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Hi Randy. What do you mean?

Ok. Here is the finish product, for the client.

Thanks Randy. Yeah. I agree. Appreciate the support.

Thanks Chris.

Thank you kindly Chris. Glad you like the results. Now all I have yet to do is a vignette to display this little old lady. Will post a few photos of them in this thread, when done.

Thank you again. I appreciate it. Appreciate the compliment.

Thank you. I did wanted to do that but it was difficult to remove those tyres. They could be removed but thay meant holding tightly unto the model, wvich was very fragile. A lot of things could break and I did not want to ruined the customer's model as it was really not cheap. But the customer doesn't mind.

Thanks Kilrathy. I appreciate your k8nd and supportive words of encouragement.

thank you kindly David.

I always work from photos; more than one type of model references , to give it more variations.

Thanks. With such a mode, one has to try and get the right setting for photography. To weather, about 2 days. In hours, less than a day. Been weathering since 2003. But I think I got better, or should I say, comfortable, at it around 2010, when I first started building trucks Thank you Gramps.

Thank you.

I was given this new LM 841 to weather for a friend of mine, Rickard Algotsson. I decided to give this 1:50 scale model a go. It's a beautiful model with great details. Surprisingly enough, it is not made completely out of metal but the body part is mostly plastic. The arm connectors and joints, and all the small details are made from metal. An amazing piece, I must say. The only addition in respect to details is the antenna.I painted the hydraulic coupling ends silver to give the appearance of actual couplings and painted the exhaust stack, silver as well. I weathered the folks using a combination of rust, smoke to make the forks look rusty, like most of the reference photos I saw. For the rest of the model I used the sponge technique, very carefully, all over the model. As this was a 1:50 scale, I had to try and control my hand movements as this was a smaller scale compared to what I was used to. The results is what you see. I've posted the original model, before weathering, and photos after the weathering was completed. I think, with the great details the model has already, I've managed to enhance them, making them pop even more. Before weathering: After Weathering:

Thank you kindly. Aahaa! OK. Thank you for that.

What a story. Thank you for that nostalgic story. Appreciate your feedback.

Why do I ge the feeling that, that line was taken from a film. Thanks.

Much appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks a lot. Glad you like the results.

Thanks buddy. I appreciate your honest support.

Thank you. Glad to know that youve notice improvement in my figure painting. Makes me happy. Figures have never been my strongest attribute. Bold statement my friend. I would like to think so, but there are always those that a better.

Thank you Slusher Glad you liked it. Thanks.

I understand what you are thinking. But consider this. The heavy vehicle damaged may not have happened at that very spot. They could have bulldozed a heep av these vehicles in order to create a barricade

Thanks. Mych appreciated. Kind regards David. Glad you appreciate the end results.

Thanks.

Still have to adjust a couple of things, but I feel my figure painting is coming to a point, that I I am becoming satisfied with the results so far. Just have to keep at it. I think, I may still need to do another wash. The green is not exactly the green for this type of camo but that is what I had on hand. I am going to get the right color for this camo pattern, soon. Unfortunately my photography skills still need lots of improvement. Oh well. If you have noticed, I used the vehicles from my previous diorama in this vignette. The previous diorama does not exist any more. Thanks for looking.