Tamiya 1/35 JGSDF LAV

[Ramba]

Next up is the Tamiya 1/35 JGSDF LAV. This is going to be a what if build.


I got it in a trade second hand and it was already started. The original owner gobbed in a ton of CA glue in the interior. Some parts were broken. The wishbone suspension was chewed up. I tried to salvage what I could.



Interior started. Hand painted in Vallejo polyurethane black and Vallejo Model Color Olive Drab.



Interior lightly weathered.


Main body hand painted in Model Master FS34102.

[GTX_Admin]

What do you have in mind for it or is that a secret?

[Ramba]

What do you have in mind for it or is that a secret?

No secret. It will be in overall green as shown in the last photo. It isn't going to be from the JGSDF though, just an armored vehicle. I am adding a couple home made decals of a skull on the two front doors that I saved off Google. It will eventually go an a diorama and I am adding a couple Nuts Planet PMC figures that will be standing next to the LAV. The next update will show the door decals.

These are the Nuts Planet PMC figures that will go with the LAV. I am going to have both front doors open and one figure on each side of the vehicle.

[Old Wombat]

This is going to be neat!

[ChernayaAkula]

The vehicle has a peculiar shape that would lend itself well to a sci-fi scenario.
Something District 9-ish, perhaps? MNU contractors? They looked pretty cool with the contrast between the camo gear and the white weapons and plate carriers/vests/body armour.

[Ramba]

This is going to be neat!

Thanks!

[Ramba]

The vehicle has a peculiar shape that would lend itself well to a sci-fi scenario.
Something District 9-ish, perhaps? MNU contractors? They looked pretty cool with the contrast between the camo gear and the white weapons and plate carriers/vests/body armour.

District 9 was a good movie. Pretty cool vehicles in it. I already painted mine green and it was all hand painted so just going to keep it green.

[Ramba]

Here are the front doors with the home made decals. I found the skull image on Google.


Got the LAV together. Still a lot more to do on it.

[GTX_Admin]

 

[Old Wombat]

"The Punisher" ain't got nothing on these guys!

[Ramba]

Finished! Not my best job. I didn't get the weathering the way I wanted but it is what it is.

[Old Wombat]

Simple but effective. I like it!

[Frank3k]

Nice! Looks completely un-JGSDF. Is the decal made on an inkjet or laser?

[Ramba]

Simple but effective. I like it!

Thanks! It actually looks better in person. The camera flash made the weathering on the wheels look heavier than they really are. The flash also washed out some of the weathering on the body.

[Ramba]

Nice! Looks completely un-JGSDF. Is the decal made on an inkjet or laser?

Thanks! I used a laser printer. I scaled the image down to fit on the doors. I didn't convert the image to a vector image because to much work to do that. The decals on the doors actually look better in person than in the photos. They are a bit blurred from scaling down and not converting to vector but in person they do look nicer.

[Buzzbomb]

Still a neat vehicle.

Custom Decals came our really well

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Nice! Looks completely un-JGSDF. Is the decal made on an inkjet or laser?

Thanks! I used a laser printer. I scaled the image down to fit on the doors. I didn't convert the image to a vector image because to much work to do that. The decals on the doors actually look better in person than in the photos. They are a bit blurred from scaling down and not converting to vector but in person they do look nicer.

Call it "in-scale" overspray from applying the markings with a can of spray paint and a template

Overall, you have definitely done justice to that model.  I had one a long time ago and was put off by the metal undercarriage that I felt was a rather foolish decision by Tamiya to add some weight to the model.  The rest of the kit was really nice save for that chunk of metal underneath.  Same problem with the Tamiya Le Clerc kit. 

[finsrin]

Looks perfectly built then driven through dirt-mud.  Whatz not to like. 

[Ramba]

Still a neat vehicle.

Custom Decals came our really well

Thank you!

[Ramba]

Nice! Looks completely un-JGSDF. Is the decal made on an inkjet or laser?

Thanks! I used a laser printer. I scaled the image down to fit on the doors. I didn't convert the image to a vector image because to much work to do that. The decals on the doors actually look better in person than in the photos. They are a bit blurred from scaling down and not converting to vector but in person they do look nicer.

Call it "in-scale" overspray from applying the markings with a can of spray paint and a template

Overall, you have definitely done justice to that model.  I had one a long time ago and was put off by the metal undercarriage that I felt was a rather foolish decision by Tamiya to add some weight to the model.  The rest of the kit was really nice save for that chunk of metal underneath.  Same problem with the Tamiya Le Clerc kit.

Thank you! Yeah, my thoughts exactly, over spray from being spray painted on. The metal chassis was weird! It worked out in the end though.

[Ramba]

Looks perfectly built then driven through dirt-mud.  Whatz not to like. 

Thank you!

[Ramba]

Finally decided what I am going to do with this Tamiya 1/35 JGSDF LAV. I originally made it as a what if and it will be going on a dio. It will be a what if mercenary dio. One guy got wounded and another guy is dragging him to safety. Another guy is kneeling down at the rear of the vehicle providing cover fire and another guy at the driver side yelling to hurry up.

I am still iin the planning stage as to what type of base to put it all on. In the meantime, here are a couple drone footage stills of the proposed layout of just the vehicle and figures.



Some photos from the press on the ground.

[Old Wombat]

Neat!

If I was the guy doing the dragging, the guy doing the "Hurry up!"-ing would get a smack in the chops at the first opportunity, as he could be either giving more covering fire or help dragging to speed up the process.

But the dio idea looks like a real winner!

[GTX_Admin]

Off to a good start

[apophenia]

Great stuff! Plenty of drama going on there