steeli Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Recently bought the Forward Assault Group set. I am awaiting the photoetch for the Jackal so made a start on some crew and troops. Wip on troops, an attempt at MTP camo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ill be watching this, Ive done a Coyote and have a Jackel 99% done on the bench, Ive gone OOB though but my next builds will have some resin and etch adding. They are cracking kits, Airfix at its best in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah I'm enjoying the newer kits. Got myself a few older airfix kits from ebay along with newer. Got to say molds are better and instructions vastly improved. I'm thinking of only temp fixing the wheels in place and getting Rhino wheel kit as permanent replacement. Just realised some of the guys arms are going to look different as I just mixed paint in my pallet last night while watching Scanners on Film4 and forgot to paint them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Bit on the slow side, some touching up of paint needed along the way. Current progress: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 I've been well lucky in a recent eBay auction. Complete Airfix Patrol and Support group for £13 delivered so I've more to add to the Jackal kit, and I have the Warrior too Have to seriously look at some kind of diorama now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Grumpylee Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Looking good, how is the build and quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Nice build, everything fits together very nice. Have to paint as you go as bits in hard to reach places otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Recently bought the Forward Assault Group set. I am awaiting the photoetch for the Jackal so made a start on some crew and troops. Wip on troops, an attempt at MTP camo. Did you use black there?The darkest colour in MTP is brown, pretty close to Tamiya NATO brown. The mid brown matches up close with Revell dark earth, though perhaps needs a hint of green. Buckles are a mid tan/stone colour. I have a set of Osprey armour and pouches to hand if you would like pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Yeah please if you don't mind. I was working from a crappy picture, the dark brown looked like black. My mate just gone on exercise with his Reserve regiment. See if I can get some photos, apparently they have all mtp kit issued. No more mixing mtp with soldier 95. The exercise seems suspiciously similar to a world event... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Various details. Base colour is very subtle and fades from light to dark with an overlay of "splashes". Dark brown is close to Nato, medium to Dark Earth, light is almost a "deck tan/buff" colour. Green is close to a pale cockpit green. Note that MOLLE on issue kit is MTP, but on OEM hydration pouch is in a tan colour. Hydration pouch is multicam not MTP. Pic of shoulder shows where I paintes out last users Zap number and blood group. Paint was Revell dark earth, close match but needs a green tinge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Thanks for that. I'll be using these pics for reference when I come to paint the rest of the soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Bit of an update: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Looking good. Is that Harry's bird in the background ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Bit more of an update, nearly there! Unfortunately this jackal crew ran into a scouse branch of the taliban 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Possibly Egyptians. When my Dad was in Suez the locals stole the wheels off a Hastings with the crew asleep on board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Lol! How do you explain that to the CO?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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