Hello
Attached to this posting are some photos of my latest project. It is a NATO front-end loader. I have spent the last five days painting this kit for my company. It was a first for me in regards to the subject, conflict, weathering (aluminum and steel chips) and type of camouflage. I also think this is my first total resin kit.

Until now I had little interest in modern Subjects. I am finding modern subjects to be motivating because of the numerous publications available containing clear colored photos to reference for painting and weathering. This project was something very fresh for me.

Your comments are welcome.

Thank you and have a good weekend
ANPW

Hi friend,

Nice build and subtle weathering! Great to see your work.

Keep in touch and take care!
Alex

what made you add the WBLM Portland thing? i live in portland and listen to that station, so im just wondering :D

I live in the Portland area too !

Small world ,even on the internet .

BTW very nice job on something different .

Dear Matthew and Shawn, I was really hoping someone from my old home town would see this posting. I lived in the Portland Maine area all of my life until moving here to Spain last August at the age of 33. I still go home to visit my parents in Biddeford frequently. I will be there for two weeks in August. I personally prefer 989 WCLZ much over WBLM but figured WBLM to be more bravado for this piece of construction equipment. No comments about CYY......

Thanks again guys
ANPW

I'd go with the armor. The raw armor plates look awsome and the guys at Armorama will love you for it
Great rendition on a unusual subject!

"I am finding modern subjects to be motivating because of the numerous publications available containing clear colored photos to reference for painting and weathering. This project was something very fresh for me."

Does this mean we're gonna see more modern models from you? I sure hope so!

Regards,
Marcel Jussen



http://members.home.nl/mjussen

Adam,that ist a great model.Veri nice weathering and chipping

great subject and painting, love the weathering on the front forks!
But what I really want to see is the Toyota hilux done by you, can't wait to see that one!

regards Rudi

Superb as always, Adam. I would drop the armour, but that is just me. Both look great! Dmitry

Dmitry Kiyatkin
Baltimore, Maryland
http://www.ww2models.com

Hi Adam. Love the finish .. the subject is refreshing also ... I can see why one would be tempted with modern armor. I always find your work very inspirational, and so much can be learnt from this. What/how do you do the chalk grafitti? Im sure everybody on Armorama will be proud of this!

it is phenomial-

Absolutely amazing-

James

Adam, thanks for sharing! It's nice to see such an unusual modern subject from you for a change (wasn't the last one your icy T-55?). The weathering looks very nice on this one. I prefer the add-on armor, mainly because of how well you painted it! It reminds me of 'Naked Desperation', I just love how you paint that bare metal!!! I also like the personalized grafitti.

Put some wood in it!!!LOL

un abrazo!
Charlie

...Bloody Brilliant weathering and painting!!
and great subject,too...
Nick

Charley and Nick
What’s up pals. Thank you for your postings and endless support. Nick, it is always fun talking to you on the phone. Talk to you again shortly.

Ey Charley, I found out last night that I will be home for the IPMS Nationals this year. I have toyed with the idea of going but am not sure. I will run it by Uncle Steve as well. Talk to you soon. Say hello and give a big fart to Mrosko for me.

Your pal
ANPW

I would rather fart than have an end loader with nappy silver painted lenses,dude slow down and spend a little more time on basic skill's of building a model.Mosk

Chris
I thought you knew me good enough to know that I was joking man. I was hoping I might see you at the Nats this year. I am thinking about going because I will be in the states.

Sorry dude and talk to you soon.
ANPW

That's the problem,I do know you good enough,but I was just busting NADS,LOL! Have a killer day.Mosk
P.S. Cant wait to see the loader and the Hi-lux on the market,nice work guyz.

Cool Mosk

Keep in touch amigo.

ANPW

The chips on the fork are outstanding!...the pallet looks a little too new (although it could be a new pallet) the spotlights above the cab don't look convincing painted silver...but the overall model is
a great piece of work....well done on you a mig releasing things that different

Luke

Definitely...definitely keep the armor!

Seriously though that is some amazing scratch, weathering and paint work. It's always nice to see the work of real pros.

Thanks for the plug!

Cheers,
Jim

Armorama.com

As we told you yesterday at Migproductions, the machine is a little jewel; and with the armour on looks much more wild ¡¡¡¡. Is the yellow one ready too...

Saludos cordiales Adam y recuerdos a Miguel

It was good seeing you the other night Santiago. You are always welcome. MIG will be finished his yellow civilian version shortly. Thanks for your posting. See you very soon.

