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Stellar realism Ian , beautiful destruction !!!

Made progress yet still tons to do , distressing/weathering etc. Made a fuel cap and neck [ kit had none ] . Headlights were soild resin bits , drilled them out and added a copper filiment and nicked some glass headlight pieces from somewhere in the spares box . Need to add hydrolic hoses all...

I admire youze guys that build ships , I've got my share of 1/350 kits and one of these days ...............

Man , I love this kit !!! So far everything is all good in the universe , fit , paint up etc. The suspension is a rocker arm type so all wheels will be touching the ground even on extreme uneven ground . The front end is also positionable , left , right etc , the bucket up , down etc. I'm even...

Ian build your loader , take it off the shelf , it's a weathering dream palette . It looks like the base kit is the same as the NATO version sans armored cab and front fenders . Next up is the Mig wheel loader . This kit so far is a dream compared to the Plus Models Hyster kit . First thought...

Beautiful BroSki , perfect !!! I can imagine the sunlight pics , but for my money I'll take the muted , pastel colors of an overcast day .

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Ok , it was a long bumpy road but it's done . After getting the main body built and painted this ia what I was left with . So now my choice was , tarp the front somewhat to hide the uneven thingie or shim the left rear wheel and put some pallets or oil drums around it to hide the 1/16th...

I like the muted pastel colors of the color [ sunless ] pic. The b/w is ok The color pic doesn't [ to me ] mean there's no sunlight , there's no sunlight on thick pine forest floors anyway . The real golden , lifetime achievement award would go to you capturing a ray of sunlight on the dio...

Excellent builds Ian , the ground work , exceptional !!!

Beautiful work Ian , very cool build , I love the scratch/damage/wear on the alum tanks and stowage boxes .

Ian , I'm guessing they're basically the same base kit ?

Who you callin a hippie sonny ?

Cool Ian , have you built it ? Anything I should know about before hand ?

Thanks guys , appreciate the comments . Next , resin adventures . I started the Hyster lift Wednesday morning , nice fit so far [ knock on wood ] . Always a little wary of [ entire ] resin kits , .................. Safe removal from pour blocks ........... Warpage ................... Fit...

Ok , now I'm callin it done . Ian , added some more lighter rust tones around the darker ones .

Thanks Ian !!! Actually I did just that . I airbrushed an extremely thinned red/brown color as a base . Then brush stippled a red/brown [ unthinned ] , followed by a terra cotta color for the lighter colors around the dark red/brown . I'll go back and add some more terra cotta around the deeper...

Thanks Saul , that's in memory of the many junkers I've had as a teen , I couldn't find a pair of 1/35th scale vise grips which was the standard missing window knob fix so I had to settle for a pipe wrench . Which actually doesn't work cuz it strips the teeth on the window knob .

Aside from the luggage rack and surfboards , I'm done . Rhino , I'd love to lay everything out but I can't do it in the room I build in . Just not enough room . However I'm cleaning out a spare bedroom to set this up so I can take overall layout pics . Hopefully it'll be soon .

I had to add rhis to the Jersey Shore build , just had to . Upon first recieving and opening the kit I was very impressed and excited to build this , but as to where I am now in the build it has become a love/hate relationship . Engine fit and alignment to the chassis / poor . Axles , tie rods ...