BEFORE THE ASSAULT diorama set from ICM in 1/35 scale

[@BobbyG-bp9xr]

That Kozak vehicle is absolutely fantastic! The detail and moulding is superb and your build looked fantastic Gary! 👌 But with those wonderful figures too, this set is incredible value and ICM are way ahead of most manufacturers in this regard. Love their vision and imagination in bringing these sets to the market. And also thanks to you too Gary for showing what you get in the box! 👍 Great review as always Gary 👏 Take care 🙏👊 Bobby

[@kkirkcaldy]

Nice review Gary, that kit is now added to my Christmas wish list! 🧑‍🎄

[@AndrewMcColl]

I do like getting a complete diorama in a box. Airfix's D-Day range was similarly nice, but it would be good to see them expand beyond that.

[@julianmhall]

Beautifully detailed Kozak 2 especially the cabin.. and very crisp as well :) Mind you I'm not sure a beer can is a good idea.. drink-driving a military vehicle? *tut tut* Suggestion for the splinter camouflage; Paint it all over with the base colour - dark green. Scan the page with the decal instructions and Print To File to create a PDF (print to file defaults to PDF) to ensure size accuracy. Print the PDF three times, and cut out the brown areas and tape the now-a-mask to the model, and paint the brown areas. Remove and repeat for the sand/yellow, and black areas. Alternatively as you're making your own masks do whatever order suits you best. Repeat printing and masking for both sides, top and back. A bit round the houses but in the long run probably less time consuming than all those decals. As always the figure moulding is superb, especially the folds and creases in the clothing and the facial features. Nice to see they've illustrated that the SF troops have different camouflage to the regular troops. Ref multicam.. maybe a base of light green then stipple the black and the dark green with a small piece of dryish sponge held in a jewel picker? In a way it's /kind of/ an advantage to ICM to be in an active warzone - NOT that it's an advantage anyone would want obviously! I mean in the sense that they can depict realistic scenes whereas for ever other manufacturer it's an academic exercise to depict their idea of what might happen.

[@randytaylor1258]

The can of "beer" can be s can of anything, including Red Bull (much worse for you IMHO). Great detail on the model -- great review, Gary. 👍

[@hueyJoe135]

Another great video Gary 👍