AS-90 in Iraq - 1/35 Trumpeter

[garywintin]

Good day to you people. Hope you readers having a good day and all are good.

As you all aware, I'm building a fleet of SPG and this is my final entry on the line. The fleet is a total of 7 SPGs consisting the the Dana, Type 99, Pzh2000, AuF1, K9, 2s19 Msta and this AS-90.

I was lucky enough to get it for £15 posted including the metal barrel with the sagged recoil sleeve. I also indulged myself with a Eduard upgrade set. I didn't spent money on the second set which consisted of the basket on top and the grilles. I thought it would be waste of £7.

As you all know, the British Army desert colour is something that is very hard to paint and there is no exact shade available out there. So using XF-59 desert yellow as a base, I decided to play around with the high light and shadow as I know this will be a monotone vehicle anyway. Four other colours were used to play around with the highlights and shadows - XF-68 Nato Brown, XF-72 JGSDF Brown, XF-57 Buff and XF-55 Deck Tan.

For the weathering, I wanted to show it used well enough from the strong offensive as we have seen during the Iraqi war. I also wanted to show a lot of sand and dusts on it to depict a vehicle going through the very harsh desert environment.









Well, that's about as much I can sum up about the build. More informations and more photos and bigger ones (4000X3000) can be found on my blog -

http://modeller-innovation.blogspot.co. ... peter.html

Please do have a look and thank you so much in advance for any feedback you guys may have. C&C are welcomed. Just be gentle... LOL.

Thank you for always supporting and for the kind words and various encouragements.

Until the next launch.

[UKguyInUSA]

Sweet!

[chief5437]

Looks great! I do like the as-90. I remember my boss riding a trials bike over one once! I wish I could forget the bloody noise they made when I was trying to get my head down in Iraq though, lol! Nicely done Gary

[Gav0909]

That looks awesome dude. The AS-90 is the dogs danglies, and yours looks awesome.

[PaulAyrey]

Great work Gary!

[HamilkarBarkas]

Wow this is huge! love the dust and the stowage well done sir!

[garywintin]

Sweet!

thanks man

Looks great! I do like the as-90. I remember my boss riding a trials bike over one once! I wish I could forget the bloody noise they made when I was trying to get my head down in Iraq though, lol! Nicely done Gary

You were in Iraq with those babies? Must have been an thrilling yet scary experience. Thank you for your kind words sir.

That looks awesome dude. The AS-90 is the dogs danglies, and yours looks awesome.

Thank you so much Dr. Turner

Great work Gary!

Thanks Pual

Wow this is huge! love the dust and the stowage well done sir!

Thank you so much Herr Barkas .... it's always nice to hear such kind words from you

[timtamtung]

looks awesome! I got trumpeter's 1:72 on the way

[HWGuderian23]

Excellent work Gary ... very well done mate .

[hansolo]

Superb weathering! Just awesome dirt!

cheers

[garywintin]

looks awesome! I got trumpeter's 1:72 on the way

only 1/72? come on. go for 1/35 ..

Excellent work Gary ... very well done mate .

Thank you Markus

Superb weathering! Just awesome dirt!

cheers

thank you han

[JayCub]

Good to see another of your builds which are just awesome
Tom