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

BLADE !!!!

Painted with Model Master metalizer magnesium and sealed with Future .

Its about ready to drop ......................

Drop the blade.....Drop the blade......

Drop the blade.....Drop the blade......

Drop the blade.....

Drop it!    

And also ................i've been busy doing the normal outside spring type jobs and havent been working on the blade much lately .............no blade dropping yet Steve ............

Steve , i bet you could fix 'em ! I just cant seem to get them dirty enough ..............

I did go back over the tools and the deck area around them with some oils and chalks in an attempt to make them look a little more used . This is as far as i can stand to go into the dark dirty side of armor weathering .

There's a slight diff from the previouse look ..............

Shellback

 

 .............they need to look used .

Give 'em to me......   I'll fix 'em.

SMJ , glad to have you here .

I feel the same way about the "clean" tools .............they need to look used .

Thanks for your input .

Shellback

Small update . A few more pics .

Shellback: DANG IT thats crisp!  A bit clean for my taste, but I SWEAR I could grab those tools and start working...some of the finest I've ever seen, Fantastic work!   The wood box, cable and rope are top notch too!

I just came on board this thread but I'll be watching closely...

treadwell

***...... ya bunch of girls....     just don't let Aaron Skinner see it...He has always been very nice & helpful to me

I edited out myself...I er wasn't sure of the spelling ?

 

Ya right ...................lol Tread

Thanks P38

nice work in here .. sweet ~

***...... ya bunch of girls....     just don't let Aaron Skinner see it...He has always been very nice & helpful to me

I edited out myself...I er wasn't sure of the spelling ?

Spacing the letters works also ............ u d d e r s ..............

     Yes you can!

Just spell it sdrawkcab.

      Get It?

Nope you cant , didnt know that .....................

you cant say *** here ?

Rob , Rob ......................nice guy you are to offer those figures .  I came acroos a few heads with the tanker helmets on in my stash also . I was thinking maybe having the only driver wearing the tanker helmet ................ I'll let you know . Thanks Rob .

Andy , yup Eleanor didnt care much for Marines . What an old hag ..........lol. Whats this ? You like this thread ................................well i'm glad your hanging around .

Hey !  You cant say *** on here   Let me rephrase "cut off the right chest pocket" and you should be good to go

Hey Carl, was looking through my figures spare parts box looking for some heads for some figs I'm working on and found these.

I thought you could possibly use them?  You could have them as a back up or another option.  There wearing tanker helmets and they should be pretty easy to convert to Marines.  Just sand off the right *** pocket and cut out the undershirt collar and you could pass them off as USMC.  Let me know and I can drop them in the mail and you could have them in just a few days.

Shellback

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps! 

It reminds me of a good friend I know... if I was not born deaf, you will probably find me in the Marines.  Bet my mom is very happy I am deaf because she will never let me join the armed forces.  LOL

I am really enjoying this thread!

Thanks guys for looking in and for following my w.i.p. .......much appreciate your comments .

Redleg , lol about the haircut .

Tread ,  i got the name from the memory of a guy that i knew that called the material brought up from dozing "riff raff " . Plus the meaning of the name seems to fit the general feeling towards the USMC in WW II ...............remember Eleanor Roosevelts comment about the Marines ?

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945

Rob , good to know you like how the tracks turned out .

Bill , glad you also like the name .

Thanks my friends ..............

Looking good Carl! Coming down to the finish line with this one. Love the choice of name!

Name really looks great on there   Still amazed at how you get your tracks too look.  I look at them every post you put up....NICE.   Looks like your getting pretty close now

Looking great ,Shell.......Did you just invent 'Riff Raff ' or was it from a picture ?...it sure sounds like a  name from the 40's  well done !......nice job on the figures so far...should be interesting

I guess  ' just a little off the top ' would be going to far as jokes go, but I had to say it. lol...

tread

Looking very nice. The crew look like the took the Marine haircut too seriously    LOL

Keep it coming

Rounds Complete!!

Rob , i'm (putting) any idea of a dio with this M4 dozer on the back burner for now . I'm ready to move unto another project when this one is finished .

"Riff Raff".......A Marine M4 dozer

Gunny is hasnt been in a good mood since Pearl Harbor .

Andy , coffee is good but like Rob said it only makes Gunny more edgy .

Rob , we'll see how good my figure surgery turns out .

Figure surgery still scares me.  Looks as if your surgical skills are well tuned, look forward to there progression and completion.  Are you still planning the dio with this build?

Picked that book up at Barns & Nobles

ANDY - Coffee alone just makes Gunny more wired and on edge the only thing that will calm him is a big cup of blood or a few

Here's my planned crew . I'll have them wearing standard M1 helmets with camo . Figures are from the old Italeri USMC set # 310 and i modified the hands /arms with parts from my spare figures box .