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M577 HQ11 from 2d BN 47th IN (Mech) 9th ID

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JamesOLeary

Master at Arms
Several months ago, last July to be exact, I had started working on two M577s - one being made from the Tamiya kit and the other being a kit bash of AFV Club's M113A1 ACAV and the Tamiya M577 kit. The one this thread is about is the Tamiya M577.

Some things that I have done to improve the kit was drill out some details, drill holes where the bolts and the side skirts were attached and removed, and add the drivers compartment.

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After priming the model with black spray paint, I used a regular brush to apply Reaper's Black Green which I have found to be the best match for me for the dark OD green used during that time period. I then applied dry transfer markings, painted yellow circles, and then applied dry transfer numbers to the yellow circles.

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Two nights ago I painted the trim vane. In mid 1967 all of the trim vanes in the Battalion were to have a Panther painted onto them as the battalion was known as the Panthers. There were several variations and poses allowed. All of the HQ tracks whether M577s or the Commander's and S3 M113s had the same pose for the Panthers painted onto their trim vanes. Since these were painted by crew members, they varied from looking ferocious to looking kind of cartoonish like the one on HQ.

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After completing the tribute to SGT Russell Fant, I started working on this model again. I used DEF Models early road wheel set for the road wheels. I attached them today. I still need to weather them.
Other things I have done:
Removed masking tape from driver's compartment.
Installed driver's hatch.
Made a large box out of styrene strips, textured it with a wire brush, and painted it.
Painted two footlockers.
Painted and mounted the poles. I also made the bracket that was missing from the kit that holds the two ridge poles at the bottom.
Painted and installed the generator minus the lifting bracket.

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Skinny_Mike said:
Nice work James. The weathering looks really good
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Thank you. Normally I would have started the weathering process using oil washes, but I couldn't find my oil paints so it is all done with powdered pigments with chipping and scratches done with black and white acrylics mixed to look somewhat like aluminum.
 
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