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Quite a different looking Starfighter 👍

Another top job Russ, very realistic finish on your Walrus 👍 Patrick

Beautiful finish on your Sabre, Dragan: great job 👍

Great paint job & diorama setting👍

Thanks for your kind comments 👍 Patrick

Thanks again for your kind comments 👍 Cheers, Patrick

Thanks mate, much appreciated. 👍 Patrick

Thanks for your kind comments! Cheers, Patrick

Hello all, Although I mostly build aircraft and helicopters, I also visit this Armour RFI section from time to time. As I recently completed Trumpeter's M706 Commando Armored Car, I thought I post a few pictures here. For my project in the "Vietnam War" Group Build, I wanted an armour vehicle to accompany my OH-6A chopper for a typical Vietnam scene. The Trumpeter M706 kit is a really nice kit: simple to construct and with good level of detail. I opened up the top hatch and one of the side doors, while adding a bit of detail on these. Also added some communication equipment and a second fire extinguisher in the interior. Externally, PE grills were added to the front light protectors and an antenna made of stretched sprue. Interestingly, the kit tires are made of some sort of rubber, looking very toyish and shiny out of the box. I simply sprayed these Tamiya Rubber Black, making them look much better. Paints are Tamiya/Gunze, weathering was done with oils and some pigments. Credits background: Freepik https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/misty-morning-field-with-mountains-background_11678309.htm#query=desert foggy&position=2&from_view=search&track=ais More pictures of the helicopter can be found here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235155352-oh-6a-cayuse-“operation-snoopy”-10th-cavalry-regiment-an-son-vietnam-1970/ Thanks for looking, comments always welcome! Cheers, Patrick

Hello all, While looking for an interesting OH-6A chopper to build, I came across the AOA "Low level scouts" decal sheet (which is for 1/35 models). This includes one helicopter in a rather unusual (to me at least) camo scheme. Searching a bit further, it appeared that this particular helicopter was used for so-called "Snoopy Operations" over Vietnam, where OH-6A choppers were equipped with chemical sensors (XM-3 airborne personnel detectors) to detect human presence in the jungle. Such aircraft were also referred to as "Sniffers" and flew low-level missions, in conjuction with helicopter gunships, over the Vietnamese jungle. On the ARC forums, at the time when this AOA decal sheet was released, some pictures were shared of this particular airframe (see page 2 of this topic, copyright owner unknown): http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/291968-new-decals-oh-6a-loach-in-the-vietnam-war/page/2/ This seemed an interesting Cayuse to build for this year Vietnam's GB. I used the 1/72 AZ Model kit as a basis, with some modifications: all four doors were removed, as per the reference pics, and the XM-3 detection equipment was scratched. I also used some PE parts from AZ Model's set, a Croco vacform canopy and added a bit of detail here and there. Decals are puzzled together from various decal sheets. Paints are Gunze, weathering was done with oils and a touch of pigment. Not the easiest kit to build, being short run with lots of flash on the parts, quite small and also with such a large canopy part, but I am pleased with how it turned out. For the diorama, I added Trumpeter's M706 Commando Armored Car, which was a nice side project to complete. Credits background picture: Freepik, https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/misty-morning-field-with-mountains-background_11678309.htm#query=desert foggy&position=2&from_view=search&track=ais WIP link: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235151900-oh-6a-cayuse-vietnam-1970/#comment-5245913 Thanks for looking, comments always welcome! Cheers, Patrick

AZ Model OH-6A Cayuse - 1/72 scale: Credits background picture: Freepik, https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/misty-morning-field-with-mountains-background_11678309.htm#query=desert foggy&position=2&from_view=search&track=ais WIP:

Thanks guys. Well, I got the final smaller bits added. A few details were added to the main rotor housing, stretched sprue was used for the tailboom antenna while the antenna wire under the belly was done with rigging wire. The last item to be added was the typical sniffing device, mounted on the left side leg and connected to the onboard detection equipment - and with that my Vietnam chopper is done; likely the smallest flying object I have ever built ☺️ Credits background picture: Freepik, https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/misty-morning-field-with-mountains-background_11678309.htm#query=desert foggy&position=2&from_view=search&track=ais More pictures are in the Gallery. This was another great GB, with excellent builds participating. Thanks to those viewing/following my build and a thank you to @DaveJL for moderating this GB!! Cheers, Patrick

Great job👍 Excellent paint work, love the armament details also.

Good progress has been made on my little egg over the (long) weekend 🙂 I completed the painting and decals are on; an oil panel line wash has been applied and a flat coat to seal everything in. The decals are bits and pieces from several decal sheets. This is where I am now (not much left to do, so I expect to wrap this one up rather quickly): In the meantime, I have been working on a small side project: this is Trumpeter's M706 Commando Armored Car, also in 1/72 scale. This is really a nice little kit, simple to construct and with great level of detail. I mounted the top hatch in open position and opened one of the side doors, while adding a bit of detail here and there. Interestingly, the tires are made of some sort of rubber, looking very toyish out of the box. I simply sprayed these Tamiya Rubber Black, making them look much better. The idea is to have this vehicle combined with the OH-6A in a simple diorama, hopefully the two will blend together nicely. Cheers, Patrick

Great paint job, looking really good so far 👍 Cheers, Patrick