Ready for paint!
Well, I've finally gotten to the point where I think I"m, ready to paint this beast. It's not going to be easy! Man, the holes, reverse angles, and complexity of the pieces is going to make it a real PITA! It's hard to get that gun out of there and almost impossible to get the "turret" out once it's in there--the pieces around the gun hit the side seat. Gonna have to figure something out...?
Having said that, the gun cradle is a nice little piece--infinitely better than the blob kit piece! This picture is really even more impressive when you realize that I originally built this entire assembly backwards---on the wrong side of the styrene kit piece, and then had to disassemble it carefully and put it all back together, lol.
Here's the whole thing, minus the tracks of course
I have to say, the PE set REALLY adds to the detail that this kit really does need--but now, I don't think I can build my other two versions without it, and man, there's a lot of complex PE pieces in this!
The most annoying thing about this old kit is the wealth of seam lines that you have to sand carefully away. THAT took more time than anything, except the PE!.
HELP!! The more I've looked at this photo, I've realized that this vehicle is NOT in MERDC scheme, but 3-color. Maybe some of you vets can tell me though---does this look like an incomplete MERDC scheme in MERDC colors? I know that sometimes they didn't quite do the "full Monty" on all vehicles. Or does this appear to be standard NATO 3-color?
Thanks for looking in, guys, and if anyone has any opinion on the color, please speak out!!!