So, I've almost completed another armor kit. I'm really liking the way this has gone together. This had a bit more PE than most any other kit I've done. I ordered some stowage pieces from Value Gear. I really like their products and the owner Steve Munsell is a great guy. I had the pleasure of meeting him at Nat's last August. I've placed a few of the items I'll be adding to this kit in the pictures, they are not secured down yet. If anyone remembers the Challenger II kit I've been working on, it too, will have some stowage added and I'll get them added to the completed armor kits section.
1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
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Re: 1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
,oops great!
Uhh, “looks”not. “,oops”.
Uhh, “looks”not. “,oops”.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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That looks great! But I gotta ask about the blue tarp…. not something I’ve ever come across on a US vehicle before…
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Re: 1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
I just wanted something visually different. Going with the "idea" they were out training, someone grabbed a blue tarp from their personal vehicle before heading out and they throw their stuff on it instead of just throwing it on the dirt. It's something I picked up from another builder somewhere as well. They liked to add something different to a build to catch your eye.Stikpusher wrote:That looks great! But I gotta ask about the blue tarp…. not something I’ve ever come across on a US vehicle before…
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Just let the CO or First Sergeant see it Very non tactical. Not saying that such things don’t happen, but commanders tend to pitch a fit when they see such things.The further you are away from command staff, the better chance you have of getting away with it.
Now an air ID VS-17 panel on the other hand is quite normal to see… take your pick, fluorescent red or fluorescent orange…
Now an air ID VS-17 panel on the other hand is quite normal to see… take your pick, fluorescent red or fluorescent orange…
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Re: 1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
That looks fantastic!
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Re: 1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
Nice!! I built that same kit and I loved it. I'll have to check out that Value Gear. The one thing that I couldn't get was a backboard for it. It really needs to be on there. All the pics I've seen have at least one backboard on there.
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Re: 1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
Nice Mike! I have a 1/32 Revell EC-135 that has a couple of backboards in it. I was actually considering stealing one and seeing if the scale was fairly close that wouldnt look too odd. If it does, I could always try to make one out of milliput and see how it turns out. I agree though, it needs the backboard or a Stokes somewhere.Medicman71 wrote:Nice!! I built that same kit and I loved it. I'll have to check out that Value Gear. The one thing that I couldn't get was a backboard for it. It really needs to be on there. All the pics I've seen have at least one backboard on there.
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Re: 1/35 Trumpeter M1133 MEV
Mike, for your cargo nets on top, did you make those yourself? As for Value Gear, the owner Steve Munsell is a great dude! I may even reach out to him to see if he could make a backboard.Medicman71 wrote:Nice!! I built that same kit and I loved it. I'll have to check out that Value Gear. The one thing that I couldn't get was a backboard for it. It really needs to be on there. All the pics I've seen have at least one backboard on there.
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The cargo nets are photoetch. I'll have to see if I can remember where I got them.
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