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8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:11 pm
by Stikpusher
Over at So Cal AMPS we are doing an online GB of Air Defense vehicles, so this is my choice for an entry. It's Italeri's 1/35 kit, ad I'll be replacing the kit wheels with a set of resin ones from TAC Scale Dynamics.
Yesterday at AZ AMPS I started construction and completed Step 1 and got most of the way thru Step 2...
Stay tuned for more in a few days...
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:36 pm
by Medicman71
Very cool!
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:40 pm
by BlackSheep214
Nice!
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:04 pm
by Stuart
Cool subject Carlos, that's completely new to me.
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:07 pm
by Stikpusher
Thanks guys... They cut the production run short and ended up only making something like 17 of these, and phased them out after only a few years in service. I bet with the drone threat now massively growing that somebody is kicking themselves in the rump over that decision. We need air defense assets of this type.
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:14 am
by Stuart
Are you accusing the ''powers that be'' of some short-sighted defence planning decisions Carlos, because they've NEVER done that before
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:28 am
by Stikpusher
Not at all… because once the Iron Curtain went down, we had “Peace in our time”…
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:07 pm
by Stuart
Did we? I must have blinked and missed that!
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:51 pm
by Stikpusher
Earlier in this week I finished up the suspension on this beast, and glued the rear plate & upper hull into place. I did leave off the swimming props and rudders until later in the build.
Re: 8 Wheeled Duck Hunter, LAV_AD
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:14 pm
by Stikpusher
Well I guess I forgot to update this build after our last build session at AMPS a couple of weeks before... and I have been working at this a bit when I can get some bench time, which I finally have had over the past week...
I have most of the turret sub assemblies built and based paint done onto the turret interior...
and I've added most of the small detail items onto the hull front & rear... I still have the tail light brush guards to add on here...
and I added the pioneer tools from my spares which Italeri neglected to include in this kit... I still need to scratch up some brackets for the tools
a few weeks back I picked up some Mig Ammo non slip paste, so I started adding that to the top surfaces. I still need to do another coat to get the proper texture
and lastly a test fit of all items built so far. I won't be using these tires, except one as a spare stowed on the hull side. I have some nice resin AM tires to use for the rest, but they didn't include a spare...
thats all for now...