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The weathering has thankfully gone pretty well; thankfully there are plenty of tutorials out there to follow. Finished the "barracuda" type came net over the tarp; It's vinyl sheet that was cut with an automated plotter, then stretched open to make it 3D. Light dust brown on top, medium...

So starting to get down into the weeds now, I needed a 1:35 scale plastic water bottle for the TCCCS antenna but didn't want to pay $10 for one out of an accessories kit. Picked up some clear plastic rod stock and chucked it up in the drill press, then used various files to lathe it down to...

Finished the cam pole / tarp tentage / workspace off the rear, as well as the TCCCS radio antenna and some paint work on the generator plus another dirt wash; Started on the display base, glue is still a little wet between the stones so it's white for the moment.

Thanks, I'm trying. Tonight turned into a bit of a more involved session than what I sat down to do; Mast and water jerry's painted, another lighter wash of dust/sand over the hull and a good coating of "mud" on the undercarriage; And a shot of one of my WIP crewmen, just need to apply the...

It's been awhile, life catching up and having to order a bunch of parts for this from overseas put a speedbump in my progress. Anyway just based this in Nato Green and applied a first "afghan moon dust" layer. Still a LOT of painting to do obviously, more to follow just wanted to give notice...

Thanks GINge! for the tip about the Trumpeter XML's; here they be all mounted;

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If anyone can offer advice on a good brand/colour of paint to match CARC green it would be appreciated.

Thanks for the hookup! I was trying to get my hands on the Maple Leaf Models set, but they seem to have dropped off the face of the earth. I'll definitely order a set of those, they'll make it that much closer to awesome.

Upward and onward with this build; Some more AOA has been applied to the upper forward hull, as well some more EW specific antenna mountings have been added. Suspension and wheels all mounted; Italeri wheels and suspension on a Trumpeter lower hull = fun times.... The AC unit was rebuilt...

It's actually a combination of a Trumpeter USMC LAV-25 mortar carrier varient (bottom hull) and a small run BISON top hull in resin that I sourced, forget where I shelved this for over a year previously. As well I just received an Italeri USMC LAV-25 C&C variant kit to finish this off. I will...

Some more progress of late; The air conditioner, generator cage and some EW gear have been added. Working on the AoA for the upper hull next.

Yep, V4 a la my boat on tour.

I'm working on a MEWT Bison right now for the C&E Museum; only about a 1/4 way done so far but I'll post more pics as I go.

That is one of the best ideas I have ever heard, period.

There seems to be a systemic problem in the Army with trusting soldiers with live ammo when tasked with base defence/checkpoints in garrison..... ie: I asked about throwing my hat in the ring for BASF training, but when I read their SOP's and talked to some of the fellows on it during an event...

IMHO the CF needs to cut the commissionaires loose. They provide only the illusion of security, are not accountable in any way to the military CoC where they work, and are an expense we can't afford ATM with the austerity measures we need to conform to WRT budget concerns. I wouldn't mind...

@ The "Mothership" there is both shift and day work. The current shift schedule is 7 days on, 5 days off. The schedule rotates starting with 3 days, 2 eves, 2 mids ... then 2 days, 3 eves, 2 mids and finishes with 2 days, 2 eves, 3 mids. Outside of operational positions/deployments or...

Indeed George; I have zero patience for military members, let alone civilian workers who steal clothing/equipment and sell it to make a buck as I (like a good many people here) have had to go without on occasion during OPs.