.

Hi,
What a fantastic weathering! I particularly loved de scratches on the fork, absolutely amazing.
Best regards,
Luis Alho

The lifter of the second one looks so dam real!!

These are live kits..

Great job.

Regards,
Duarte Folgado

Beautiful work Adam! Definitely with the armor, it's a great contrast to the Nato camo. I love the way you hinged the front piece to be either up or down.

Best,
Mike

...I need to stop trying to do too many things at one time. The graffiti is another nice touch. The only thing I see you might want to take a look at, the rear tail lights look really bright, maybe dust them a bit?

Mike

Hello Mike
I hope all is well. I often think of my trip to Atlanta last year. It was a great time. I found out the other night that I will actually be in the States during the IPMS show this year but do not know if I will attend yet. I did not know this until about 12 hours ago. I will keep you informed. Talk to you soon.

just a comment about the tail light comment...

it's pretty common to see a dirty, dusty, mess of a military vehicle with nice clean shiny reflectors/lights etc. My CO was always very adamant about wiping off all the lights etc for safety reasons, so if he found dirty tail lights on your vehicle, you'd be doing push ups. A lot of vehicles in the company had a rag tucked under the driver seat for just this purpose.

I'm stoked to see this 10K as we had one in my unit (with forks) used for loading/moving pallets and containers in the repair parts warehouse. I never thought I'd see one in this scale.

Chris K

Adam, I could stare at the bucket & the forklift parts for hours; the colour, style, placement and attention to detail of the chips & the other weathering techniques are IMO perfect. Don't get me wrong - the rest of the kit is great too, but if there is one thing that really catches my eye, it's the tips of the forklift tynes..just amazing looking paintwork.

Like the others have said, I hope to see more modern era work from you!

Adam, I know you hid one somewhere! Seriously, very well done. In my real job I see heavy construction equipment on a daily basis and have observed that the wear, tear and weathering doesn't seem that far removed from combat vehicles. You've nailed it! I've often thought about scratchbuilding a 1/25scale D9 Cat .... but for now I'll relish your model of the loader! Great job, my friend.

Mike

...this is one of the superBBBBB piece !!! every one must have one !!! with or without is all ok...as both are great !!!

Regards,
Jimmy Ngo

Who makes this kit and where can I get one!!!!

Awesome job man, there are not enough compliments out there...


I personally like it with the armor in place and the window armor door in the up position, makes the cab look like a big welder's helmet, very cool.

Cheers,
E

did Mig let you paint this all by yourself? [only kidding!! ].. those armour plates and the weathering around the forks are outstanding!, saved a couple of pics for reference for the plates on my Guntruck

Andy

Thank you all very much!!! More thoughts and answers….

Thank you very much everyone for the feedback!!!!!!! I know you would all prefer be at your desks modeling on the weekend instead of putting up postings. Again, and am grateful.

Dear Marcel, Rudi and Graeme, yes I will be doing more modern armor. Again, this was a very fresh change for me. I do not know if MIG will leave the Hilux to me or not. I think that I will again learn more about painting when finish the Hilux as I did with this loader. Never the less, you will see it soon.

Dear Frank, the graffiti was painted using white acrylics and a fine brush. I would recommend practicing on a pice of scrap first. I found this to be tricky. My friend MIG is much better at this then I am at this (he actually helped me with the slogans on the front plate). Wait until you see the Arabic writing he did using this same method on his civilian front end loader.

Hello Jim, the model is actually a resin kit that my company will be releasing shortly. The only thing I designed on this kit were the forks and their mount along with other various minor details.

Ey Mike, anything scratch-built along these lines by you would be a show stopper pal. I hope you are doing well. I cannot wait to be published together in September. Keep in touch.

Eddie, this kit will be offered from MIG Productions in a few weeks. Thank you for your interest and posting. Happy modeling.

Andy, I would love to see your Guntruck finished soon. Rust up those plates pal. its fun.

Thanks again everyone else for you postings as well. Happy modeling.
ANPW

Hi my friend!

congratulations for your work, Have you doubts?

With Armour please, and withs kind of steel plate.

Can we see it in Almeria in October?

Best Regards

Joaquin

JQN~

http://www.panzermodelling.com

what you where talking about on msn. The finsh is outstanding! I love the paint chips as well as the different shades of the raw unpainted armor plates. Absolutely realistic finish on this subject! Congratulations !
Cheers
Sven

Hello Mr. Wilder ! Excelent work as usual..... A little diferent from the WWII universe but with the same quality of work.... The steel plates covered with diferent tones of rust are amazing ! And I like the "Heavy Metal" logo !!!!!

