If I ever get out of this alive.

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this is the good ol´ Tamiya kit, enhanced by some PE and with Archers fine transfer decals.
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Archers decals make quite a difference.
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basic assembly
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Miniarts U.S. Military Police kit fit like a glove for the intended scene
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A lot of delicate details and parts await the modeller
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Complemented by some useful PE frets. Only the decals could not live up to this standard. They have been printed not 100% aligned and did not show crisp details. Archer Fine Transfers offer just that. So in they went.
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October 11, 2021
The figures are a nice offering too with convincing poses. Only the heads will be replaced by Hornets heads.
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I did not like the oil tub so I replaced it with one made from a thin copper sheet.
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calling it done after some detailling with brake hoses, ignition wires and the like.
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Wear and weathering was kept subtle as I imagine that MP stuff was not worn down that much.
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I think I did a mistake and the glass of the headlight should have been turned by 90 °.
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The only mistake in the kit I recognized are the taillights. Those two are identical at the kit but not at the real stuff. I modified it accordingly
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Well, guess what will happen to the second bike...

Commentaires

3 11 October 2021, 16:17

Bruce Huxtable
Really liking the weathering in the motorcycle. I'm guessing there's plenty of scratched items added too?

11 October 2021, 20:33

Michael Kohl
Hi Bruce,
Thanx for your kind feedback. Concerning my modifications, there is actualle only one: the metal tub under the engine which I shaped from copper foil.

13 October 2021, 18:02

Rui S
Very Nicely done and painted motorcycle 👍

13 October 2021, 23:50

Michael Kohl
Thanx Rui, appreciated. The kit is a great base.

15 October 2021, 12:22

Album info

Normandy 1944. A jeep with GIs passes a MP check point and one of the GIs imagines what he would do to the Harley Davidson WLA the MPs use as transport.

If I ever get out of this alive...

19 images

1:35

En pause

1:35 H.D. Motorcycle Instruments and Placards (Archer AR35327)

1:35 U.S. Wireless Station - WW II (PlusModel EL022)

1:35 Normandy Signposts Set 2 (MK35 A054)

1:35 Jeep Willys MB Mirrors (Tamiya) (Echelon Fine Details M357122)

1:35 Jeep Lenses and tailights (SKP model SKP 141)

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