JamesOLeary
Master at Arms
Hello All,
It's been a while since I have built anything and this will be the first vehicle I have attempted in over 15 years. It is a M151A1 belonging to 2d Battalion 47th Infantry (Mechanized) of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam circa 1967. It belongs to the S3 section of the battalion and is painted in the glossy dark olive green paint scheme of the era. So far I have the main part of the vehicle painted and markings applied. The mirror broke off while I was installing the dry transfers and will be glued back on later. I still need to install the radio set, the seats, antenna, and some small accessories. I also need to lightly weather it. The vehicle will become part of a diorama that I plan on building.
Here are some in-progress pictures:
Base coat applied, dry brushed, and ready for gloss coat for installation of dry transfers.
After being painted with the dry transfers and gloss coat applied.
It was difficult to try to keep the dry transfers straight, especially with nerve damage to one of my eyes. However, based on the way some of our bumper numbers were painted on some of our vehicles nowadays, it looks about right.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James
It's been a while since I have built anything and this will be the first vehicle I have attempted in over 15 years. It is a M151A1 belonging to 2d Battalion 47th Infantry (Mechanized) of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam circa 1967. It belongs to the S3 section of the battalion and is painted in the glossy dark olive green paint scheme of the era. So far I have the main part of the vehicle painted and markings applied. The mirror broke off while I was installing the dry transfers and will be glued back on later. I still need to install the radio set, the seats, antenna, and some small accessories. I also need to lightly weather it. The vehicle will become part of a diorama that I plan on building.
Here are some in-progress pictures:
Base coat applied, dry brushed, and ready for gloss coat for installation of dry transfers.
After being painted with the dry transfers and gloss coat applied.
It was difficult to try to keep the dry transfers straight, especially with nerve damage to one of my eyes. However, based on the way some of our bumper numbers were painted on some of our vehicles nowadays, it looks about right.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James
