Got some painting done today. A good coat of paint really makes a big difference. My current plan is to paint as much as I can before I start assembling. So far, so good.

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Outstanding painting results, my friend @gblair! You are right, painting made a big difference.

Thanks for stopping by: Carl (@clipper), Spiros (@fiveten), and John (@johnb). This is a cool model, and I always get a big boost when I start painting. I don't use chipping fluid much, mainly because its results don't seem to be very controllable. I have read articles where modelers say that the results can be controlled, but that hasn't been my experience. This is my first time using Vallejo chipping fluid, and it seemed less controllable than the other brands, such as AK or Mig. I suppose practice is the key.

Thanks for stopping by, John (@j-healy).

George R Blair Jr (@gblair)
Hopefully everything went well at your last visit with the doctor. I have been there occasionally myself. You go in expecting to talk about one thing, and end up talking about something completely different.

You have been very busy with this one ! My favorite is the seat box, and how you have chipped the paint off of it, revealing the wooden undersurface. The seat cushions look great too !

Being a RH drive vehicle, I wonder if this was originally an English design or build ? My wife used to deliver the mail for the US Postal Service, and when we were married, she had a RH drive delivery Jeep. At one point she had 3 of them... Two were being used for parts because they were getting harder to find even back then 30 years ago. It was an odd feeling driving it from the wrong side of the road ! It was a fun little thing to drive, but it didn't have air conditioning and it was brutally hot in the Florida summer heat.

The newer LLV Postal Delivery vehicles don't have AC either... and very little insulation. The aluminum bodies used on the LLV were made by Grumman, and it has rivets galore... reminding me of a Wildcat, or more aptly a DC-3 / C-47 which is built with a gazillion rivets !

The armored car is looking very nice.

Take care my friend.

Excellent looks so far, my friend @gblair! Kudos to your painting and weathering skills!

I was thinking the same thing as the others George (@gblair), that the seat box and the cushions looks exceptionally well done. Combining that with the chassis weathering and this is going to look very much how I would expect something like that to look were I in a position of having to drive it. I think back to my aviation days and the mild rust and chipping conditions of the ground vehicles. Of course military vehicles are going to have a harder life.

We had our granddaughter for several hours today, so it was Papa and Evie play time. I did get some things done. It is working well to only work two steps at a time. I ID the parts, take them off the sprue and clean them up, then figure out if they are green or white, and then paint them. None of my paints take a long time to dry, so it is easy to complete the 2 steps in a short time. This also keeps me from mis-identifying the parts and painting them the wrong color. I hope to finish most of the interior tomorrow. Cheers.

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