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I would like to join in this SiG with the Airfix 1:48 Coyote.

I was planning on building a Russain truck, but realised I had this in the loft along with the etch set.



I have read however, that the tread pattern on the wheels is all wrong, but gaso-line do a resin replacement set
which I will try to get hold of.

Cheers

Deacon

Sweet looking kit, hope it goes well

kiwigav wrote:Sweet looking kit, hope it goes well

Thanks mate.

Excellent choice, was hoping some one would do one of these. Good luck with the build and will be watching the progress.


Martin

That looks like a nice kit, good luck with the build!

thanks guys.

Nice kit you got there, will you be adding any figures to this?

Good looking kit, enjoy building it

Well that looks like a "supa" kit

...sorry

Panzermeister36 wrote:Well that looks like a "supa" kit

...sorry

Jan01 wrote:Nice kit you got there, will you be adding any figures to this?

Thanks Jan.

I've robbed the figures from the Jackal set, so I will be adding figs yes mate.

UKguyInUSA wrote:Good looking kit, enjoy building it

Fingers crossed sir.

Look forward to watching this as I have one in the stash

hurry up and build something! I wanna see how this kit looks

Good luck!

I've bought some resin for this kit from Gaso-Line which my local store, Parabellum stocks (one of only two in the UK).

The first is replacement tyres...



unfortunately I've got o wait for teh Coyote set (with 6 tyres) this one is from the Jackal set (4 tyres, £5.00)

Next is another Gaso-Line set which replaces the grenade launcher and MG and also gives you jerry cans sat in the
brackets (sorry about the picture quality).







And I have actually started work on this



Cheers

Deacon

MikeyKb wrote:hurry up and build something! I wanna see how this kit looks

Good luck!

Sorry mate, my mojo is 'butterflying' at present. Settling on one thing for a bit and then moving on to something else and then onto
something else, just not able to focus.

Deacon wrote:

MikeyKb wrote:hurry up and build something! I wanna see how this kit looks

Good luck!

Sorry mate, my mojo is 'butterflying' at present. Settling on one thing for a bit and then moving on to something else and then onto
something else, just not able to focus.

That's alright. Happens to the best of us
Keep on, keeping on!

People who know me on other forums will tell you that 99.9% of my builds are OOB.

One of the reasons I have wanted to move over to armour (1:48/35) building is that, as Coen has said, if you make a mistake,
throw a tarp or stowage on top and it will be hidden, so there is, for me trying to attempt new stuff, an escape route. I also find armour building (1:72/76) relaxing.

So, there is a part in the Coyote/Jackal that screams to be enhanced and that is the webbing 'holders' on the side of the vehicle and I thought I'd have a go.

Here the webbing has been shaved/scraped off. It was much cleaner than this when I finished the process.



Then, pinching a back pack from the prone figure in the Airfix set and using some lead alloy off a wine bottle, I created this.





Very basic I know, but I'm just happy I had a go.

Cheers

Deacon

Impressive stuff! Love the extras!

gustavlekstal wrote:Impressive stuff! Love the extras!

Thanks mate.

And now another demonstration of lousy photography. A comparison of the PE mesh on the 'footstep' and the kit version.



on this shot I'd like to offer a suggestion.



It's about steps 21 to 23. I found it best to add part 24A in step 21 then part 13C (tailgate) step 23. This will then give you a very positive placement for part 11C in step 22. Finally, the resulting fit of parts 20C and 5C is next to perfect.

I really struggled dry fitting and finding the exact fit for these parts, until I carried out the above sequence.





Cheers

Deacon

Have you heard of "The Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company"? Well they are based here in Birmingham and they produce 1:48 resin
vehicles and so on.

I picked up from them at Telford (but I see the owner nearly every Friday) this...



This pack (which includes the two backpacks of hung on the Coyote) is their 1/48th scale Landrover WMIK baggage and stowage set

Comprising of:-Covered spare wheel, 2 Covered stowage. Bonnet Stowage basket with 2 different stowage options and 2 each of 7 types of assorted Bergen's, backpacks, day-sacks and rolled matts 20 pieces in total, for £8.00 excluding postage.

Cheers

Deacon

Them packs look superb and a company that is near me..they always seem to be based down the south for some reason..

They will pop when painted

Tiger131 wrote:Them packs look superb and a company that is near me..they always seem to be based down the south for some reason..

They will pop when painted

They've got some cool stuff which I hope you like/enjoy.

Okay, well another update and these shots show the resin and brass 'holder' added.



and the resin ones are workable, for the moment.



Cheers

Deacon

Great work so far Deacon
I love all the extra stuff!

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:Great work so far Deacon
I love all the extra stuff!

Thank you sir.

Looking really good keep at it mate