M20 Scout Car

This is the old Tamiya M20 Scout Car or Utility Vehicle.
Went together well.  If you are going to detail out the interior, you need to plan for completing all interior details including paint and weathering before assembling the upper hull.  That includes the driver figure. I ended up re-purposing him since I could not get him in afterward.


I had fun with the weathering and addition of the resin stowage items.

I actually used the kit tie down handles for wrapping the ropes.



Vince B. 7-30-18

KV Train (Hypothetical)

This was a fun build involving 3 kits.  The first of which was the Takom KV -5 that Jon Baker donated to the cause.  The second was an old Ironsides Flatcar kit with really bad plastic and resin details, followed by an old Dragon KV2 kit with the big turret.

I made armor side skirts from sheet plastic and strips.  The bolt head are doll house nails.  Drilled out all of the frames and super glued them in place.


I painted in a winter camo scheme.  Washed with oils and simulated some bad scrapes and wear spots with oils.  Burnt Umber for dirt with Indian Red for rust.  Layers of wash and rust provide the effect of longevity.


The rail car itself was painted with ModelMaster Gunmetal and Lacquer Metalizer. This was repeatedly washed with oils and dullcoated to provide the old and battered effect.


Vince B 7-2-18