VIETNAM ERA GUN TRUCK - M-151 MUTT with armor by POINT MAN
This is a quick behind the scenes look at my Vietnam armored Mutt (M-151). This is a great project if you have an old 21st Century Toys M-151-A2 sitting around, collecting dust, or if you can get your hands on one real cheap.
STEP 3 - STYRENE - Our Friend
It was pretty easy to scale up the armor. I used the vehicle windshield as a starting point and just sort of "eyeballed" it. Once I had a rough pattern. I cleaned it up with a ruler, cut it out and glued it to some cardstock, which I then cut out to trace onto styrene. I had a bunch of styrene on hand, but it was too thin, so I glued two sheets together to get the thickness I wanted, then I cut out the pieces I would need.
You can see in this picture that there is no detail at this point and the doors are being held in place with masking tape.
You can see in this picture that there is no detail at this point and the doors are being held in place with masking tape.
STEP 10 - Add some more junk.
I tend to add a lot of "paper-stuff" to my vehicles; maps, cigarette packages, cards, documents, pictures, magazines and more. Not only does this stuff add some color to the vehicle, it completes that lived in look. It also sort of tells a little story about the crew, what they are into, etc. I keep adding stuff until I achieve the level of clutter that I am looking for. I let it sit for a bit and evaluate. If I am happy, then I call it quits. Hope you found this little tutorial helpful - Point Man.