Making a MUTT

Recently I found myself away from home and in need of diversion.  Luckily I had brought along some kits to build.  My first victim was this Tamiya Ford MUTT M-151 with TOW.  You'll perhaps recall that I already have one of these - it can be seen here.

It's a good old kit and having built one a couple of years ago I was optimistic about my abilities to make a reasonable job of it.  Incidentally, if you want to see one built really rather nicely I refer you to Pete's Model World blog.  And yes, these are 1/35 scale Coke cans visible in his photos....

Anyway, back in Tim's Bodge World the build continued apace.  The parts are moulded crisply with next to no flash to remove.

I opted to have the windscreen 'folded' this time with the TOW launcher pointing forward.  It may be a while before the MUTT has to suffer the agonies of paint.

Oh, and apparently MUTT is US Military-speak for Military Utility Tactical Truck.  Not a Jeep then.