Happy Modeling
Paulo Lopes

for me has to be with the armour- a great job of the raw steel ( as your T34) the forks and pallet do it for me- like the choice of 'dirt' colour to contrast (like dolomite from a site I presume?)really interesting model Adam- great work

cheers
Mark

For sure my friend,...it'll be a pity and a waste of time not to show such great and weathered steel armour..and if you are in doubt I'll give you my post address..je.je.je
Happy modelling.

Hi Adam, I no imagine better final for my master.
The forks and the armour are an exelent update, the pallete are amazing, really good.
The rust an weatering look impressive.

Realmente, hermoso trabajo.
Un abrazo
Horacio

as usual Adam. I especially like the rust effects on the "armour" panels and the multi coloured chipping around the fork lift area - it shows a real mastery of the technique.

Again well done - its a beautiful piece of work.

Regards,

Adam

Thank you Adam
I referenced colored photos for the forks. Again, that is the beauty of painting modern armor.

Cheers and happy modeling.

ANPW

Hello, thank you again for the support. It is very nice. This is fantastic.

Hello Joaquin
I am sorry that we did not get enough time to talk at AMT. It all went by so fast. I am thanking of taking a bus to Almeria in October. I am sure we will talk more about this soon.

Ey Sven, thanks for joining our MSN chat conversation the other night. Again, I am looking forward to your Panzer IV. I will talk to you this week.

Paulo, Mark, Abilio and Horacio, it is great to see your postings. You guys have all influenced me with your great painting and scratch-building.

Much appreciation again to all of you
ANPW

Hi Adam
What a surprise!! Welcome to the modern world.
Your job is always inspirating, man.
Please take care of you and FCK.
Regards
paco

Superb weathering! I like it a lot but please, do not abandon your wonderfull WWII models for these monsters

Un abrazo

Antonio

Adam,

This has to be one of the more original subjects I've seen on this board, and you've done a superb job at it too!

I especially like the raw armor plates, and the chalkings, but most of all, I really like the finish on those forks! Totally awesome.

Charby

Hello Paco, Antonio & Herve
Thanks again for your comments. This really was a fun project. I learnt so much more about painting. I feel as though I have stepped into a new world.

Do not worry Antonio. I have a 38T almost finished. I will be painting a figure for that one.

Cheers everyone
ANPW

nothing more can be said, amazing finish...D

Oh sorry, looks so REAL!!! Very amazing job! Love the weathering!

Hi my pal,

With armour without hesitation!!! You/we cannot miss the great wrok on painting rusty armour plates indeed. As usual, your work is always an endless source of inspiration.

Thanks for sharing!

Un abrazote
Lu

if you are really going for painting accuracy,which I assume you are,the rams are always wiped squeaky-clean every time they are forced out of the cylinder.Even if it were leaking,the oil is thin and would run on the under-side of the ram.Other-wise,an out-standing job of weathering.It really looks the part..............Dan


GA/USA

Hello
Thank you every one for the responses. I thought the subject was original but was not expecting anything like this at all.

Lu, I am going to start calling you the phantom. No one hears from you for months then you appear out of nowhere with a posting or something similar. I was able to see a lot of the CMT guys at AMT. It brought back great memories. Could you also send me an E-mail with your mailing address please?

Hello Dan
I did have a bit of a time getting the hydraulic rams to at least look like what you see there. I could not find a good combination of paints. I a sure you are correct about the thin oil running under the hydraulics. I will certainly correct this mistake next. Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it!!!!!

Daryl and Stephen
Thank you for your complements. I am glad you like the model. hope to talk to you again soon.

Cheers everyone and happy modeling
ANPW

to see your work Adam. I might have to get me one of these kits, great subject - tell Mig to keep pushing it, we need these original and new subject matter to keep us fresh. I agree with Charlie's comment about the steel plate, reminds me of the Naked Desperation in the shop (still one of my all time favs). There is a lot to absorb here and appreciate. Great stuff!

Best,

Mike

Absolutely Stunning!

....that I was still getting feedback in this posting. Thanks again both of you.

Mike, the feeling is likewise. I have really enjoyed watching your name grow in this modeling world. You deserve it. You really have your own thing going on pal.

John, I am glad you like it. Thank you for your support.

ANPW