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So the base metallic coat of the machine gun is done, now I want to prep it so it will have the look of paint chips.

For that you use an old model technique, you use SALT!



You paint water on some of the spots you want to apply the salt to



Then you stick the salt to it and let it dry



going to be a bit for that

Also I am almost done with the gun mount too

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Now I finished up the base ammo box so that it is the right scale. This is going to be mounted beneath the gun and would normally feed the belt ammunition in to the machine gun.



I added the rivet holes and then cut a top in to the box, I also added a very thing piece of styrene rod in the joint to hold the top open and look like the hinge. Then I am going to add a raised lip around the tio pary of the box with small styrene strips to make it look like a lid.



After drying that kept it open



I drilled out the bottom of the mount to prep it for the screw that will connect it to the hilux body. Remember it has to be removeable.!



The gun mount is also completely fused together . I added the modeling compound so I could etch in welding marks later

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Ok so these are the final posts, tomorrow I post the finished product finally!

For the ammo box I wanted to give it a base of red to provide a rust look when I applied the same salt style rust and chip technique. So I gave the ammo box a base coat of hull red



Then I painted over that with Nato green once dry and brushed the salt off. Why Nato green instead of desert colors? Well people forget most of the older equipment that man armies fight with are field painted for the desert. They do not come from the manufacturer that way, especially when you are talking soviet era surplus gear. Now they may field paint guns but disposable items like ammo cans would not be painted they would be left stock colors



I also start using the same salt weathering technique on the machine gun mount


Same with the machine gun mount. It is painted a base coat of nato green and red then I begin layering on different shades of desert



Ok thats it, don't want to give all the details now because I want the reveal of the machine gun mounted on the truck to give everyone the glimpse of everything mounted. Also finished up some of the detail painting on the machine gun itself. See you tomorrow!

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So a big thanks to everyone, I know this has been a long build but everyone posting their comments makes me continue with it. Remember to keep hobbies like this alive. Fathers remember that your kids will remember you making things and though they may not be interested in it now they will remember. Yes this hobby may have a hard time competeing with video games now but your sons and daughters will remember when they are older and hopefully pick up some styrene. I know I look at everything my father has built as a piece of him and hopefully my kiddos will do the same with my projects. So here it is guys!







Any build wouldn't be complete withat the Hazard boys!!!





Thanks everyone! I am going to take a little break around the holidays to clear the creativity then I will be back with another idea that I had and hopefully you guys will like it!

k_bojar

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awesome build - followed it from the beginning, just never commented until now

wish i had that much creativity in me anymore - very cool!

can't wait to see what your next project will be

road_rascal

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Fantastic! Looks great! I wish I had the patience and skill to do that kind of work. Bravo!

k_bojar

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which axial chassis is under the body?? anything special you had to do to the wheel base to get the bruiser 'yota to fit?

SMcD

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Thanks for the tutorial! That body is a work of art!

andy774

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That is an absolute work of art! great job on all the little details, i wish i had that kid of patience with working with styrene.

cuzinitre

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Nice job and alot of attention to detail. Very well done.

Perfer

the last 2 pages the images wont work for me, would love to see how this build ended up!

Scale_it

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Wow. Detail