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Alan Rush
Nice progress, William. I have an old 251/1 on the shelf and seeing how you have painted and weathered yours is inspiring.

william wise
I like theses Tamiya kits they go together so well that they lend themselves to add details and other improvements

william wise
I got the 251 painted and glossed awaiting decals and a wash the hood is going to be open im planning on placing this on a base in a maintenance scene

Martyn Fox
Nice job to date. I'll be tuned in to this as I'm currently building the AFV club 251C

H K
Love the camo 👍

George Bacon
Want to watch this one👍

Bill Spargo
Great job, love it. Next to the SDKF7 this runs second, well done

william wise
i haven't had much time at the bench past couple weeks i have been at work... Tank gunnery... i think i truly have the best job in the world

william wise
i did find time this weekend however to get back to the bench, the half track is about done im going to place it on a base in a maintenance scene , although i think the front armor bonnet has to come off to get the engine out of a 251 maybe these guys found a way to do it. i had a decal issue again tried to use the Vallejo stuff didn't work out so well left a sticky residue and really didn't settle the decals down well so now im going to add branches to the Half track to cover up the decal mishap, any suggestions as the bast way to replicate branches as often seen in the Normandy campaign would be greatly appreciated

william wise
@Micheal, Hell, soon I will be putting my application in for the Australian army their hiring U.S vets to fill their ranks and the pay is better than ours

B
Hmmm,maybe I'll join the Air Force. Do you guys need more F-18 pilots? 🙂

Christopher Bowling
Awesome camo job William!

B
Well,if that's the case. I'll stick with E-2C's. For some reason I don't like the F-35 as much as the F-18.

Lionel Marco

Nice work. Do you use any aftermarket stuff on this kit?

william wise
thanks Chris and Lionel, i used the Verlinden update set and some other stuff in the spare parts bin.

Hunter Cummins
William,
I have been thinking of becoming a tank gunner,
what qualificatioms do I need and what does the job consist of ???

william wise
you will have to enlist as a 19Kilo (armor crewman) and work your way into a gunner position, the normal progression is loader/driver E-1 thru E-4 then, E-4 thru E-5 are gunners, E-6 Tank commander, E-7 Tank Platoon SGT and if you go the Officer route you will never be a Gunner only Platoon Leader for 12-18 months and then will most likely never be on a Tank again. But as a Armor crewman you do lots of training on the tank as well as simulators of all sorts you are responsible for the general maintenance and cleanliness of your tank and mostly whatever stupid army stuff they have you doing that day

Hunter Cummins
Hmmmmm
I am thinking of staying as a loader or a driver
is the basic training different?? What does boot camp consist of
(Sorry if im askimg to mamy questions its jist I am really curious and wjat better way tofind out the answers than from a guy who does it for real)

B
Hunter,I thought you wanted to be a pilot. 😉 😛

Hunter Cummins
Im doing that in the australian airforce lol

william wise
Basic training for armor crewmen is OSUT One Station Unit Training, basic and tank training combined together but for the first month its all basic stuff and after that you are slowly introduced to the tanks where it gradually becomes all tank training in the end and if i remember correctly is 3 1/2 months

Hunter Cummins
Hmmmm interesting I will do some research
thank you very much for your help 🙂

william wise
It has been a while since my last update but i have been away doing maneuver training but i got the general layout of the diorama laid out, still a lot of work to do but this gives you the idea I'm shooting for I'm torn right now on adding someone working on the engine but then it might be to busy what do you guys think

Hunter Cummins
Personally I think that it would be a good thing to add. I think the only repair crew mencthat are acctuallyworking on something is the tamiya kit

M.Julian Marles
Looks cool; I am doing the exact same kit. BTW I am stealing your idea of putting the hoist crane on rollers for another dio! LOL I tried joining the Canadian Army back in '91 but they wouldn't let me in!

Hunter Cummins
Why not lol

M.Julian Marles
why they wouldnt let me in? Full tattoos sleeves lol

Hunter Cummins
Lol so no tatoos are allowed in the canadian army?? Lol

M.Julian Marles
It was bad timing, shortly after the "Somali Airborne Affair"..oh well, I work in the movies now which is super fun!

Bill Spargo
Fantastic diorama, love it

John Van Kooten
Great diorama! Love the half-track!

Personally I would remove the guy sitting on the back of the half-track (he looks out of place: what is he doing there?) and swap that one for a mechanic working on / around the engine. It would add interest to the spot where you want to also draw viewer attention, right?

Otherwise, superb 👍 👍

Bill Spargo
John, good call

william wise
the guy on the half track was pulling air watch but based on your recommendation he will be relieved of duty and ill get some working on the motor thank you for your input it really helps to get others insight

william wise
I also finally finished this halftrack Dio used the recommendations and added a mechanic working on the engine
still need to work on the ground work and i think i should weather the halftrack some more