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Marine Expeditionary Force, Iraq, M1114 USMC
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Posted: Monday, March 06, 2017 - 03:49 PM UTC
Mario - yes, these are Meng resin. Here You are - some photos of whole set:
http://humvee-models.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1548


Al - thanks a lot When I look 'live' at these figures I may say that everything is ok with their eyes. At these photos - a little bit different reception. I'll take a look one more time this evening.
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Posted: Monday, March 06, 2017 - 08:13 PM UTC
The last one Iraqi citizen of the diorama:


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Posted: Monday, March 20, 2017 - 12:40 PM UTC
Marines. I don't know if I can call them 'finished', but so they look today :

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Posted: Monday, March 20, 2017 - 06:31 PM UTC
Kuba, these Marine figures are why I am sad to see this being your last work. You are at the top of your game. The shading is perfect. You really have captured the look of coyote gear perfectly. You didn't overdo the fading or highlighting effects, they are just right. You also did a great job on the desert MARPAT. It is the best I've seen short of resorting to decals!

Regards,

Eric
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Posted: Monday, March 20, 2017 - 10:46 PM UTC

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But I doubt whether it is suitable for modelling magazine. Sometimes I read such magazines and I see how amazing showed dioramas could be. Light years from what I did here. Maybe I could show the final result as a feature here on Armorama, if not - I'll be happy to show it in ordinary gallery. Thanks again for Your appreciation.



Don't sell yourself short, Kuba. This is one of the best dioramas I've seen. Keep up the fantastic work.
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Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017 - 11:24 AM UTC
Eric, Michael - thanks for Your very kind works


Humvee with basic painting:

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Posted: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 - 08:06 PM UTC
First ready Humvee elements, but only just small bits:



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Posted: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 - 08:33 AM UTC
Beautiful job on the radio and FBCB2. Your missing a couple of more cables on the radio if you don't know already.

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Posted: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 - 09:30 PM UTC
I remember about hand mike wires. But forgot about W4 cables. Thanks, Pete



Chameleon controller. I didn't attach much importance to this element, it will be in the trunk and I don't know if I can make the trunk cover as removable. Even if, it won't be well visible behind the other stowage. But the correctness of electronic gear is fulfilled.

Dimensions are 18x8 mm.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 01:44 AM UTC
Doors:



Turret:



Interior:



Underside:
WXerock
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 01:49 AM UTC
Kuba, what set came with the chameleon control box?

Regards,

Eric
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 02:16 AM UTC
It's my own handwork. Unfortunatelly You won't find it in any set
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 03:48 AM UTC
all I can say is wow ,your work is super ,how long did it take you to get to this point ? very well done .
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 07:30 PM UTC
Thanks, Roy Please take a look at the first post, there's a date when I've started thio dio. Hard to say how much time has it taken so far, I think I can say that I spend averagely 2 days per week, 2-3 hours in each day.


BTW, stowage:
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Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 10:45 AM UTC
thanks ,forgot to look at the dates.
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Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 06:25 PM UTC
Looking amazing.
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Posted: Friday, April 14, 2017 - 03:28 AM UTC

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I remember about hand mike wires. But forgot about W4 cables. Thanks, Pete



Chameleon controller. I didn't attach much importance to this element, it will be in the trunk and I don't know if I can make the trunk cover as removable. Even if, it won't be well visible behind the other stowage. But the correctness of electronic gear is fulfilled.

Dimensions are 18x8 mm.



Hi Kuba, first very beutiful kit and diorama what brand is the chameleon controller unit from? Or is that scratchbuild? If so send pictures to somebody that can 3d print it.. It would be amazing! Looking forward to see the final result of the diorama
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Posted: Friday, April 14, 2017 - 07:04 AM UTC
Hakan, I asked Kuba about the chameleon controller a few posts back. He scratched it. It would be something for Michael Goldberg to do if someone can get him good references.

Regards,

Eric
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Posted: Friday, April 14, 2017 - 02:44 PM UTC
Oh, thanks Eric, i did not see you had already asked about that .. ;-) my eyes ...
It would be nice to have someone made the that...
Kuba, maybe you could send what you have to michel here that do 3d parts so can he maybe do it?
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Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 09:21 PM UTC
Thanks, Gents


All my photos of Chaleleon controller:





And some info:
http://www.marcorsyscom.marines.mil/Portals/105/PMMC3/MC3PDF/2%200%20CHAMELEON%20CREW%20FACT%20SHEET.pdf
There are the dimensions in this pdf, but comparing to the first photo, I don't know what to think... It looks at the photo as it covers almost half of a Humvee trunk. But recalculating dimensions to the 1/35 scale it seems to be much smaller... I've made mine more or less from the photo. As I've written some posts above, it will be in closed trunk.
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Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 10:04 PM UTC
Kuba, thank you for posting those photos. That thing is immense! I'll make sure Michael knows about them.

Regards,

Eric
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Posted: Monday, April 17, 2017 - 08:15 PM UTC
Some parts under the roof. Without wiring so far, but I'll do it.


Safety belts will be glude into their places after joining the roof with lower body part.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 07:32 PM UTC
The end is near:

35th-scale
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Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 02:11 AM UTC
There are no words good enough to describe it Kuba....
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Posted: Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 12:33 PM UTC
Thanks, Sean


I did my best here, I can't do more...