Panda vs Kinetic MATV MRAP both kits are done

[Leon]

Congrats on the newborn daughter ER!
The MRAP is looking good.

[eastrock]

Thanks Leon!!! hoping to finish this one in time... so I could continue with my other pending builds. time is very scarce at this time.

[joelsmith]

Congrats on the new Daughter. My Dad told me that Daughters were God's punishment for how we acted when we were teenagers. How bout a photo of Mom and Daughter with the proud dad? (Gotta include Mom, she did all the hard work!) ;<)

[eastrock]

Mar 7, 2017 8:51:21 GMT -5 joelsmith said:

Congrats on the new Daughter. My Dad told me that Daughters were God's punishment for how we acted when we were teenagers. How bout a photo of Mom and Daughter with the proud dad? (Gotta include Mom, she did all the hard work!) ;<)

Thanks, Joel!!! I think I may agree with your dad lol... yes, the wife does all the hard work but I'm the one doing the dirty ones lol

[joelsmith]

ER, you haven't become a total Father until you get "baptized" while you are changing her! Best wishes to you and your Family.

[eastrock]

Apologies for the late update guys, been caught up for the moment... here's a minor update on the Panda, interior done already working on exterior. with the interior accessory added some of my extra parts to give it more life.
to the kit since Panda only provided a PE Rack with no radio comm accessories.













Cheers!!!

[TRM]

N apologies needed ER! You've been a busy boy...ummm....Dad!! Looks like you are taming the beast! Interior is looking great my friend! Carry on!

[Leon]

Interior is looking really good ER!

[eastrock]

Thanks a lot guys for checking, got a few more updates coming...


Cheers!!!

[joelsmith]

Cool! Still waiting for photos of the family addition.

[eastrock]

Now after years of storage inside the cabinet and don't ask the smell of the box or the cabinet itself, imagine the wife as a mad woman with burning hair, back to the kit itself it have some issues especially with the fitting set aside that some of the parts are already brittle, time and patience is a foundation of this build in which I don't have enough before... it can still be build, it just plastic and we are engineers and we can come up to a solution to a problem.

you can check the rest of the Kinetic Pictures on the Gallery;



will update soon on the Panda kit, Cheers!!!

[eastrock]

The Panda kit is also done... what can I say its a bit smaller in size compared to the kinetic and both have advantage and disadvantage, the Panda is more focus on their exterior and the kinetic has the interior details updated.




Panda MATV

[wbill76]

Nice pair of bookends ER, bet you're glad to have them both finally done!

[eastrock]

Jun 30, 2017 22:05:14 GMT -5 @wxerock said:

This really did turn out nice. I like your light weathering and finish. The only issue I can see is the green tint on the windows. I have seen many photos of real M-ATVs but never seen even a hint of green tint. Every one ever made has had yellow tinted armored glass.

Regards,

Eric

Thanks for your comment, yes most of the MATV are yellow tinted... but I decided to use the Alclad armor tint...

Cheers!!!

Bill, it took years lol!!!

[Leon]

Nice finish on the pair ER!