M151 A-2 Mutt & Trailer

[Arturius]

Hi there friend's

This is my currently building, and it was my return in to the modeling world, after a break of 10 years.:woohoo:
A M151 A-2 Mutt & Trailer, 1/35, Academy Minicraft.
A little poor kit, with a lot of injection marks, need a lot of sand-paper and putt.
Here some pictures:
The kit:

Here almost finished

Here the boys taken a break!

The present stage of the building, I'm aply the gloss varnish and will apply the decals.
The figures I need to paint and then make a base to a future dio.
After the decals I should aply the Matt Varnish and make a weathering, fot that I'll need wait the ProModeller products that I bought....

Well that's it!
Any suggestions are more than welcome!

Cheers!

 

[panzerace007]

ART,

Looks like a very good build. I just spotted one thing ... You could fill those ejector pin marks on the inside of the windshield.

Otherwise 'looks like off to a Great Start !!

 

[MrT]

Looks good ART!

Terry B)

 

[moon puppy]

Art, i've been doing the punched disk method of filling in holes like that. Punch out a piece of styrene about the size of the hole, glue it in, fill in with Mr Surfacer if needed and sand flush.

You're off to a great start.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Not bad at all after a decade off! By the way, you can always cover the punch marks with posters of pretty girls, just make sure you photograph and post the pretty girls!

Regards,

 

[Iron Mike]

Bom dia, Arturius! I like what you have done with your kit so far! What else do you have planned for it? Please keep the pictures coming!!

 

[ricklawler]

Thanks for sharing your progress.

Rick

 

[jknaus]

Looking good. If you want to add a little more eye candy to it you could get some fine wire and wire up the radio. Its a little thing that adds more visual appeal. This link might give you some idea how it should look. Radio
If you need some help just ask and I'm sure you'll be swamped with answers.
I like the looks of the jeep
James

 

[cb1]

I like it! reminds me of the jeep I drove in the 1980's.
I may have to add one to my collection.

 

[Arturius]

It's make a while, but the things come together...
after a gloss varnish, geat ready to weathering...

and a problem, like every good buid..

the paint in figures, make with brush sucks..
now I'll redo with airbrush. To compose a dio with the MUTT..

you could ask about the "hardtop" of the jeep, but I don't know why i cleaned it up :hmmm
it's my "guinea paint"

more up soon... :drinks

 

[Arturius]

Well guys, I start to make the weathering...
well i guess.. :hmmm

weathering round 1:

just a little consideration, it's the first time i use the products from Promodellers, and I think that is washy. I don't know if I dilute to much or to little.. :huh:

what you think?
I intend to do a Dio in the vietnam, so I think the color is right to represent mud...
in Vietnam i suppose that is more mud, than sand, right?

well I like yours opinion,

Cheers

 

[Arturius]

keep up, the shot continue...

Dry weathering

The Clean side

now the second hand of weathering, I think stays a little "clean" yet.
here waiting dry

I know there isn't at the level of the most of you guys, but I trying... :idonno

"the next model, always will be better..."
A friend use to say...
keep walking

tomorrow I'll try post anothers pics...

Cheers

 

[moon puppy]

Hey Art you're doing great. It's great to see someone try something new.

 

[Arturius]

Thanks Bob!

It's realy nice try something new. A little scarry but... :idonno

Thanks for watch, this week I was a little busy couldn't keep the building, maibe tomorrow night I could keep it up.

Cheers

 

[Arturius]

Hey there!

"A long time ago, in a far away galaxy..."

Well I think, I'm not good enough about "Time frames"...

Soo here what I've been done until now in this Jeep
A little dirt, almost there!
It's missing the windshield, I have to make some "dirt" on him yet.

In the background you can see another Huey that I'm building to a Campaing in other forum.
I've sad that I like Huey's???

 

[moon puppy]

Looking good Art, you got a good bit of mud around, should have some in the back also.


Way to stay at it!

 

[Iron Mike]

I thought I felt a disturbance in the Force, coming along nicely Arturius. Did you intend the misalignment of the drivers side wheel or did it move when you were photographing it?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Hey Arturius,

Great to see that one so close to finished! Will you be bringing that Huey to the "Charlie don't Surf Redux" Campaign?

Regards,

 

[jknaus]

Coming along nicely
James