M54A1 Quad .50 Guntruck “Easy Rider”

Modeling Subjects Armor
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Thanks Gamera. It would do well against the crows.

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Easy Rider is done.

I did some light drybrushing with a muddy red-brown color, a light sandy color, and then a wash of a red-brown color to show the color of dirt in most of Vietnam where these trucks operated. It is intended to show a dry, dusty weathering for a vehicle that mostly operates on paved roads.

Here it is.

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Here it is with its cousin, the King Cobra guntruck I did about 20 years ago, way before the AFV Club M54 was even thought about. Still looks pretty good.

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This was a really rewarding build. I enjoyed the ease of the AFV Club M54A2 kit and the level of detail it offers. I have a few more AFV Club M54 versions for later and am looking forward to doing them too.

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Oh wow that looks great Gino! I love the faded weathered paint on the gun shields.

A gun truck is something that I’ve never modeled, one of the things I love here is to see cool stuff like this.

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That’s a really good looking build Gino! It makes a nice stable mate to King Cobra.

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Hello Gino!

I like your model a lot, looks really beautiful to me! So what’s next? Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

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Great job! The weathering is really nice.

S.H.

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Thank you, gentlemen. I am very happy with how it turned out as well. Gun trucks are very intersteing to me and I have at least one more planned, the AFV Club “Eve of Destruction” gun truck…eventually

What’s next? I don’t know yet. Maybe a tracked subject or a helo. I will break out and get started on something soon.

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Now There:

Let’s just get our ducks(trucks?) in a row, hey! bad guys, Surprise! Surprise! You have done a great job on this vehicle. Even I, who usually avoid Armor(Lack of Knowledge) Love the work you’ve put into it!

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Dang, all that’s missing is the smell, that aroma of LSA gun oil, burnt diesel, and hot paint that surrounds such things.

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Thanks for the compliments guys. I really like how it turned out.

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You did a great job, Gino!

Gary

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Thanks Gary. It was a fun and rewarding build.

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Just read this from start to finish totally engrossed. Great looking model

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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the read.

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I thought I responded to your reveal, sorry for the late response but this is impressive. Great skills to motivate is all and a great result as well.

Just right!

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Thanks DRUMS01. Glad you like it.

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Always a treat following your builds.

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Thanks Glenn. Glad you liked it.

Next build begin here:

https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/16/t/193380.aspx

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Gee whiz, go away for a while and lookie what I missed. As usual Gino, fabulous work on a very interesting subject.

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Thanks. It was a fun build.