Looking good, Richard. Great attention to detail.

Richard,
Your work is a joy to behold. The completion of this has to be a winner.

Thanks very much everyone for the encouragement!

Cheers George! I've been trying to push on this week but I've got two more projects on the go as well as a new Playstation game!

I've put some more colour down on the back ramp going off some google images as reference. I still need to put some dirt wash down and attach the M240, but that's miles away yet! The M240 is actually still in its box.

The interior is pre shaded and ready to be painted, I might get round to that tonight but I need to respect the fact I'm half way through a 3l bottle of Frosty Jack! Might leave that one till tomorrow.

Thanks Bryan, there's a lot of room to add detail with this kit. I had contemplated building a hummer to sit on the back ramp but went for infantry transportation in the end. I can put more visible detail in that way.

Going slightly off topic anyway, I'm building a Challenger 2 at the minute. I want to put the Challenger 1 that I built about a year ago in the final pics along side it, but couldn't help but feel I could improve on the weathering from my first attempt.

I scrubbed off the original pigments and had another shot, so here's a sneak preview. The lighting isn't great in the photo, I do the final armour photos outside in the light tent but I'm happier with the outcome. The Challenger 2 is built but is still completely bare plastic at present. I'm guessing it will be done after Xmas, can't promise a date though!

Thanks Ken!

What a monster! You could take years on a build like this.

I'm very impressed by your painting/weathering.

Ok, where was I with this one! I've been back at home a couple of weeks so have managed to make a bit of progress.

The miniguns came in a lot of small parts and required tweezers to put together, but got there in the end.

Before painting the weaponry I had to finish off the floors, walls and ceiling and get them glued down into one half of the shell, along with the cockpit.

I painted the guns with a base coat of aluminium, then alclad gun metal, then finished them with a matte varnish.

Some strategic blobs of super glue here and there and that's them secured down inside.

Next is the task of assembling the photo etch seating. I'm going to use some pieces of cocktail sticks for the seat legs, cheap and cheerful! I haven't got round to the seat belts yet, saving that one for a rainy day! Once the seats are done and attached that will be the interior finished I think.

Now most of the interior is done I can start working on the exterior. I've attached the big external fuel tanks and started assembling the rotors, I'll post a few more pics in the next couple of days. The size of the model is starting to become apparent now sat on my work bench! It is absolutely huge!