1/32 BMC customs updated 7/26

[olifant]

OK guys, I finally took some time off and devoted part of it to making a purse out of a sows ear with the BMC Higgins boat.

The weathering doesn't show very well, but I added two Ma Dueces from FOV tanks, shields from styrene, FOV tools and used some very thin aluminum wire for rope. It looks passable now, although I would like to fill this thing up with standing infantry ready to egress. Anybody know of good Marines/Army figures I could use?

With the BMC amtrack and a FOV jeep for scale:




View two disembarking jeep:




Rear view:




This thing is pretty large at 12" long. For $15 I think this is a deal. Next up: the A7V WWI monster.

[PanzerArm]

Awesome work Steve! I too have aspired to do great things with lesser 1/32, but alas, I no longer have the tools or the money to afford the equipment that a job such as this would necessitate. In other words, you're the man.


Kevin

[olifant]

Awesome work Steve! I too have aspired to do great things with lesser 1/32, but alas, I no longer have the tools or the money to afford the equipment that a job such as this would necessitate. In other words, you're the man.


Kevin

BMC Higgins boat: $14.99
WM grey primer: $1.29
Michaels craft store acrylic paint: $.79 each bottle
Tools from the box 'o stuff: Free
Watching my wife roll her eyes at me in disgust: PRICELESS

[c44]

Re: Churchills...I'm pretty sure they're actually 1/35...CTS (which is a good company to deal with) has a bad habit of overstating the scale of some smaller stuff as 54mm...PS XLNT job on the Daimler...

[RED]

Nice work on the LVT & the HIGGINS boat brother !!!! I have made a few out of wood in 1:18 scale (would have been alot easier if 21stC or BBI would have made them then I could have just order as many as I wanted to online) and was thinking about makeing somemore!!! Nice work on the paint job----might need to pick up a few of these for some future dio pics!!! ---RED---