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Story »
The Foo City Police Department
recently aquired a Shinohara Industries Patrol
Labor equipped for SWAT use. Read all about it
in the December 22nd edition of The
Foo City Times.
Click here to read the story! »
About the Kits »
These three kits were purchased in June using the
winnings from my 2nd place S-Gundam at Best1Hobby.
Eventually they'll be part of a large diorama. Eventually.
AV-98 Ingram 2 » A master grade
kit from Bandai. This was built basically out
of the box with no modifications. I gave it a
custom color scheme and custom decals which I
had designed to create the SWAT variant.
Likes » Tons of detail. Large
kit when finished. 1/35 scale so I was able to use military kits
with it. Minimal seams needing fixed, just guns and shoulders
Dislikes » Vinyl joint covers
had much flash and paint doesn't stick to them very well. Joint
covers make for minimal posability. Gun hatch on leg has big gap
when closed
U.S. Navy Seal Team » This
was produced by Dragon. They're 1/35 scale so
they're in the same scale as the MG Ingram. I
wanted to find a set of the Dragon SWAT team figures,
but they were nowhere to be found so this was
the next best thing. I think they turned out good
for a futuristic SWAT team.
Quad Tractor » Made by Tamiya.
I needed a "support" car for the Ingram.
I didn't want to do the typical support car from
the Patlabor series and the 1/35 EX kit is hard
to find. I was debating between this and an armored
car and this eventually won out. It's a nice little
kit, but has a TON of flash that nees sanded off.
Great detail and as a bonus, it came with English
instructions. I'm not used to that.
Base »
The base was made using a finished
wooden plaque, baking soda and paint. The instructions
are on Testors
website.
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