laskdjn

add AAVs to the list of sea foam green interiors.

 

add AAVs to the list of sea foam green interiors.

A basic rule of thumb when it comes to the color of modern US armor, is that if the interior of the vehicle won't be seen from the outside, it is normally gloss white.

If the vehicle operates with a large hatch open, like an armored personnel carrier, for troops to egress, then it is sea foam green, more of a satin finish.

So tanks tend to be white and APC, IFV, CFV are sea foam green.

Yeah, I had no idea there were different interior colours. Thank for the head's up!!! 

I appreciate the info. Verrry interesting, as Artie Johnson used to say on Laugh-in.

That might be useful to me at some point in the future. Thanks.

Thanks M1GarandFan.  I like doing all the interior detail even though I know most will not be seen.

M1GarandFan

Several of you are real experts at modern U.S. vehicles. I assume that the light green interior paint is the current color being used?

It depends on the vehicle.  Tank and howitzer interiors are still white.  Strykers also have white interiors.  Most wheeled vehicles (HMMWV, HEMTT, MRAP, FMTV, etc.) have either dark green or sand interiors.  APCs (Bradley, M113, M577, AAVP7, LAV-25, etc.) have the seafoam green interior.

It IS a shame that most of the interior won't be seen. You're doing such a great job on it, it looks like you could climb right in. Love the detail and added equipment.

I enjoyed the interior detail of my Bronco M24 turret, but you can't really see any of it either.

Several of you are real experts at modern U.S. vehicles. I assume that the light green interior paint is the current color being used?

Thanks guys.  It has been fun so far.

Again, very cool. She's coming right along! 

Excellent work here. I will publicly admit that interiors give me hives, hats off here.

Thanks guys.  I too love doing interiors.  Yes, most won't be seen, but I know it is there and I enjoy the detail work.

I have a small update as well.  I added some personal items and gear to the interior to complete it.  I am calling the interior done.

In the back, I added a couple MRE boxes, water can, ammo boxes, canteens, a helmet, bags, etc.

Same in the driver area.

In the turret, I also added a bag, ammo can, and canteen, along with a map for the BC (Bradley Commander).

I love kits with interiors, but I know most of it will be invisible forever.

But since I enjoy building, just putting parts together, it's more bang per kit.

Sharp job there on all the interior detail! 

HeavyArty

I fixed the markings on the TOWs.  Brown stripe for motor end.  I don't know how I screwed that up.  I know better.

 

I fixed the markings on the TOWs.  Brown stripe for motor end.  I don't know how I screwed that up.  I know better.

stikpusher

My only critique is the TOW rounds. You could have a blue dummy warhead on a brown live rocket motor stripes, for training rounds. But the yellow live warhead stripe wouldn’t be seen on a round with a dummy rocket motor blue stripe. 

Thanks stik.  Good catch.  That is what I get for following Tamiya's instructions without either thinking about it or checking.  That is an easy fix with some brown paint.

It’s all looking the part. My only critique is the TOW rounds. You could have a blue dummy warhead on a brown live rocket motor stripes, for training rounds. But the yellow live warhead stripe wouldn’t be seen on a round with a dummy rocket motor blue stripe. 35 1/2 years later and I still remember way too much stuff from that school... lol!

I love all the wiring, the dome lights, dirt on the floorboards.... dead bang on target.

I have been progressing pretty well.  I think the interior is pretty much done.  I painted it using Krylon Pistachio spray.  It is dead-on for interior seafoam green.  I added M16A1s, an M203, and an M60 to the weapons mounts.  Pretty much all of the decals are from the Tamiya kit, with a few from the Meng interior set.  

I added a 3D printed intercom control box and J-boxes to the interior as well.  The interior lights are from the Meng set,  wiring is fine solder and string. The hand holds are from the Eduard Interior PE set.

The IP is from the Eduard Interior set.  It looks really nice once painted and detailed.

Here is the Meng turret interior.  I added the radios from the Meng set, detailed and wired.  

The lower turret basket from Meng.  The ammo feed chutes are from the Eduard Turret Interior PE set as Meng missed them.

I still need to add a few detail pieces such as MRE boxes, a couple bags, maps, etc. to make it look a bit more lived in.  More to come later. 

Looks good! Nice to see how well the different kits fit together. 

CapnMac82

That's looking good.

Now, to get that German amber Mars "Vorsicht, großes, sich bewegendes Metalltier" light spinning around on a railroad flat car  might be interesting

In 1990, the trains looked the same, only with about 1/3 of the vehicles in some ammount of tan-colored paint (and the same number of Mars lights still left on).

 

Thanks guys.  I don't know why they didn't do the turret interior either.  It wouldn't have been that much more work; maybe one more interior sprue.

That's looking good.

Now, to get that German amber Mars "Vorsicht, großes, sich bewegendes Metalltier" light spinning around on a railroad flat car  might be interesting

In 1990, the trains looked the same, only with about 1/3 of the vehicles in some ammount of tan-colored paint (and the same number of Mars lights still left on).

It was a mystery to me as to why they did a fairly comprehensive troop compartment interior (at least for the 1980s), yet did not do anything for the turret, driver's hole or engine compartment.

Thanks guys.  It has been fun so far.  The Meng parts fit the Tamiya hull and turret pretty close.  A bit of sanding here and there to make things fit, but nothing too bad.  The Meng parts definitely are more detailed and look much better than the old Tamiya parts.  The Tamiya parts still hold up pretty well though.

Nicely detailed Gino! I was wondering how the fit of the Meng parts were going to be with the Tamiya kit. 

As per usual, your attention to the details is amazing, Gino.

I'm looking forward to seeing the paint.

Work continues.  I have completed most of the interior work.  I added the weapons mounts from the Eduard set on the interior and a few other pieces.  Most of the Eduard parts  have been eclipsed by the better Meng parts.  I also used the inside periscopes from the Eduard set.  I will use the seat belts and some other small parts as I finish it up.

The turret interior is built up too.  The Meng turret interior fits the Tamiya turret base and opening well.  I back-dated the turret front wall to the bareness of the original M2 with just an entry door into the coax compartment.  I also will add a breech for the 25mm Bushmaster that I had made from a previous Bradley project.  The breech was nto covered as it is on later marks of the Bradley.  I used the Eduard radio rack, with a wider shelf and I will use the Meng radios (cut off their shelf) here too.

Lastly, I added Eduard parts and a bit of scratch to detail the insides of the driver's and TOW reload hatch on the roof.

Next up will be some paint and more interior detailing.

stikpusher

 

 

CapnMac82

Wow, the word "REFORGER" just takes me back.

Living, as I did, then, right at half-way between Hood and Houston, if it wasn't someone I knew busy in working up to go, it was seeing equipment rolling by on the railroad mainline heading one way or the other.

 

 

 

 

Beaumont/Port Arthur.... 

 

CapnMac82

Wow, the word "REFORGER" just takes me back.

Living, as I did, then, right at half-way between Hood and Houston, if it wasn't someone I knew busy in working up to go, it was seeing equipment rolling by on the railroad mainline heading one way or the other.

 

Beaumont/Port Arthur.... 

Wow, the word "REFORGER" just takes me back.

Living, as I did, then, right at half-way between Hood and Houston, if it wasn't someone I knew busy in working up to go, it was seeing equipment rolling by on the railroad mainline heading one way or the other.

Looking forward to seeing this build.