Getting closer now, cab is finished:

And the guns are mounted, Vickers MG up front, Breda 20mm cannon in back:

Impressive looking truck AA . Camo came out great, and it looks awesome with that Breda outback.

Maybe I should do a desert/sas jeep instead?... Decisions decisions ...

AA: She's coming right along! Nice work!!! 

Nice work AA, i do like that camo.

Well, I guess i'm going to do my jeep up in North African theater finish. The kit itself looks great, detail is amazing. Just some flash on the sprue gates, nothing on the parts themselves. A few seam lines that should clean out in a flash . I don't think I need any aftermarket for it, except decals, ones that came with it don't look the greatest. That's bout the only real bad thing with this kit. You can buy full aftermarket detail sets for it, but that's for advanced modellers, and I want this to be a quick an easy build, sob. I'm thinking of getting a full resin stores set for it, pile of great ones out there. Other then that, time to get cracking! This one should be a nice brake from all the sanding/filling lousy fitting kits that are on the bench right now .

Edit: Whoops! Looking at my pics closely, yes, there is flash. I guess i have more work then i thought cut out for me. At least it's a jeep, so easy finishing/rougher work is ok...

A bit of flash there but it should be snap to clean up. 

Most MiniArt stuff I've built has went together without any issues. And looks like a cool subject too! 

I've not yet built a Miniart kit, just used some of their figures, so looking forward to seeing that Steve. Flash doesn't look to bad, should be easy enough to deal with.

Well, make it double happiness... Put me also down for MiniArts 1/35 Dingo Mk.Ib that I picked up cheap today, with a bunch of new decal sheets thrown in for free .

Decided to jump in with the dingo first, thinking it would be easier. Wrong! Not that there's anything wrong with the kit, by far a beautiful model, just hair pulling-ly small. 6 hours in, and first photo-etch I've ever worked with . Good stuff!

This ain't a small kit, parts wise, and a bunch of the pe is just stupid small. For peat sake, couldn't they have molded these parts with the pieces?... Oh well, at least everything else redeems the kit, fit, molding quality, detail, ect... Well, back to the (hair pullling ) bench...

Got your Dingo on the roster William. Hopfeully i will be able to check out your pics tonight as i can't see them at work.

William: Yeah, that's why I like some of the older kits- bigger parts! I love the detail but it's not so easy on these old eyes. 

Looks like a nice kit though. Are those aftermarket wheels? Looks like there are some more on the sprue. 

Nice to see the pics Willy, looks good.

Despite my grousing I did get more done on the Comet. Lots of sanding to get the hull and turret to fit together but I think it looks halfway decent now.

Thank you fellers. No they're not aftermarket, came that way in the box. The ones on the sprue are the back rim inserts. There is no mold line in the treads, so I think they slide-molded them separately. They sure nailed it, no need for aftermarket .

Slow last 2 days at the bench, managed to get 10 minutes in earlier today. Cleaned up the seam on the gas tank nicely, and took pics .

Ah okay! Thanks for clearing that up, sounds like a lot of detail there! 

And hey any progress is progress! Assuming you don't muff something up like me all too often and end up having to tear it apart, which is progress I guess just backwards... 

Now thats looking very nice G.

Hi,

Fixed the warpage but have lost some major parts so waiting for replacement.

So I am going WOTWOT instead :) if that is OK?



Happy modeling and have a nice weekend!

Svenne

Made some big progress last night (2 hours). Push through nerve-racking assembly of seat, man those are tiny/thin/fragile parts! Lucky I didn't bust anything, fat fingers are a blessing, and a curse. Lol! Mighty proud of how it's looking so far, detail is outstanding, and fit is wonderful. If you want to go full "AMS", then this is the kit to be. Hope ya'll are enjoying the build as much as I am .

Almost done with the LRDG truck; loaded it up with stores and adding a few more finishing touches before weathering:

AA & William: Those looks awesome guys- great progress!!!

Svenne: Looks cool!!! 

William: Love the Comet, such a sharp looking tank. Can't say much for this kit though. So far the fit has been horrid. She's together but I used a bunch of clamps and rubber bands to hold her in place while the cement dried. I hope in the coming years the bonds aren't going to pop loose again....  

Shaping up to be awesome AA . I got to build me some LDRG's in the future (just for the sake of it being, such an iconic vehicle ).

Thank you Gam . Here's my total progress on Dingo (yes, i'm now calling him by his first name .

Sorry to hear it was a problem. Poor fits sure take the fun outa modelling . I know, i'm trying to deal with 2 bad fitting kits myself. They plain ole burnt me out, with all the sanding, filling, sanding, filling, sawing, filling, sanding... You get the point . I really need to pick better/easier kits to build . Well, time to quit planning Lucy, get back to building .

William: She's coming along nicely!

Thank ya Gam . Making steady progress , at the point now, in the build, that i'm starting to see real results outta all the blood, sweat, and tears .

Didn't make any progress last night, tired after regualar grocery run to town , and busy organizing my desk/modelling bence, finally have everything in a decent place, and hauled out a bunch of junk .

Went gung-ho Monday evening, almost have the compartment complete . Did lose 1 of the pedals to tweezer "over exertion" . After some struggling, managed to shape a piece of sprue to semi-resemble the real one, I think it'll work fine, nothing else I can do. Other then that, here's where she stands at the moment .

Looks good! It is good to see the driver's compartment done or at least close to done! 

AA, that truck is looking amazing. Love all the kit in there, is that a radio in that side bin.

Willy, nice bit of assembky there, coming on well.

Thanks would be nice to see that. I like how you have the wires hanging out, nice touch.

Here ya go, Bish, a close-up of the radio compartment: