discussion Aliens M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier 1/35

[Bigfoot57]

So I got this model off eBay I’ve no idea who made it or anything it was just there for sale a reasonable price I thought I have that I think it’s about 20 quid and it’s the same scale as my tank models
There’s not much to it I think about 20 pieces so it’s going to be the painting that will either make or break this model
No instructions so I can’t show you that what you see below is what we got
From the looks of it there is a complete interior quite well detailed



So the first thing I tackled was painting the wheels what I did first was give them a Matt black coat allowed that to dry then dry brushed tire black across the tread so it wasn’t all one uniform boring colour then with a bit of research I came to the conclusion the colour for the APC on the outside is a black green or greenish black depending how you look at it so that’s what colour I painted in the centre of the wheels using reversible tweezers or clamps to hold each wheel by its axle this gave me a nice platform to paint on as my hands are not the steadiest

And finally for this section I painted the floor and the seats of the actual interior at the moment they look a right mess but once I get the paint on the walls I will clean all up

 

[PaulTRose]

I like the look of this

The real thing was based on an airplane tug

 

[PaulTRose]

I like the look of this

The real thing was based on an airplane tug

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Interesting
The only other APC kit I'm aware of is the old Halcyon one from waaay back in the day. That was 1/35. There was an interior set put out at the time. The problem was, the interior as seen in the film does not fit inside the shell of the vehicle, as the film set ignored the size of the wheels! Looks like this kit has actually solved that 'minor' detail and made a narrowed interior

Somewhere out there, there was also a set of about half the marines squad, including Ripley, but neither Burke nor Gorman. I only ever managed to get Wierzebowski!

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

I like the look of this

The real thing was based on an airplane tug

You are quite correct, and quite correct!