Another Magach 6B Gal Batash

 This is my Magach 6B Gal Batash, built for our IDF build competition. It is the Academy kit with some additions. 

The stowage is from the kit, Black Dog, & Dioart. The coaxial machine gun is built from some kit and some Legend parts with EZ Line for the control cables. Non-slip surfaces are made from embossing powder. (Last photo shows this on turret before painting.) Cable supports on basket are made from Evergreen L-channel. The antenna is a length of fiber optic line. The tactical insignia panels are made from aluminum foil. Figure is from the kit.

Kit is painted mostly with acrylics. The main color is ModelAir Hemp. Tracks were painted with ModelMaster gun metal lacquer. Black pin wash added. Weathering is AK Middle Eastern Dust pigment held on with alcohol.

 

 

 

M-9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE)

 I recently completed the Takom M-9 ACE for the HAC Engineering Vehicle contest.  The M-9 is built out of the box, base coat paint is Model Master Sand, #4720, and of  course, heavily weathered.  The kit allows you to pick 3 different blade/suspension posses; driving mode, blade down digging and suspension lowered, blade up with suspension raised up.  I chose the last option with the blade up and suspension raised up.

It is modeled after an M-9 ACE serving in the 20th Engineers in Iraq.

In these 3 photos above you will see the rubble, ground cover, dirt and other debris I added to the blade and inside the bay.

And here are two more photos while under construction.  Now go back in the blog's archives and look for Vince's version with blade down and digging!  What a fun kit to build.  And am probably going to add a base and more rubble.

Enjoy!

JagdPanther

 This was for practice, out of the box, not intended for contest performance. The FUMAN kit was old Bandai so there was a lot of missing detail. 

 I didn't add a lot of details or stowage.  It did need an antenna. This was intended as E-Bay fodder.

I think these are great kits for kids to practice on. Fit is good. 

These are the kit rubber band tracks. I did hide the staples up under the armor skirts. 

Vince B 2-26-21

Gun Tower

 Todays completion is of the Fictional Gun Tower. Yup lots of scrap parts on this one. The main turret was from a French AUF something or other kit by MENG,  This was a donation by Tom Moon, The tower portion was scratch built from evergreen sheets and strips, before adding lots of other leftovers.

As recommended by committee, I made the overall color scheme dark and ominous. The figures used are unusual as they are more ~ 1/40 scale and fit my needs perfectly. 

I did put in some subtle fiber optic lighting effects with the battery and switch under the turret.

Decals were exhumed from my scraps bag. I imbedded the tower base in my hodgepodge of groundwork. This time using styrofoam sheet as the base to protect the wood from warpage. 

Vince B.   2-5-2021