Japanese LAV (JGSDF, 2004), Tamiya, 1/35

[Thomas_M]

Ah! That´s our Lucas!

As JimD said: you really cannot simply build this one, can´t you? Thanks for the smile watching your nice idea here!

[BorgR3mc0]

Interesting vehicle, I thought it was going to be one of the six wheeled LAV's. I had never seen this vehicle. It reminds me of a Panhard VBL.

Anyway, I like the whole Godzilla twist on the vignette.

[tigrazor]

Some more progress here. This weekend, there was an expo and I got some additional diorama stuff from BlackDog (CZ) for example. You can never have enough of this, can you? What had been done additionally so far?!

-Washing for the footprint (darker look, fresh earth)
-additional layer of clear paint/brown washing 1:1 in the puddles
-painted the driver, hes supposed to sit on the boxes, having a meal or something (not sure about it atm)
-painted the female soldier, insignia was scratched from paper and a tiny dot of dark red paint

The photographer is missing, Ill tell you later about him.

[BorgR3mc0]

her "cough" frame "cough" does not look very very japanese.... I like the painting none the less.

[tigrazor]

The *cough* upper parts *cough* are too much or what do you mean?!

Fun with flags!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6xz19186o



MRE - Meal refused by the enemy:





And last but not least the slightly changed BlackDog photographer. That strange piece of plastic and putty is a former Gebirgsjäger cap - a good base for a basecap that I dont have in my stash in 1/35:







Dr. Jones sr.:

[tigrazor]

All fits together very well, but the ejection marks are obviously something that shouldnt be there. Especially the 5 doors have them, as well as the inside of the MG stand. Would be insane to sand those - the doors shouldnt be a problem, though.

[tigrazor]

The hardest part is done. The LAV needs only small detailing like mirrors, windows, decals, cockpit etc. Tamiya says XF-58 for the cockpit, Ive chosen Testors Italian Green (imho its the better choice for the airbrush job).


Cockpit color:




Doors I




Doors II





Doors III





Cockpit:





Chassis taped:

[LyleW]

Very nice to this point. Great job on the doors. that was a lot of ejector marks.

[tigrazor]

Thanks Lyle.

Photoshop is fun. Some comics, a sign and the base label are in progress:

[LyleW]

Your restricted area sign reminds me of a T-shirt I saw on a fellow...."I am a hazardous materials technician. If you see me running away, hold your breath and try to keep up."