US CHECK POINT IN IRAQ MASTER BOX 1/35

Now I’m assembling the Guntrak that was used in the Iraq War, so try to make a set of US checkpoint infantry in Iraq, this is a Master Box kit. The title says US Checkpoint, I suppose they check suspicious vehicles and people.

I think the paint guide on the back of the Master Box has a different number. According to the Tamiya painting chart, XF-24 Dark Gray and XF-57 Buff, and the 2 colors are mixed in 1:1, the camouflage painting with 3 colors is good. For Vallejo, I think we should choose 70868 Dark Green and 70976 Buff.

The parts for one person are like this. Unlike tank soldiers, infantry has a lot of equipment. But in the case of this kit, It is not so difficult to assemble.

I couldn’t find the MINIMI Light Machine Gun, so I was looking for various places, and it was lying under the bathroom scale. The only cause is my cat, Chai. I was worried that it would be the same as the TBM-3 Avenger canopy again. I should put the small parts in a Tupperware and cover it with a lid.
(2019/10/04)

I finished making two figures. they look pretty good.

I prefer to paint it after assembling finished, but I couldn’t finish this figure, this one with a target like a sniper. I will paint his face and glue his left arm.

Yesterday, I went to a nearby DIY store and bought a piece of wood that I can use as a painting handle. Good-bye to the old uneven wood pieces.

I thought that black surfacers are easy to paint light and shadows, so I tried several times in the past, but personally I didn’t feel much effect. This time, I used a white surfacer as a primer. Anyway, I think it’s better to use a surfacer because it sticks to paint better than painting a smooth plastic surface with water-based acrylic paint.
(2019/10/11)

For the time being, the first color is buff.

I didn’t have Tamiya acrylic at first, so I was going to paint with Vallejo, but I stopped by Akihabara the other day, so I bought Tamiya dark gray and buff.

I finished painting three camouflage colors.

I have finished painting their faces. After used acrylic flat fresh, I used oil paint with a brush.

I made everyone carry weapons and added rifles straps.
(2019/10/13)

Four figures are completed. A kit of 4 Modern US soldiers of the 2003 Iraq War.

Unlike the uniforms from WWII to the Vietnam War, the uniforms have changed into elaborate camouflage outfits.

Recent camouflage uniforms are used dot type which is effective for both field battle and street battle. It is difficult to draw it with a brush. Maybe it would have been better to draw the vertical and horizontal lines more precisely.

Shooter rifles are camouflaged.

I couldn’t draw very well, but I really like the figure of Master Box because of its expressive face. I replaced it with a resin head in the past. It will be a very good figure even if you use it as it is.

I placed them on a gun truck I made recently. Humvees and M1 Abrams would actually be matched better. Each soldier has one M16A2 automatic rifle, one M16 A2 automatic rifle with a scope, one MINIMI light machine gun, and one soldier holding an M21 sniper rifle.

They’re aiming from behind the truck.

They are all equipped with body armors. It must be heavy and tough, but it is a must-have item because it increases the probability of avoiding fatal injury. The knee pad is often seen in recent equipment. It is equipment like an American football player.

These US soldiers carry compact backpacks. I wonder if they don’t need such big equipment because not on a march. I think it would be interesting to make these figures next to the current used vehicle.
(2019/10/17)