USMC M4A3 Dozer Riff Raff . Camera broke . No updates . 6/3

I just LOVE this!   Everything looks great.  It should be on the cover of FSM magazine one day.  

To make your friend Gunny happy, I am sending a virtual case of over now... 

most awesomeness !!

John , Gamera , Andy , P38 ............its been most awesome reading yours and the rest of the guys comments ! The best part of this wip has been reading the post from you guys .

Andy , do you think the plywood base and bean can stand would be up to the standards of an FSM cover pic ................... Maybe if i smear some beans and dirt on it ? LOL

Shellback:  This work is exquisite!!!  The variation of the O.D. Green is fantastic!... the detailing is unbelievable...my jaw actually hit the floor when I looked at the wood boxes and rope! 

But the smear of mud on the bottom of the blade and the bits of dust here and there leaves me feeling  empty.... I want more!!!  It kinda feels like you held back.  I would expect these bad boys to be FILTHY or at least have clods of dried muds under the fenders, in the road wheels, etc. 

Top notch work, thanks for all the photos!

SMJ thanks man !!!! Your correct , i did hold back on the dirt and mud . After puting all of the time into the running gear details i just couldnt bring myself to cover it with dirt . One of these days , maybe i'll be able to really dirty up a build .

Steve , LOL man !

Shellback

SMJ thanks man !!!! Your correct , i did hold back on the dirt and mud . After puting all of the time into the running gear details i just couldnt bring myself to cover it with dirt . One of these days , maybe i'll be able to really dirty up a build .

Shellback:  You're not alone....I consider myself pretty bold in the weathering department but I sometimes wonder why the heck I "jump out of a perfectly good airplane!" when I start to weather.  You just gotta' GO FOR IT!!!  Use an old build as a guinea pig! 

SMJ , right now i'm thinking i have too dirt in my life , lol. Look at this hole in my back driveway , and the crew didnt show up today !!!

Eventually i'll apply more grit and grime to a model . Like you said , practice on an old model , thats a good idea .

Shellback:  You putting in a pool or WHAT!? Did the crew leave the keys to the excavator in the ignition?...

SMJ , the city here is replacing the water lines . I'm the lucky one that lives on a corner so both streets have been dug up . The hole in this picture is in the road and in the middle of my side driveway..........still no crews out there today . I might start looking for the keys tomorrow if they dont show up again Hmmmmm..........i bet it wouldnt take long to dig out a pool size hole in my back yard with that track hole would it

I thought you were building a bomb shelter to protect your stash...

Andy , stash............... plus beer !

Roger that! LOL  

I changed the heads on the t.c. and driver with some from the spares box that had the leather helmets . .

on target!

Do they look ok Steve ?

Don't worry , paint & putty will bring 'em together.

I wont get much more done on them today .....................

This oughta be interesting !  goin all the way, Shell !

Tread, yes , we'll see how the figures turn out . This will be my second ( 3rd and 4th ?) attempt at doing figures

For the face and hands, what medium will you be working in ?  acrylic or enamel ?... the driver on my Char b1 bis I used acrylic, but I didn't like it ..dried to fast and to much build....If I ever try again I will use oils or enamel...my 2 cents

tread

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!  Carl is doing figures.  This is going to be great!  I have seen what you have done with Gunny and you will do just great again. 

If you really want good resin heads, go for Hornet or Verlinden resin heads.  They offer excellent details at reasonable cost and I recall seeing several US Marine tankers sets. 

But so far your work is looking good and they will look better after its prime job.  The guy in the right sure looks like Gunny's brother and he scares me...

Tread ,i had luck with acrylics from the tube and thinned with walmart glass cleaner when i did Gunny . I was able to get the consistency where i wanted it so that the coverage was good when applied over a light primer .I bought a cheap set of artist acrylics that had 12 colors in separate tubes at walmart and mixed my own colors .

My first attempt , aka "Gunny'

Gunny doesnt like Andy . Andy called him a "zombie" and that sealed the deal .LOL

Sorry Andy for posting Gunny's pic un -announced . Someday i'll pick up some of those cool Hornet and Verlinden heads . Thanks for the info Andy .

Shellback:  Nice work!  Cool pose on this dude...where will he be in the dio'?

SMJ, Gunny was originally created for this pose in the "War in the Pacific" G.B..............

He's asking "I need this jeep so who the "blankety blank" was working on the engine and didnt finish it ?"

Thats where Gunny and Andy met each other .................

Heads on .

Lookin' good,Shell ....Gunny looks pretty good,too !  he has detailed eyes,teeth ect ....I'm gonna have to get off my fat butt and get me some windex or retarder for acrylics...I also have a Sherman driver in 1/16 I have been waiting to get the stones up to do so he can drive my M4 105. He is pretty detailed.

Keep up the good work,buddy !

tread

Tread , sounds like your M4 105 is 1/16 scale ?

Shellback

Thats where Gunny and Andy met each other .................

You got that DAMN right... Gunny and I became best friends ever since.  Your figures look much better now after being primed or painted.  I couldn't see the heads well because of its dark green.  They are just great and I look forward not to call them zombies.