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Academy 1/35 South Korean K9 Thunder

Good day to you people.

As you all aware, I'm building a fleet of SPG and this is my fifth on the line after the Dana, Type 99, Pzh2000 and the AuF1. The sixth and seventh will be the Mista-S and AS-90.

I use four different kind of paint brands for the paint job; Mr Hobby Aqueus, Revell Aqua, Tamiya and Vallejo.

I decided to go for a very wet situation. I saw some videos of these gals doing exercise in a very rainy weather so I thought '' hey, rain .. wet vehicle.. wet mud..'' so I went ahead and put it on. To compliment the wet mud on the running gears, I decided to take the wet effects further. I decided to make the entire vehicle quite wet as if it has been staying out in the rain. In order to do that, I just used a lot of Vallejo Gloss Varnish as I do not want to spend money on any wet effect fluid. It's not perfect but it does the job suitably. Had I more budge, I would have love to get an AK or an AMMO.

The most unsatisfying thing on this particular build would be my lack on control when painting the lights. I thought they were alright but upon taking the pictures, I saw that they could use a repaint with the camo colours as the edges bled out but if you know me, you know I will just say '' meh, can't be bothered now'' and be done with it; which is exactly what I did. Another thing I am now regretting, in hindsight , is that I should have put on some more mud on the tyres. That was a BIG boo boo.

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Well, that's about as much I can sum up about the build. More informations and more photos ( many more) can be found on my blog -
http://modeller-innovation.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/academy-135-south-korean-k9-thunder.html
Please do have a look and thank you so much in advance for any feedback you guys may have. C&C are welcomed. Just be gentle... LOL.

Until the next launch .
 
Can't go wrong with RoK/MERDC camouflage in my opinion. The signage on the rear of the bustles is a very nice touch and really 'lifts' the whole thing.

Because I'm nobodies' 'expert' on modern armour, I hesitate to say this, but if I was building an AFV that was out on exercise or more accurately 'resting' whilst out on exercise (in the rain) I'd either remove the .50cal or fashion a tarp for it.... just a thought.

Another one for my 'inspiration' file.

:good:

Ian
 
Can't go wrong with RoK/MERDC camouflage in my opinion. The signage on the rear of the bustles is a very nice touch and really 'lifts' the whole thing.

Because I'm nobodies' 'expert' on modern armour, I hesitate to say this, but if I was building an AFV that was out on exercise or more accurately 'resting' whilst out on exercise (in the rain) I'd either remove the .50cal or fashion a tarp for it.... just a thought.

Another one for my 'inspiration' file.

:good:

Ian

now that's a great input ... I thought of removing the 50 entirely but I wasn't sure ...... hmm.. this got me thinking
 
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