Ryefield Models M1240A1 M-ATV

Post by **DRUMS01** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:35 pm

Really enjoying this build so far, I would even call it inspirational. While part of it is the quality of the kit and after market items, there is a significant level of craftsmanship being applied that lifts your build to a show stopper. Keep up the great work.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:34 pm

Cheers guys.

Keith, it's Hataka C090.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:15 am

MrBowcat wrote: Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:34 pm
Keith, it's Hataka C090.

Thank you.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:31 am

Morning chaps,

Progress has been a little slow of late as I have been involved in another (lathe) project, but I pushed forward a little more this weekend.

The cabin is now more or less completed. The seats, dash/firewall and rear wall have been added along with some of the components for the engine side of the firewall. I have added some more cabling around the roof of the cabin for the various electronic components, again artistic licence was used here to try and add some interest.

I added some chipping to the racking & steering column, and ingrained dirt around the footwells & floor, followed by a general dusting of sand pigments. I'm not sure if I'm happy with this yet so may go back over it again.

I couldn't resist a quick dry fit of the cabin, and as expected you will have to look hard to see a lot of the detail.

Post by **digger303** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:49 pm

Post by **ForeverPlasticKits** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:56 pm

What an astonishing build, the paint is wonderful and all the details are highlighted!

Post by **aur0ra145** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:11 pm

Wow! That is really well done!

Post by **Mpfiend** » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:29 am

Coming along very nicely.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:40 am

Cheers guys.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:33 am

Morning chaps, long time no post.

Life has continued to get in the way so progress has been very slow. I managed to get a whole days modelling in yesterday so pushed on.

Essentially I've been building, got most of the exterior bits done along with the rear load bay, turret and various associated parts.

I've also been thinking about what to put in the back so bought a couple of accessory kits. Not sure how much of this I will use yet.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:04 am

More really nice progress.
How are you finding the kit photo etch parts?

Post by **Stokesy44** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:14 am

Beautiful interior painting of all those details. All those extras will busy it up beautifully

Post by **MrBowcat** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:23 pm

Cheers gents.

Keith, the photoetch has been OK, it's very thin compared to a lot I've used so bends easily. The only small issue I've had are some parts need to be glued to two surfaces at the same time (like the lamp mounts around the corners of the windscreen) which is a little tricky but not impossible.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 5:18 am

MrBowcat wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:23 pm Cheers gents.

Keith, the photoetch has been OK, it's very thin compared to a lot I've used so bends easily. The only small issue I've had are some parts need to be glued to two surfaces at the same time (like the lamp mounts around the corners of the windscreen) which is a little tricky but not impossible.

Thanks, yes I was thinking that the lamp mounts looked a little challenging.

Post by **ForeverPlasticKits** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:44 pm

Wonderful build, the paint and the details are so nice!

Post by **DRUMS01** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:54 am

Looking forward to your next update.

DRUMS01

Post by **MrBowcat** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:19 pm

Cheers gents.

Drums, the wait is over.

I've spent the last couple of weeks getting the rest of the parts cleaned up, put together in sub-assemblies and painted.

I had a paint spillage during the priming stage (luckily not on any parts) so decided it was about time I bought a lid for my paint-cup. Then I remembered that I have a lathe now, so made one instead.

With that in place I carried on with the colours.

So with that all done I just need to add a few decals and then get everything attached to the chassis, then on with the fun bit - Weathering.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:42 pm

Really nice work, that "sand" colour looks spot on.
I'm really looking forward to seeing this come together.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:42 pm

Cheers Keith.

Post by **lukesscalegarrage** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:58 pm

Nice work

Post by **MrBowcat** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:47 pm

Cheers

Post by **MrBowcat** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:59 am

Morning guys.

I got the main components glued together this weekend and the few decals applied, I've just left some of the smaller stuff off (aerials, mirrors, etc) which will be weathered separately and added at the end. The doors are just pushed on for now, I'm going to display it with them open but with them temporarily fitted I can weather the whole thing together, and protect the interior.

I found a bit of an issue, something somewhere is not fitted correctly which has resulted in the right side of the bonnet being slightly too far forward. No doubt this is something I cocked up during the build stage and at this point there is not a lot I can do about it. I'm planning on having the bonnet open for display anyway, and if it is closed and someone notices, we'll just say it crashed into a camel.

