Chieftain ARRV mk 7

[TKcommander]

Excellent work Rob, looking forward to seeing it run in the new year!

Merry Christmas.

[HERMAN BIX]

Mr Wobbly..................looking at all the effort you put into that hull detail I reckon you would have looked at the Rubiks Cube & said.............."Ahh , I can make that WAY harder to do "

Top job

[wibblywobbly]

Ha ha, the way this is going it might be a couple of months before this is completed. The only way that I can stick with it is to complete a small section each day, and bit by bit it should all come together.

We are now past the 21st Dec, which means that we are on our way to summer and longer days...lets hope it's finished by the time the sunshine returns.

I am now wondering whether to buy an Elmod Fusion board to go in it, and sell the IBU2 that I just bought. Nothing wrong at all with what an IBU2 does but the Elmod does a little bit more of what I need for vehicles like this.

RobG

[PainlessWolf]

W.W.
The work is beyond amazing. The pulley wheels alone are jaw droppers. I can't wait to see this thing in action.
regards,
Painless

[tankman]

A lot of time and effort being put into this build, impressive detail touches and scratch building. Well done indeed.
Tankman

[wibblywobbly]

Started on the back panel, as with the rest of it, having to use the Armourama 1/35 build pics to see what should be there, and the pics of the scrapyard wreck to see if there is any detail that the 1/35 models have missed due to the microscopic size of the components.

I am pretty certain that I haven't missed anything doing it this way, though even in 1/16 some parts are too small to replicate with detail, well not unless I go to Specsavers and get some of those super-thick-see-through-anything glasses...

[wibblywobbly]

I need to make some brass hooks and cable to go on the back panel but that will be a 2 minute job when I get some.

Decided to make the rear in two parts so that when the upper and lower are together it looks like a one piece unit.

[tomhugill]

This is a truly fantastic build Rob! The level of scratch building on this forum seems to be going up and up! I think 2015 is really going to be the year of the scratch build.

[971wright]

Hi Rob its looking great ,fantastic detail ,here are a few links to items that may come in handy for you ARV http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191070526559? ... EBIDX%3AIT
an this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111458043413? ... EBIDX%3AIT

when you take a look search the site there may be others that you may need .You can use these to build rams that extend for cranes and dozer blades and winches .

regards pete

[wibblywobbly]

Tom, I get the same idea, there are some incredible builds going on, on this site. I check up on them regularly even if I don't always leave a comment, it's great to see so many people getting into this.

Pete, thanks for the links, I have never seen those units before, having offset vertical drives may enable me to save space and get the mechanics working. The shovel should be fairly easy, just two (one lift one rotate), but the crane will be a challenge. If push comes to shove (excuse the very poor pun) I would rather have a functional shovel than a crane. I only have a 6 channel radio, so I am going to be pushing things with fully functional everything.

What makes my hair stand on end is the detail on the crane, and what lurks behind the shovel. It will probably be a case of build the detail in styrene, but have a simpler, stronger, system for operating. The 1/35 scale guys must be on drugs to do what they achieve.