1/48 Tamiya Gaz MM

[tank152]

I thought I'd share a few pics I took whilst I was building this over the Christmas holiday, what a great little kit to which I added the Hauler p/e set available for it.

Started of removing the plastic mud guards and replacing them with the p/e ones out of the set.

These were soldered together.

Then fixed onto the chassis with CA, I also added some nuts to the leave spring mountings, made from punched Evergreen.

Included in the set is this saw, made up from 3 parts, again soldered.

I added some timber frame work to the inside of the cab.

Also cut out and added the small window at the rear.

A quick dry fit to make sure everything was ok fit wise.

Time for some paint.

Primer layer on cab.

Wood, primer, black chipped. The mud guards still in primer plus areas of rust added.

Next up the wooden body.

Over view of sub assemblies.

Russian green added and chipped/worn away.

Next up weathering.

Comments welcome.

Tim.

[JimHead23]

Very smart! I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[tank152]

Cheers Jim. Actually the model is finished now, I'll post the finished article in RFI, hopefully over the weekend.

Tim.

[stoohoo]

That looks superb Tim I love the chipped effect you have got, is that the AK worn effects you are using?

Whats the green stuff you have you used for masking the transparencies, I noticed it on your TA152, is it a liquid masking fluid?

Will keep my eye out for the RFI

[tank152]

Hi Stu, yes I've used AK Worn Effects to achieve the chipping/wear. The green stuff is this,

which like you guessed is a masking fluid it is designed for masking canopies and does not contain ammonia so you can still use it over ones dipped in Klear.

I'm going to try and get some pics up in RFI over the weekend, thanks for your kind comment,

Tim.

[tank152]

Calling this finished.

More pics in RFI.

Tim.

[mixup_1]

Wow! Fantastic work! Weathering is lovely..so realistic and not over done one bit! Thanks for sharing!