Build Log

Assembly, pretty typical

Upgraded to actuated hands

M16A2 printed from Shapeways

Aftermarket rocket pod, terrible kit.

So many cones.

Need something to mount, since it was meant for under a wing

Kitbashed together

Reference photo for a CH53 helicopter flare dispenser

Scratchbuilding a flare/chaff dispenser

Primed, everything is getting a rust primer. Re-used some rocket noses from the pod kit

Undocumented prior to this is a gunmetal put down lightly over the primer, then vallejo chipping medium over that. The lightness of the gunmetal allows the rust primer to peek through from certain angles, it is more impressive in motion.

Custom accessories got primed

Used 3 colors on top of the base coat. The brown used a larger stencil size and went down first, subsequent ones were smaller. Both sizes from Fallout Hobbies, great vinyl stencils.

Upper torso, mid camo

1:6 action figure accessories. The slide actuates, and the magazine is removable. I ended up not using these cuz the scale was just a tad off, and the model was getting too cluttered.

1:6 scale Ka-Bar, sheath clasp is magnetic

The chipping of the camo areas was harder than the base coat, likely due to much thicker paint. I struggled a lot with paint curling when trying to chip larger flat sections. Tapping with a toothbrush gave best results.

More examples of curling

Likely the worst of it, I'm glad this supposed to be a heavily weathered build.

Army Star stencil cut from frisket

Before my first attempt at an oil pin filter for rust and fading

Oil Pin Filter in progress

This photo is terrible, but the right arm is weathered, the left one is not.

I think i'm going to use weathering master on the raw steel of the inner frame

I think the edges of the chipped areas may have gotten worse during the turpenoid application. I wonder if the satin varnish coat i put down after chipping was insufficient to protect it.