AA in Bien Hoa
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Step 1: Assemply
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Step 1: Assemply
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Turret details...suck!
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Step 2: Primer
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Step 2: Primer
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The weakest link
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Olive drab 155
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Olive drab 155
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Decals, wash and filter, applied
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Decals, wash and filter, applied
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Decals, wash and filter, applied
Kommentarer
7 November 2012, 15:37
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Thats a cool idea, i´ll follow this because i participate in a Vietnam GB, too😢!
7 November 2012, 15:38
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Holger, I've never done a diorama before...!! It will be my first attempt 🙂
7 November 2012, 15:44
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Hi Dimitri,
nice to hear that Vietnam is so popular!! Aside from the scale 35 groupbuilt here on SM, this topic is seldom seen in scale 48 or 72.
I wish you patience and a steady hand for this project!
Greetz
Dirk
7 November 2012, 16:11
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Small update to the project.
After applying Future to the whole thing, I used spare declas, while those provide with the kit (except the US army at the back) are either out of scale or referring to a different version of the M163.
So the stars are taken from 1:35 sheet of a friend, and the numbers and symbol for both sides, were taken from Heller's Super Etendard!!!
After using a lot of MicroSet and MicroSol, the Heller decals, and sealing them, it was time for weathering. I dry bushed silver in the hatches and doors and some other spots. For wash and filters, I used AK's set for NATO tanks for the first time. Rainmarks and and mud will follow.
11 January 2013, 12:25
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The construction of the M163 VADS (Italeri)