J
Judas.1044
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Hi mates!
This is another project I finished a while ago.
Actually is a restoration project since the first time I built this model I was 15 or 16 years old.
![330633 330633](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198702-9dffaf01169ea1f4153b07b15d0a3e70.jpg)
Originally is a model from Academy and it looked as awful as you see: I lost nearly all the wheels due to a pair of naughty nephews
![330634 330634](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198703-110fe8735ca57e83b0d4c47fd2b03e6d.jpg)
Most of the handles where lost too, and there where gaps, misalignments and stains of glue...
![330637 330637](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198706-44647a3c1ce4852d04a896d0d676d2a8.jpg)
![330638 330638](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198707-d4560dcbcd417d9a9ace69c471eabd5f.jpg)
![330639 330639](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198708-b3b4d35f6422680dc6c3ba6bbee12136.jpg)
And the colour... oh my god... I think I painted it with a paint pulverizer and not an airbrush.
On top of that, the vehicle itself, the LVTP 7 is one of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen. It just looks like a huge box with tracks!
So here we have the perfect victim for a restoration project, don't you think?
Thinking in a way of making this thing look a little bit more attractive, I seek some pictures in the internet and found this one:
Figures, water, wet effects... why not??
First of all, I tried to sand all the glue stains:
![330641 330641](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198710-34e5a390a07ec0e34ac1dd28ea499007.jpg)
I used steel wire to make all the steps and handles:
![330642 330642](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198711-78b0ab6357f86262463b1b4e9ac64b52.jpg)
![330643 330643](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198712-daec564ad54051683594ec7832d14ec3.jpg)
Then I used some putty and sand paper to correct all the misalignments:
![330644 330644](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198713-e5b9fc177fa45d382a41c20809ecfa7c.jpg)
![330645 330645](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198714-4d6ad2f1c3e90275340a59acac3c83fd.jpg)
Now the exciting part... the water-line. I used tape to mark the line where to cut:
![330648 330648](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198717-965e52a02ebc4b5fab1428c4001bca03.jpg)
Then I drilled along the line:
![330650 330650](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198719-4b45a2f51ecec1ed85d54aa94f5f7749.jpg)
Then I cut through the holes with a cutting disc, and there you have, the floating monster!
![330653 330653](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198722-af068c5d6c414b52e890cd1673206108.jpg)
A little bit more of putty and sanding:
![330656 330656](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198725-4c43db3eb2a59bd79a7f25c9bf0231c6.jpg)
And that's it, ready for the paintjob!
Hope you like it!
This is another project I finished a while ago.
Actually is a restoration project since the first time I built this model I was 15 or 16 years old.
![330633 330633](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198702-9dffaf01169ea1f4153b07b15d0a3e70.jpg)
Originally is a model from Academy and it looked as awful as you see: I lost nearly all the wheels due to a pair of naughty nephews
![330634 330634](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198703-110fe8735ca57e83b0d4c47fd2b03e6d.jpg)
Most of the handles where lost too, and there where gaps, misalignments and stains of glue...
![330637 330637](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198706-44647a3c1ce4852d04a896d0d676d2a8.jpg)
![330638 330638](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198707-d4560dcbcd417d9a9ace69c471eabd5f.jpg)
![330639 330639](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198708-b3b4d35f6422680dc6c3ba6bbee12136.jpg)
And the colour... oh my god... I think I painted it with a paint pulverizer and not an airbrush.
On top of that, the vehicle itself, the LVTP 7 is one of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen. It just looks like a huge box with tracks!
So here we have the perfect victim for a restoration project, don't you think?
Thinking in a way of making this thing look a little bit more attractive, I seek some pictures in the internet and found this one:
![330640 330640](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198709-e6d3b16032b7cf82afaa9b9c5853b00c.jpg)
Figures, water, wet effects... why not??
First of all, I tried to sand all the glue stains:
![330641 330641](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198710-34e5a390a07ec0e34ac1dd28ea499007.jpg)
I used steel wire to make all the steps and handles:
![330642 330642](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198711-78b0ab6357f86262463b1b4e9ac64b52.jpg)
![330643 330643](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198712-daec564ad54051683594ec7832d14ec3.jpg)
Then I used some putty and sand paper to correct all the misalignments:
![330644 330644](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198713-e5b9fc177fa45d382a41c20809ecfa7c.jpg)
![330645 330645](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198714-4d6ad2f1c3e90275340a59acac3c83fd.jpg)
Now the exciting part... the water-line. I used tape to mark the line where to cut:
![330648 330648](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198717-965e52a02ebc4b5fab1428c4001bca03.jpg)
Then I drilled along the line:
![330650 330650](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198719-4b45a2f51ecec1ed85d54aa94f5f7749.jpg)
Then I cut through the holes with a cutting disc, and there you have, the floating monster!
![330653 330653](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198722-af068c5d6c414b52e890cd1673206108.jpg)
A little bit more of putty and sanding:
![330656 330656](https://www.scale-models.co.uk/data/attachments/198/198725-4c43db3eb2a59bd79a7f25c9bf0231c6.jpg)
And that's it, ready for the paintjob!
Hope you like it!