Meng Cougar MRAP.

[outrunner]

Thanks for the vote of confidence guys, I feel a bit better now I have thought about it but it just seemed such a stupid thing to do.

Andy.

[Tim Marlow]

Happens to us all mate. Just remember “He what never made nuffink never made any mistakes”. Nice tidy build so far Andy.

[Steve Jones]

We never make mistakes. We just have happy accidents

[outrunner]

This model nearly ended up in the bin, again! Looking through my paint I found a bottle of Vallejo Desert sand which is the colour asked for in the instructions. Model Air,sprays straight from the bottle, that will do for me..............not. Luckily I started on the turret, not good so tried mixing with some flow improver and had another go on the underside, no better just a rubbish finish almost like it was drying too fast. After a night of sulking I thought I would give it one more go with the good old Tamiya XF57 which is the equivalent of the Vallejo colour.

I think that worked out OK, still a bit to do yet, masking film still on the inner windows and a few parts still to go on. Strangely enough, when I was out on the bike today going past Warcop Army training ground there were 4 examples of this very vehicle sitting in the yard just off the main A66 road but there was no point in stopping for a picture as I only had my phone and the camera is rubbish on it, and I may have been arrested as a spy. :anguished:

Andy.

[outrunner]

Just about done with this now.


There are a few tiny decals to put on and a bit of dust pigment here and there.

To be quite honest I have kind of lost interest in it now, it was a good kit to build with plenty of fiddly bits to keep the interest but now it just looks like a box with wheels on. Perhaps I bought it in a moment of madness, usually I buy a model because it really grabs my attention and sticks in my mind, not to worry as there are other boxes under the bench. I also need to learn how to take better pictures of models.

Andy.