robw_uk Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I had started to build the Otter for the Canadian GB but, for various personal reasons, it wont be finished in time. I am moving the WIP here. Original build thread (up to and including build finish) is here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Hi, Rob Looked at your thread about building Otter. Nice build! Vytautas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Managed to get this primed.... So small and simple so it didn't take long.... Hope to get a good OD coat over the weekend.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 OD on... used AK Interactive modulation and a bit of Uncle Nightshift cloud modulation technique.... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 gloss coat applied, wont bore you with photos... Should get the decals on this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 Decals on.... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 That's looking great. Really like the modulation effects you've done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Cracking paintjob!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Matt varnish applied. Hope to get a touch of oil filtering done at the weekend then I can put the external parts on and finish .. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 It's a bit late to say this now, but Otters were never finished in OD. With the possible exception of very late production in 1944-45 when it is claimed in some sources that Canada adopted US OD No9 instead of UK SCC15. But whether any finished thus made it across the Atlantic is open to debate. Only about 60% of Otter production left Canada, the remainder being retained for training or manufactured too late to be shipped. The factory to front line pipeline time was at least 3 months, sometimes 5 or 6 depending on convoy timings. Initial production was finished in Khaki Green 3 but very quickly switched to SCC2 in mid-1942 and then officially (but see above) SCC15 in early 1944. In-theatre repaints in NWE of SCC2 vehicles would almost certainly have been SCC15 as that was the paint available through the supply system. US OD was not stocked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Thanks... Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 @robw_uk I'm colour-blind with some shades but this looks really good to me. IMHO with some washes and grime it'll look even better than it does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Won't use green when doing the filters, should allow it to go more brown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Oil filter done... Wheels on.... Horrible orange peel after varnish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 All done bar the wing mirrors.... Ammo washable dust added around the lower body and wheels... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Managed to get this finished in time for the end of the GB after all. Think I may have to get the APC variant (would do the ambulance as well but that is Mirror Models so a more complex build). Annoyed with the orange peel Matt varnish but hey ho, lesson learnt 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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