▲ BILL CARLO CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE
▼ ROBERT SHVEYTSER FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY
Bill built Academy’s 1/35 scale M3 Grant and modeled extra stowage for it, including British petrol cans from Ultrcast, a tow cable made from rigging thread, and a stowage box with duffel bags from his spares box. He gave the Grant a desert finish with Tamiya paints: black pre-shading followed by desert yellow (XF-59), flat earth (XF-52), and a lightened shade of field gray (XF-65).
Robert added metal grab handles and steps made from copper rod to Gaso.line’s 1/48 scale resin kit of the BTR-70. Karaya cable and cable ends from another kit replaced the kit’s cast version of those parts. He painted the personnel carrier with Tamiya Soviet green and used artist’s oils and colored artist’s pencils for finishing touches.
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