elmarriachi Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Hello, The Chinese manufacturer Takom offers a great kit of the South African gun G6 "Rhino". The kit is a real giant with 6 huge and wonderful detailed tires, each about 1 1/2 size of Russian SCUD or the HEMTT trucks. The interior of the drivers place is wonderful detailed, the rest of the inside of the Rhino remains empty - which is no problem as all hatches and doors are moulded in a closed position. A main subject of this kit is the chassis with its huge wheels and the wheel suspension which uses most of the parts of the kit. The front axle is steerable, the four struts of the car are consisting of many parts and remain also movable. I have started to glue the struts together and install these in the side walls of the chassis. Also some small parts of the drivers place were added, before the side walls were glued together, the big floor plate added and some crossmembers and the real wall installed. Some first parts of the steering were also added under the drivers place, the drivers place received several details already. Actually it looks like this ... Next I will airbrush paint the drivers place, paint the details, weathering and dirt. After that the drivers place will get the front and side walls finished, then the roof follows. After that the wheels suspension follows. Cheers Micha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaskrew Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Great job so far. Will be keeping an eye on your progress, as one of the local shops has a couple of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanM Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 The G6 is an awesome looking beast. Will follow this build with interest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjim Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Great start on a fantastic looking vehicle , i'll be watching with interest Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Hello, some update with the Rhino. The chassis is completed. A lot of parts were used for the chassis, including some very spall stuff. The interior for the driver is also finished. Painted in a light cream white, seat in olive, dashboard and some other parts in black. Some washing with brown AK Interactive wash, some scratches and damages in the surface made with a sponge. But nearly nothing remains visible inside after the painting of the windows in clear green. Some further small parts, some etched parts and some other stuff later - the chassis is finished and ready for painting.... Next - the turret with its detail... and the wheels (or hopefully DEF Model will have their resin wheels ready soon) ... Cheers Micha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Looks good so far! The real ones are beasts, are we talking a lot of shelf space here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjim Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Great work so far I'm liking the look of this kit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hello, black primer followed some light grey on the upper area and on some hatches ... Then the base color was sprayed on it. Mixed of dark yellow, beige, brown and grey. The camo was sprayed free hand with brown and dark green. The color plan from Takom was very useful for it For the weathering I have stared to spray a thin layer highly deluted red-brown color on the lower side of the vehicle as South-African earth. Also the tires were sprayed with that, and some rubber black on the tire-walls. A washing with Wash for OIF cars from AK Interactive followed. Next step is some dark washing at hte hatches, rivets, corners, .... then some pigments ... Cheers Micha 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etienne Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi, the camo paintwork is very nice and neat ! E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjim Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Looks awesome , what a beast ! I really like how this is shaping up, you did a great job on the camo like E said . You're making me REALLY Want one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWANgp9 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Please, show the final result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHendry Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Looking great! It looks like a well-designed kit of a fascinatingly different vehicle. And you're doing a grand job on it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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