phildagreek Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 The title is a bit of a work in progress, I'm not sure really what i want to call it but i'm after something snappy, so maybe it's not "Border breakdown" at all. Anyway, here we are, it's taken about ten months of work, the Academy Fitter kit and the Tamiya M113, the one in very dark green whose box art has several GIs riding on it as in Vietnam. With some scratch building it was converted into a vaiation on a Chata P engineers vehicle. So there is obviously some Academy and Tamiya, not to mention some Accurate Armour, Meng, Dragon, MilArt and of course some spares box rummaging. Everything is painted in Humbrol enamels and Winsor & Newton Galleria range Acrylic varnishes. Some photos then: Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr And how it will sit on the shelf. Untitled by phil da greek, on Flickr Thanks for looking, it's probably not the best IDF diorama you'll ever see, but it's quite possibly the best one you'll see today! 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Lovely Phil. Great work on the conversion. A busy, detail-packed scene - certainly draws the eye in and around. Although, it's all a bit too clean for my liking; I like to see at least a bit of wear and tear, a bit of chipping, dust, sand whatever, (and on the road) but still, sometimes things are very clean. Nicely displayed in that case as well. Rearguards Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Very impressive conversions and overall modelling. Well done, Phil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygunn1972 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Amazing, i have the Tamiya M113 kit, just about to start it and that is a mighty fine conversion, i wouldn't know where to start. Great work, really inspiring! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 On 11/13/2018 at 11:46 AM, Tommygunn1972 said: Amazing, i have the Tamiya M113 kit, just about to start it and that is a mighty fine conversion, i wouldn't know where to start. Great work, really inspiring! Chris Thanks, I appreciate the comment. I started off getting cheap kits and a ton of plastic card, a straight edge and a good knife. Then with some research material I got stuck in. The earlier results weren't so great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 While the modelling is great I'm struggling to understand what is happening. If the fitters vehicle is broken down what is wrong? If its the engine not running as suggested by apparently trying to add fuel to the tank then how are they using the Hiab crane which is hydraulically powered via a PYO pump from the engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 20 hours ago, dcrfan said: While the modelling is great I'm struggling to understand what is happening. If the fitters vehicle is broken down what is wrong? If its the engine not running as suggested by apparently trying to add fuel to the tank then how are they using the Hiab crane which is hydraulically powered via a PYO pump from the engine? I think you might be overthinking the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Superb work Phil,love all those extra little touches really bring's it to life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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