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That figure looks beautiful, all the resin looks to be going together nicely

Thanks Floki. And yes, its going very well. It will need some filling when i fit the upper and lower parts together, but nothing major.

Finally got a chance to get in an update. Been a bit of a struggle with parts fit, buts its getting there.

Got the insids painted with some light wear. The instructions say to paint NATO green, but from my memory and pics i could find, these were darker than that. On the Airfix forum in an old thread about British Army colours, some one claimed that vehicles in Ireland were painted darker to distinguish ones used for internal security duties from conventional warfare. Not sure if this is true, but they were certainly darker. I made my own mix useing Tamiya's NATO green, Dark Green and a touch of NATO black. Seems pretty good to my eye. I addd some wear to the flor, mainly where the top cover would stand as well as in the front foot wells.



The upper body was also painted and just got a light dry brush.



Then the seats and belts were fitted. I also added a bergan on the ECM frame. Ozzy mentioned that they used to put there ECM in vehicles like this and that remindd me that we did as well. easier than trying to scratch a bit of kit. Also addd a set of rocket pouches. I went for the early 90's single colour packs rather than the DPM ones introduced later. I added some wire from the ECM pack which will be run up to the roof. This shows the colour much better than the previous pic.





I then got the roof on being careful not to completly fill in the join.





And the front of the cab with decals added.



With all that, the body was fitted to the chassis, followed the the forward bulkhead, after front wind screns were added, and then the front of the body. Fit was tight, had to do some sanding, bending and clamping, but it got there.







Got a bit of clean up to do before masking and painting.

It's looking great!

Wow! What Mike said!

Coming along great Bish! The interior has a good used clean look

That's looking really good the weathering inside looks great

That's looking great Bish - the interior is very well done!

Cheers guys. These generally stuck to the roads so i didn't want to mud it up, i am prety pleased with the worn look. Working with these resin kits is not the esiest thing, but a bit of work and it pays off i think.