Your comments are more than appreciated Bish, thanks. Plenty of spares left over from this kit, will have to find something to utilize them on.

Is not that the way of things. Well, now you have some spares

And i seem to have missed those final pics. Looks amazing, really nice work on this.

Just a post script to this, cleaning up the work space I found the two - 3 piece wiper blades I put aside for attachment . Doh!

Really thanks Tojo, but I've seen some of your stuff and you'd probably kick ass and take names.

RX7850

It  looks to be a very complicated kit to build and you did an excellent job with it . Just needs a complimentary  base. 

 

It got a little tedious at times, thanks for the compliment. It really doesn't deserve  a base, but if and when I do a dio for the first time it's a consideration to utilize.

It  looks to be a very complicated kit to build and you did an excellent job with it . Just needs a complimentary  base. 

Thanks SprueOne, appreciate the sentiment.

Always good to hear from you Pawel,thanks for checking in.

Very nice finish.

templar1099 - good to see this one finished! Sure looks impressive, congratualtions! Keep 'em babies comin' and have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks Gamera, it was the only option I really had.

Thanks Griff,greatly appreciated.

Griffin25

That's freaking AWESOME!!! Great work. It's crying out for a base.

 

Amen!!! 

Love how you took the list to the side and worked it to your advantage. 

That's freaking AWESOME!!! Great work. It's crying out for a base.

Won't list all the defencies, but the fatal flaw of a distinct starboard list was finally remedied by deploying the boom to that side with the reasoning(?) being it may actually lean that way in the real world.Improvise,Adapt,Overcome. I also lost the last run of cage armour on the same side due to poor stanchion placement on the front fender. Lesson learned as to how instruction step #7 affects step #23.

Mandatory mea culpa for the photos as I'm still diddlin' with a new camera. There's a lot of pics as some lighting reflects attributes I find revealing. Got to learn the " Goldilocks " settings to capture both attributes in one shot.

 As far as painting and detailing; I'm appling my grandfather's maxim about golf:"you have to play for years,just to be bad."

Thanks.

Gotta be hard on myself Bish. The difference between pics and live are ,well you probably know.Good pics would show the obvious (to me) flaws and shortcomings,but I'm pleased as punch to have assembled it rather cleanly,honed the use of tweezers,and manipulated and attached tiny PE,and begun to recognize problems and obstacles ahead of time. It's realizing the look one wants that eludes me.Onward and upward. 

Thanks templar. And i thnik your being a bit hard on yourself, that is a nice build by any standards.

Apreciated Gamera, that's the beauty of not being able to take GOOD pictures.

She looks pretty darn good to me from the photos. 

Way too kind Bish, but thanks, btw, nice piece in Scale Talk.

Missed this one. Nice subject and really nice job on it. Good luck with the bar armour.

Update. To add insult to injury I finally picked up a new camera so the usual bad pics are compounded by unfamiliarity. Had to finish the body before the cage armour which is assembled and awaiting a fit for angles and spacing, then prime,spot lights and paint. I believe it sounds easier said then done.

I wanted it grimy,figuring it's more of an urban vehicle, but used the wrong wash on the tires and being acrylic based I couldn't justify taking the necessary labor ( lazy?) it would entail to start from scratch.In addition, for a kit that appears pretty robust the wheels are very tenuous, couldn't take much handling. The spare tire is not finished and it is sans whip antennas but I figured it is a configuration of these vehicles which are utilized in various roles,I've seen one kitted out in as a fire fighting rig. The camo was depicted on a French deployment. I won't list all the problems and mistakes , it has been dropped and rolled over,plus the handling. If this hobby wasn't so much fun.....

Any and all comments,per usual,are gladly welcomed.Thanks.

Thanks Gamera, yea a clamp like device that spins and revolves 360 would be perfect.

Oops, I missed your last update too.

Anyway she's looking good now. And I know what you mean about stuff breaking once the body is cemented together and not being able to reach stuff- I've cursed up a few blue streaks there...

Thanks Pawel,I plan to finish the arm and then the slat armor to be sure it will all go together nicely before any finish and weathering is applied.

Hello!

It's nice to see an update here, I have missed the last one - sorry! The paint looks good, but could probably look even better with a little shading. The "backhoe" should probably be called something like "manipulator arm". Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Quick update. I was ready to add the splash guards and a couple of lenses and put the main body aside to work the bar armor but as you'll see in the head-on pic there is a slight list to starboard which upon closer inspection is due to a linkage break on the chasis. Got to figure out how to manipulate the body upside down and see what can be done to re-attach said link.

It's been a two step foward,one back process as handling this vehicle is my major headache, I like to be able to hold the subject close,and the almost non-existant to barely visible contact points do not lend themselves to a secure bond.C'est la vie. I did get the backhoe ( for lack of a a technical term) arm cobbled together,and it works, but I will leave it in the extended position for primer and paint and then cross my fingers and fold it in the stowed position and add it. The usual bad pics follow. Thanks.

Still plugging away at this. I've become much more adept at taking these apart than putting them together. Handling it results in at least one piece being detatched every time,royal pain in the ass.The biggest hassle has been the 'step' between the upper hull and lower chassis,with the port side being the worst. I attribute it to over zealous clamping on the interior panels.File,sand fill....... Got a base coat and rough outline for camo,next all the peripherals and see where I stand then. Haven't even looked at the bar armor yet. Thanks