25 Pounder & Morris Quad

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By: Joseph Russo

Manufacturer(s): Italeri No 7027

Modifications: OOB

After-market parts: None

Description: Markings and Mickey Mouse Camo for the 7th Armored Div, Normandy, 1944. Base coat Model Master acrylic green drab, hard edge Mickey Mouse pattern in Lifecolor NATO black. Oil based pin wash and weathering with Pollyscale dirt and dust.

Judge 1
A personal favourite vehicle, great little kit for it's time. There are a few gaps visible like between the front mudguard & the Quad body. Along the line above the windscreen & down the sides. Lastly along the rear part of the roof & the hull side I'm not sure about the other side as there are no pictures of that angle. As far as the gun goes the muzzle brake is not glue on straight & is suffering from brewers droop. Very nice painting & dust effect but covers up the camo so can't see if there is a Mickey mouse camo (Black roof with black hard edge 'Clouds' on the sides) The photos are a bit dark & have created most of the shadows rather than the pinwashes. Decals are fine, though 7th AD had their unit symbol above the AOS & Stars on the tops of vehicles were circled. Adding the glass is a nice touch & improved the detail & look.
Judge 2
Boy the British certainly know how to make ugly vehicles! Although not a photographic competition they are all we have to go by. Read our photography guide for some tips that will help improve your photographs, we also need to see all sides of the model to make a fair judgment. I really like the dust it's quite realistic, although the guns base plate looks odd in such a different colour. I would also rub some black pigment around the tyre treads as even when driving on a dusty road they are usually quite clean.
Judge 3
A decent OOTB of a 'classic' and now fairly old kit. As has been pointed out the 25pdr muzzle is drooping noticeably in the 'in progress' picture, whether this has been corrected is not clear. Your paintwork looks appropriate and nicely done, but it is almost obliterated by the extremely heavy weathering. I'd assumed this vehicle was from the Italy campaign at first glance and I'm not sure quite so much mud is really appropriate.