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Hey all.

This is my latest armor models to be finished. I am so thrilled to get these off the workbench.

First off is the 1/72 scale Hobby Boss German Br-57 Panzerlok armored engine and tender. It was sprayed with a base of Panzer dunklegelb and later hand painted with the two other camouflage colors. I tried weathering with a dark brownish color at the base to reflect the dirt and coal debris that would have been kicked up during use or weather:








Next up is my 1/72 scale WWI US Army 8-inch Howitzer by Roden. Again this was sprayed with a base coat, then hand painted with the camouflage pattern. I lightly weathered this as I figured it would have been well cared for. Now I have something to hitch up to my FWD 3-ton ammo carrier:







It is far from my best but I did what I could with such a difficult model. I'm glad it is done!

And finally, this is Finished Model Number 1500! This completed model brings my entire model collection to the 1500 count milestone. It is the 1/72 scale RPM MACK cargo truck, late version done in US Army colors. This model also brings my total armor/vehicle count to 745 now.

Here it is all ready to be delivered to my US Army:







Don't ask me why the tilt still looks semi-gloss; I shot that puppy with dullcoat several times. I might have to try again.


Well, that's all I have for now. I might get a few more finished by the end of the year so stay tuned.

Meanwhile, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in.

That’s a nice batch of builds Mark. 745 vehicles and 1500 total? So if you finish 10 more vehicles before any other genre that puts you at 1510 and 755, or exactly 50% vehicles

I think I like the howtzer best of this batch....

Superb work Mark

Some nice work Duke you must be a mad building machine.

Thank you for the awesome replies and compliments guys!

Good idea Carlos! I have just the ten kits to do just that. I'll have to slow down on all the rest of I do that though. I might not since I want to finish that stinkin' 737!

Portman, Blacksheep, thanks guys! I appreciate you stopping in and commenting.

Floki, thanks for the compliment. I do tend to finish quite a few each year, but that is mostly because I work on so many at the same time. I also have Hobby Days every month to really boost my production. To get an idea of how I do that, feel free to check out my Maddog Manufacturing Thread on here.

Thanks again guys for the incredible comments and support!

May I ask a question about your armored engine? Did you want to keep the base monochrome to avoid conflict with your amazing camo?



I was curious because I was considering a turntable diorama for my Dad’s scratchbuilds.

Duke Maddog wrote:
Good idea Carlos! I have just the ten kits to do just that. I'll have to slow down on all the rest of I do that though. I might not since I want to finish that stinkin' 737!

Beyond the 737, add another aircraft and ground vehicle to that and make the ratio 1512/756... that keeps your batting average at .500...

Bruce, in all honesty; I just never got around to detailing the rails. I do hope to get them done; I have quite a number of track pieces to do.

Carlos, I do have another aircraft in progress I could add to this, as well as another ground vehicle. I can do that.....

Thanks for the suggestion Carlos, and thanks again for the great comments.

Duke,

All these are great, and I especially enjoyed the cannons. But this here I am particularly enjoying:



I like the finish you got on there, that’s one fine paint job. Very nice work!