Thanks Pawel!
Gamera, your wish is my command.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and see one of the rarest sights known to man! What's this rarity you asked, well I'm glad you asked. This rarity is not only a finished model known by the modeler known as lewbud (a rarity in and of itself), but it's a model from the losing side of WWII! (Axis power models just ain't my thing). I sanded the right front fender and the mold line on the left fender and attached the hood.
Fit wasn't too bad and with a little finesse, was able to get a suitable fit for it. While I was waiting for the glue on the hood to set, I painted and decalled the dash board.
And attached the barn doors in the rear. If you recall, one of my earlier fears was that there was nothing to hold the doors in place other than the hinges (and in my exuberance cut the hinges off the left door). Once the body was mounted to the frame, there was enough support to glue the doors securely to the body.
Here she is with the body painted and front windshield installed. I used Life Colors Acrylics Giallo something (I'll look it up when get home and post it). It was the first time I had used this paint and found it quite easy to spray. One thing I noticed is that it was very thick coming out of the bottle and had to be thinned considerably before being sprayed. I almost had enough to paint in the first mixing to paint the entire model. Here she is all buttoned up. The gaps are much smaller when viewing in person. The real vehicle had sliding glass windows and the kit gives you a choice of fully closed or open. For something different, I left the driver's window open. While I don't have a pic of the doors unpainted, instead of molding the door release lever with the door Bronco made it a photoetch piece with no plastic back up in case it went pinging off to the Land of Lost Parts. I also had an unforseen problem with wheel alignment. I thought I had everything square, but apparently I had the rear glued in at a slight angle and the right rear tire was covered by the leading edge of the wheelwell by a couple of millimeters. At the last minute, I decided the rear needed something, since I didn't have any Italian Army markings, I used one of the civilian license plates to add some color. (I don't have a pic of it and won't until it gets back from Chatanooga) I got her to my friend's Jame's house Monday afternoon and he was happy to see it, kind of bummed that I didn't get the kettenkrad towing the field kitchen done, but happy nonetheless. James told me about one of the members not finishing his Tamiya Simca5. I now have an itch to find one of those and build it, civillian of course.
