Flyingfortress Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 HobbyBoss V-100 Commando. I'm doing 2 of these actually. One is the box version and the other is the Air Force version that Bob Baldo (ikar) drove around in looking for Vietnamese donut shops! It goes togather pretty well,parts have some flash on them,instructions are vague in some areas but nothing that can't be figured out. The undercarriage has its issues but mostly I think because of my fat fingers. The driving and fighting compartment could use an after market kit with radios and other bits and parts. I began painting the model as soon as my Harder and Steenbeck arrived just to try a real airbrush on for size...FUN! I used soft foam padding to block off the window openings so I wouldn't have to mask. The PE light grills are a nice addition. Anyway,the wife just left for the Home Depot so I need to start painting before she returns! Comments welcomed! BTW, DO NOT build this kit without getting a copy of Sqaudrons Walk Around book,it's VERY helpful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Looks like a pretty good kit. If I can just find one around here. There wasn't one for sale at our contest and I don't know of any stores in our area that carry Hobbyboss. Actually we usually got our doughnuts and sodas at the little snackbar behind the Base Defense Control building across from the armory before guardmount and posting. On top of that, it was six months before I discovered that we had icecream on base. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smutz Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Hi, nice work so far ordered one of these yesterday,don't know if you've seen this WIP on BM.... http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27949 the brass .30 barrels really add something, just wish I could paint figures. HTH Andy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Does someone make a metal M-60? I know I'll have to build another M-174 automatic grenade launcher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Looking good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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