WIP: Prodos Games M577 APC - smart-gunner...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice.

Are you going to find it difficult to fix the split screen issue once painted?

[dwartist]

Nice.

Are you going to find it difficult to fix the split screen issue once painted?

Yes! Seriously considering converting a marine (or maybe a hard-ass, female consultant) to stand in front of the gap!

[Sgt. Scream]

Yes! Seriously considering converting a marine (or maybe a hard-ass, female consultant) to stand in front of the gap!

Looking really good so far. I knew you'll turn it into a piece of Art. 

[dwartist]

...more detailing; pulse rifle rack and driver positioned.

[gamer Mac]

Great work
Waiting on seeing how you are going to deal with the joint?

[beefcake]

Very nice work. Yeah that joint is in a terrible position. Surely they could have moved around those screens to make a less obvious join. Poor planning there Prodos.

[Wachaza]

Very nice work. Yeah that joint is in a terrible position. Surely they could have moved around those screens to make a less obvious join. Poor planning there Prodos.

If they'd moved it right they'd have had it on the border between screens and at the bottom corner of the hatch. Lovely painting but every time I look at that join I just shudder.

[Inso]

That join is going to be a problem to sort out. On the outside it looks like there is a massive step. I reckon that I would have glued the two halves together and dealt with that nasty gap before painting anything...

... however, the painting is very nicely done (as you would expect from DW) and I hope that the join can be sorted without destroying too much of the paint

[Antenociti]

Lovely work David...

that join is nonsense, lack of thought or knowledge: somebody has simply chopped the model into two sections with no regard for assembly or looks.

Bad expansion issue on the outer lower hull port-side join also; makes me wonder if Prodos are having these produced out of house somewhere (I.e. China) as they know better than to make crappy joints like that.

[dwartist]

A bigger problem than the join is the disparity between the two halves of the hull - the rear end is slightly narrower than the front. This means if I get one hull side fitted correctly there will be a step on the other side. As the grills will be harder to correct I will have to have the step by the door and hope I can correct it without major surgery. this also gives the best fit for the screens and floor too.
 Steve - I considered joining the two halves and correcting the fit before painting but it was easier to do the detail painting with the hull split.
 Jed - how I wished you'd cast this!
Still extremely pleased with it though - it is the only one that is close to the original (there's a nice 1/48 resin one about with a hollow hull which would lend itself to conversion work) with interior detailing and crew.
...perhaps Prodos used this for inspiration?

[dwartist]

...hull halves joined - still a few fit issues to resolve.

[gamer Mac]

You appear to have dealt with the join with your usual skill

[Predatorpt]

You appear to have dealt with the join with your usual skill

Skill? I call it magic  Stunning work as usual!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Wow!

[Sgt. Scream]

Nice work! I am interested in a run-down of the colours you've been using on the Marine gunner's BDU (uniform) ?