, for my birthday in the 17th so that'll speed things way up.

Manik: Pete's potted rules for life #2: Study first, Build second, Party when able.
When you get older you will just substitute 'work and overtime' for 'school and study'. Take your time with the build. Enjoy it, don't feel pressured to finish and run the risk of being disappointed. Early best wishes for the B-Day; fingers crossed for the Badger.

t3488 looks good. keep rolling.

joe

THX petbat!
I'll probably be asking for help once I get the airbrush and I know you guys can help me ;)

That rad keeps on looking better.

I updated the site finally today. Got Gdarwins jeep pics up. Sorry for taking so long.

Great scratchbuilding job, Pete. really topnotch.

t3488g: Looks like you are making good progress. Keep it up.

Rich: Your kit is also looking great so far. Nice interiors, too.

Hey gang just wanted to let you all know I am at the weathering and decal stage on my M8 will post pics later tonight.

Hi Guys, sorry ive been quiet on this build. progress has been slow with work an family stuff getting in the way. the 1/72 willys jeep is almost done but i have misplaced the steering wheel (typical of me that) i am going to raid my spares box for a replacement. i have striped the landrover kit that i started some years ago because i have more references for this and i have made mistakes with it. plus tamia have got the mix for the SAS pink panthers unique color wrong. the info i have came from their base at hereford via a landrover magazine and it states the mix was mat white with a small amount od red oxide primer and this varied from vehicle to vehicle. the pinkie that i am going to model is serialed 10FG88 that was recently discovered derelict in Botswana and brought back to the UK for restoration by landrover enthusiast magazine www.landroverenthusiast.com (if you follow the link to "Dave Mitchells landcraft" this is a model shop with diecast and model landrovers and other off road stuff in all scales from 1/72 to 1/18th. and some radio control ones that are larger that that too. seeing their real pinkie in bits is a case of reference overload!!! all the builds i've seen on this GB look great (even though i am a flyboy and don't know much about wheelie thingies).
cheers.
Greg

Well gang here it is the completed M8. The markings are for a early spring of 45 vehicle. The dio that I build will be towards the end of the war. Any how here they are. Chris I will be emailing them to the mail box,, Leave them there I will post them. I got to learn to do this so here is my chance. I will also get the others that may be there.

rich that is fantastic. well done.

joe

Nice work Rich.

Very nice, another great build!

hi i was wondering how i get the pachte for the small afv build to add to my my list.

gdarwin[roy]

The patch is on my sig if you want it just copy the HTML address in properties

sorry guys n galls, due to work and other commitments i am going to have to drop out of this group build, this is a real shame because i was looking forward to getting my SAS landrover finished, i have had to box it back up with it half completed and some of the corrections done.
sorry about this. i'll post pics of it when its finished but i don't know when that will be.

Greg

im sorry but i dont know what you mean ,or how to get it.

gdarwin[roy]

under "update profile" in signiture pictures put:
[img*]http://www.info.com.ph/~tdwight/smallafvgbbadge.jpg[/*img]

take out the *

hi guys,i was wondreing what was going on with the small afv build? i have not seen to many new pics going up for a long time,has it stalled out ?,or all to busy.just a thought. you all have a good day.

gdarwin[roy]

Roy: check out this thread: http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25271

Hi everyone. I have finally finished my Small AFV build.

I built tamiya's Sdkfz 223 and added a scratchbuilt interior. I had a lot of fun, particularly with the interior. I found references quite ambiguous, so I used my discretion a lot.

The whitewas is my first, and i was pretty happy with it. i just sprayed white over the Grey undercoat, nothing ingenious.

I have plans for a Dio for this, but will sit on it for a while I think.

Well, here it is.









If anyone is still checking in here, I'd love to hear any comments.

Thanks

phroosh,,,, awesome job. It looks incredible. Are you planning on putting it in a dio??