So I can now finally move on to the weathering. I'm going to start this with something new to me, spraying clay washes.

Post by **digger303** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:09 am

MrBowcat wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:59 am Morning guys.

I got the main components glued together this weekend and the few decals applied, I've just left some of the smaller stuff off (aerials, mirrors, etc) which will be weathered separately and added at the end. The doors are just pushed on for now, I'm going to display it with them open but with them temporarily fitted I can weather the whole thing together, and protect the interior.

I found a bit of an issue, something somewhere is not fitted correctly which has resulted in the right side of the bonnet being slightly too far forward. No doubt this is something I cocked up during the build stage and at this point there is not a lot I can do about it. I'm planning on having the bonnet open for display anyway, and if it is closed and someone notices, we'll just say it crashed into a camel.

So I can now finally move on to the weathering. I'm going to start this with something new to me, spraying clay washes.

Beautiful build very clean and sharp.
What value ( compensation) did the USA place on a camel ?

Post by **BigWall** » Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:49 am

Poor camel.

It's looking great!

Post by **MrBowcat** » Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:04 am

Cheers guys.

Post by **Tomcat64** » Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:07 am

Like digger already said that really is a beautifully clean build - nicely done

Really looking forward to seeing how you weather this up.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:43 am

Good morning gents

I finally got on with some weathering over the last few evenings, in fact I got the first two stages done. I don't think I mentioned this before but my vision for this vehicle is that it's been out in the Afghanistan desert for a long time during the rainy Winter/Spring periods. In other words, Dirty!

First up was spraying the entire model with three tones of clay wash, which left it looking like this.

The majority of this was then removed with a damp brush, leaving lots of ingrained dirt and streaks behind. The front end was cleaned off a little more as I wanted it to look a bit more sand blasted from driving through the desert. This was followed up by a very thin oil wash round the bolts, fittings, greeblies, etc.

It does look quite stark now, but this will be followed up with a metallic dry brushing over a few areas, and then an overall sand pigment scrub which will lighten everything up.

Unfortunately that will have to wait a week or so, the dining room table is apparently needed for Christmas dinner, so everything is getting packed up tonight.

Post by **Garion77** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:34 pm

This is amazing ! looks so realistic ! keep up the good work ! And have a great Christmas

Post by **MrBowcat** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:53 pm

Cheers Francis, you too mate.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:47 pm

Very nice work right there

Post by **MrBowcat** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:10 pm

Cheers Keith.

Post by **chops1sc** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:37 pm

Looking awesome! I have this kit in my sights for 2022!

Post by **MrBowcat** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:01 pm

Cheers dude.

It's been a great kit, will definitely be buying more RFM stuff in the future.

Post by **ForeverPlasticKits** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:27 pm

Very good paint

, the weathering result is amazing!

Post by **WordenB** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:46 pm

Beautiful job Mr B, very well done.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:16 pm

Thanks guys.

Post by **BigWall** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:32 am

That looks amazing! I can't wait to see it finished!

I'm with you as far as the dining room table. I have to pack my stuff up for a bit as well.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:09 am

Cheers Joe.

Post by **Tomcat64** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:11 am

It looked great before you started dirtying it up - but that's taken it to another level - superb work mate!

Looking forward to seeing how you finish this off now

Have a great Christmas and hopefully you can get the dining room table back to proper use again soon

Post by **MrBowcat** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:30 am

Cheers Neil, have a great one yourself.

Should hopefully get the table back by Wednesday so can crack on then.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:27 am

Are there any updates on this one?

Post by **MrBowcat** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:26 am

Hi Keith, I've not been able to do any modelling so far this year, life keeps getting in the way.

I will be back to this soon.

Cheers,

B

Post by **MrBowcat** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 3:06 pm

Afternoon all.

After a fairly horrendous start to the year I finally got back to the bench this week. This build was pretty much done bar fitting the last few bits, but one job was to sort out the PE ratchet straps, which turned out to be a massive pain in the rear end. With those done I got the stowage installed and strapped down.

With that done I glued on the last few bits, finished pics viewtopic.php?f=46&t=30051.

Post by **digger303** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:27 am

Pain in the bum or not, the ratchets on those straps look marvelous and even workable. Marvelous build all over really.

Post by **MrBowcat** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:49 am

Cheers Digger.