Academy 1/35 Warrior MCV

[Guest]

the front armour went on ok. Needed some clamping while the glue dried, but no filler required.

I don’t remember offhand what the problem was, but I think dimensional inaccuracies. As I recall, I fixed mine by cutting it and repositioning one of the side plates.

i must have been one of the lucky ones.......i got issued with a brand new [L85 rifle] and the only times it let me down was when i did something wrong.........but then i looked after it

Must admit I never had a problem with L85a1 just hated having to clean it to many parts to loose

That contrasts with a former RMP I used to know about 20 years ago, who had no good word to say about the L85.

You might find this video entertaining, though. This is part 4, I think, and the others in the series are also well worth watching if you’re interested in the L85 and its variants and development — they do a very good job explaining why the weapon has so many quirks (TL;DR version: designed by non-gun-designers and put into production too soon).

[Steve Jones]

A wonderful subject to build Bob. What are the tracks like?? Good luck with the wet stuff

[Mr Bowcat]

Pretty naff rubber band type Steve, but mostly going to be hidden.

[Mr Bowcat]

Did a little bit today. I'd primed everything black during the week and put the top coat on the hull this evening. I'm using the black basing technique to try and get some tonal variation.

[Steve Jones]

Nice update Bob. Shading has come out well

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Steve.

I got the turret and all the other bits painted yesterday, just need to finish of a couple of small parts and paint some white panels on the sides and rear, then I can get it glossed for decals and weathering.

[Guest]

Is this to represent a vehicle from the invasion of Iraq in 2003? Then don’t paint any details except the periscopes and loose stowage — leave everything covered in the sand-coloured paint. There was an article in Military Modelling at the time that had very good photos of how British vehicles for the early stages of that war were painted: nothing masked off, paint simply went over everything that the crew had left on and wasn’t obviously a window. Even then, the edges of many windows received more than just overspray.

[Guest]

Nice build Bob, is it getting a dio or just static? looking forward to see what you do.:thumb2:
as for the A2, it turned out to be not bad as a weapons system after H & K did the 30 odd mods on it, my opinion though it still lacks stopping power, preferred the old SLR for that , but not suitable for vehicle crews, but the A2 better than the Sterling in that sense.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys. :smiling3:

Jakko, I've done exactly that. everything is sand other than some of the loose boxes, chairs, vision blocks and water cans.

Brad, I shoot both 5.56mm and 7.62mm, agree that the latter would definitely have more stopping power. :smiling3:

Haven't decided on a base yet. I've already built a Challenger 2 and a Bradley, and I have an Abrams in the stash so might do a big base for all 4.

[Jon Heptonstall]

Not just the ports getting overspray. Repainted British vehicles often show overspray on tyres etc. Replicate that and you get a model which looks badly finished!
Jon.

[Guest]

Jakko, I've done exactly that. everything is sand other than some of the loose boxes, chairs, vision blocks and water cans.

I wasn’t sure if this was meant to be the final finish or if it was before detail painting

[Mr Bowcat]

No, the pics were just the base coat. I've been detail painting tonight.

[Guest]

Regardless of what colour I think it looks damned good , well done Bob .
I shall sit at the back and enjoy .
John .

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers John. :smiling3:

I painted the vision ports silver last night, the plan is to go back over them with a mixture of clear smoke and blue to try and give the impression of thick glass, we shall see how than works out.

[Guest]

Cheers John. :smiling3:

I painted the vision ports silver last night, the plan is to go back over them with a mixture of clear smoke and blue to try and give the impression of thick glass, we shall see how than works out.

Blue first, then the smoke once the blue has dried.