Wow, thanks Aaron. When I was there, Iremember seeing even a Aussie Centurion, Hueys, the japanese mini sub and a bunch of other stuff, but not this one... maybe it was in disguise :-) :-)

Thanks mate

Cheers

Hey Dex, i took a photo of the Cent too....

you want that one also? Keeping in mind this is a Bucket thread, maybe i can post them elsewere.

A.

Hi Aaron,

Don´t worry buddy, I took a bunch of pics of the Cent that time, thanks anyway......

Now back to buckets...

Cheers

Yes - Ahhhem!!! Back to the real work horse! :-)

A.

Here is my finished entry. A.F.C Clubs 1/35 A.I.F.V ( Armored Infantry fighting Vehicle).
It was built OOB and is depicted as a Turkish United Nations peacekeeping vehicle that was sent to Bosnia.
A very enjoyable build and a great learning process having never applied white paint over Olive Drab before. Tamiya paints were used with W&N oils and MIG pigments for the weathering.
We must do this again
Andy

Great entry Andy, surely quite eye catching something painted different than green

So, until now, we have the following completed entries:

Jazza
dexter059
janwillem
tony55
betheyn

Cheers

At long last i have finished my entry, it was beginning to feel like i would never complete this one. Anyway here is my attempt at a Danish PNMK conversion of the M-113. it is a kit bash of three kits, and the frontal add on armour is scratch built, the bolts were shaved from a Warrior kit. The parts used are as follows: Academy chassis and wheels, Accurate Armour PNMK conversion, Mr Models side armour and HKCW European track. The add on armour for the turret is scratch built and the shield over the gunners sight is made from some brass sheet.

I base coated the model in Halfords grey Primer, base coat was Tamiya Black Green.then i used Tamiya NATO Green lightened with some Buff for the main colour. Tamiya NATO Black, again lightened with some buff was then added for the camo stripes. Mig pigments were used for the weathering, both dry and wet and i used Raw Umber oil paint for the washes.,

The decals are from a sheet of generic NATO markings ,while the Danish Shield was hand painted. Not my best effort, but not bad considering i had not done any serious scratch building before, hope you all like it.







Regards from the Swamp

Eth

Very nice entry Ethelian, glad you finish it and thanks for participate......

Sooooo, until now, we have the following completed entries:

Jazza
dexter059
janwillem
tony55
betheyn
Hawkeye

Cheers

Thanks Klaus, appreciate it!

Regards from the Swamp

Eth

Hi guys,
Her is my progres of my second entery.
It's a dutch army YPR 765 with .50 from +/- 1980.







As you can see in the last photo I have a little problem with water marks (more like micro set marks)
I'll have to figure out how to solve this.

Jan-Willem

Here is my M113 Fitter, assembled and ready for painting. It was a fun build, and I'd do one again.

One question: what is a good color for the interior?

HEY! Great guys, another one building a 2nd entry (janwillem, I would like to know where did you get that kit, is it modified AFV Club or a full kit?)

Nice Build Dan, just remember it´s non US/Israeli campaign, anything else it´s valid (so, if you wanna put some aussie marks on your Fitter, it´s OK)

Cheers

It's AFC 1/35 YPR 765 PRI with 25mm cannon,
I made a new baseplate fore the m-113 style turret (academy) and added a new .50 (also Academy)

here you can see it in its "naked" state

Thanks for the answer Jan, I´ll do something similar in the future and your build will help a lot, since our Army bought a bunch of those vehicles from Netherlands and Belgium.....

Cheers

if you need any tips or help on that one just aks.
I have the handbook for the soldier (it a handbook for soldiers that was given to them that changed every year) 1983 it has some photos and other info, and I did a few internet searches so I have that one coverd as well if you need it.

Jan-Willem

Many thanks Jan, in time I will

Cheers

So much for my powers of observation. The kit comes with Australian options but I very carefully went for the Israeli version.

Gee...guess I'll have to build something different, what a darn shame...

Sorry to hear about that....but I have to be inflexible in this particular rule....but I now that you can built another bucket as excellent as this one, many time still available to do it

Best Regards

wel my second entry is done.











I did get rid of the water marks as you can see .

And I must now admitt that I am a Bucket-o-holic.

Jan-Willem

Very, very nice entry Jan Willem, cool stuff, great to see people adventuring in a 2nd entry by now.....

C´mon guys, I know there´s a lot of you around ready to show your Buckets.....

Cheers

dex bucket-o-holic too :-)

Jan-Willem,

That's a nice looking YPR. Any issues with the build?

Paul

just some minor fit problems with the side armor and the rear box section.
Just keep in mind that the version you get out of the box is a pre-1990 version. The new versions have some different bits.
But overal it's a nice kit

Here's the in progress shots of my Turkish bucket-to-be.

The kit is the 1/35 Italeri M-113 A1. It will depict a used vehicle that was passed over to Turkey from the States in the first few batches. As a result, the warning signs in English and other stuff are still present. After an overhaul, these were generally removed by the Turkish maintenance. The interior is pale green (After a few years of service they were all changed to interior white and the vehicles were camouflaged).

The interior before I applied the decals and weathering (I just realized that I forgot to take pics before I closed the roof- uups )



Main mistake in the interior is the paint job on the fire extinguisher (The bottom part should be green, it was the part which holds the extinguisher in place)

Here are the construction pics during the dryfitting of the road wheels.

Cool! A turkish bucket, great entry Emre, and that one promise a lot...

Looking forward to see more updates

Cheers

Off to a good start. If you get a chance, fix the IR light that Italeri molded upside down.

Paul