IWO JIMA LVTA

[AgentG]

Superb work as usual sir.

 

G

[krow113]

Thanks G !

.50 guy gets his due , he's a little aggressive and was made for the other side of the supplied stowage , but we make it work. I pinned the weapons body and carved out the handles and his left hand to fit. 

I think I got it pretty good:

A walk on the beach examining the tide lines , I found some organic material for the beach detail:

...and who could resist:

Edited September 6, 2018 by krow113

[FrancisGL]

Yes, look pretty good!, interesting idea with organic material...

Cheers mate 👍

[krow113]

Thanks Francis.

Looking at pics and film of Iwo Jima there is little on the beach except for different sized lava , from sand to fist sized rocks. I have a lot of black and grey dio materials stocked up so it should be fun! I have some of the organic material on hand anyway...

Lots of smallish stuff getting done , armament , stowage all getting attention on the main chassis:

Rope still in unfinished state:

Going full circle from model to figs to stowage to basework here is the base with some work:

Detail:

Materials:

Now the fun will really start with the final fitments of the components.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in!

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by krow113

[krow113]

Finishing up the inside of the vehicle , moving towards mounting on the base , includes convenient placement of some crates and introduction of some players. The driver or lookout , BAR guy , and .50 guy all get mounted, .50 guys head will be installed later:

I can already se movement and action being installed in the piece , a really good sign at this point.

Head on:

Edited September 8, 2018 by krow113

[krow113]

Kept going today , mostly forward momentum, but a few re-do's almost through this part. After I get the chassis sorted I can mount it on the base and get the rest of the figs in place.

Lots of small additions:

 

[Kris B]

Nicely done, with the base it be even better. 

[krow113]

Thanks Kris.

And I was waiting for the first plonking to reply to your post.

Plonked:

Cheesy first attempt water with gel and debris, working on it...

And 7 more figs to populate.

And what looks like incredibly realistic and vast tracts of Iwo beach isn't really:

 

 Thinking about this for literally years makes fig placement easy and quick:

Flamethrower guy is the last fig, he goes in the empty spot up front.

Edited September 11, 2018 by krow113