Post by Smudge on Mar 4, 2014 10:47:30 GMT -5
Hi guys
Pretty much my first work this year and knowing me it won’t get finished anytime soon...mainly due to a lack of a mancave. It is of course work in progress.
It’s the pretty nice Hobby Boss WMIK with Black Dog update and figure set. The WMIK as got it’s faults, and the BD set goes someway to making it more ‘interesting’ but still with flaws.
The HB kit is an early O-WMIK from around 1997 to 2004 (OOTB suitable for Sierra Leone, Iraq, and early Afghanistan) and the BD set 'sort of' upgrades it to a later O-WMIK from 2004-2007 (ish). The BD set has parts from later WMIK versions. Between the two I hope to get an O-WMIK/E-WMIK hybrid so yes this is a ‘what if’ Rover just for fun
Even the figures are post 2009 I think.
Still when completed it should look cool. I deviated from the instructions and hope to end up with three sub assemblies…so far its worked just fine I have the base for the first two, chassis and body. The third will be the WMIK frame itself. Work so far (body pics to follow)
Chassis
Engine; this won’t be used I made it for fun. It’s a waste of good parts so will find it’s way into the spares box.
Wheels; still undecided on these…do I fit (a) the kit steel wheels which are ok or do I fit (b) the BD alloy wheels which are great but have the wrong tread pattern and are the ‘wrong’ era? What do you think???
Smudge
Pretty much my first work this year and knowing me it won’t get finished anytime soon...mainly due to a lack of a mancave. It is of course work in progress.
It’s the pretty nice Hobby Boss WMIK with Black Dog update and figure set. The WMIK as got it’s faults, and the BD set goes someway to making it more ‘interesting’ but still with flaws.
The HB kit is an early O-WMIK from around 1997 to 2004 (OOTB suitable for Sierra Leone, Iraq, and early Afghanistan) and the BD set 'sort of' upgrades it to a later O-WMIK from 2004-2007 (ish). The BD set has parts from later WMIK versions. Between the two I hope to get an O-WMIK/E-WMIK hybrid so yes this is a ‘what if’ Rover just for fun
Even the figures are post 2009 I think.
Still when completed it should look cool. I deviated from the instructions and hope to end up with three sub assemblies…so far its worked just fine I have the base for the first two, chassis and body. The third will be the WMIK frame itself. Work so far (body pics to follow)
Chassis
Engine; this won’t be used I made it for fun. It’s a waste of good parts so will find it’s way into the spares box.
Wheels; still undecided on these…do I fit (a) the kit steel wheels which are ok or do I fit (b) the BD alloy wheels which are great but have the wrong tread pattern and are the ‘wrong’ era? What do you think???
Smudge
