There seems a whole lot of work to get the basic details right on them, but when that work is done, the result is bloody spectacular
Something I've been doing the past days
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Re: Something I've been doing the past days
I agree Mr Scalawag, its quite refreshing to have these new age things being taken to the next level.
There seems a whole lot of work to get the basic details right on them, but when that work is done, the result is bloody spectacular
There seems a whole lot of work to get the basic details right on them, but when that work is done, the result is bloody spectacular
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
Re: Something I've been doing the past days
That's great...will be interesting to see another M1 in the worksscalawag wrote:Will do ALPHA, been away this weekend at a tank meet, but now have a week off. I will be doing some more work on the M1 this week so will post pictures when I can. Mostly internal stuff at this point.
ALPHA
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I've decided that the current Pikachu figure I have would be great as a driver:
Bracket with three magnets each at the rear:
Used an old alum curtain rod cut to size as a bracing. The hull has bowed in already - and the tank hasn't been run for more than an hour since purchase!
Clear parts for the FLIR and CITV. Similar technique as ALPHA's. I used leftover clear styrene sheet dipped in Future polish. The exterior layer is clear sheet with Future to make it really clear and glossy. For the CITV, there are two additional clear pieces behind the exterior one, both in Future tinted with red food colouring.
The FLIR (which I did first) also has two clear pieces with red tinted Future behind the clear one. However, the last clear piece has aluminium foil backing to give some more reflectivity. It didn't work out as well as I thought it would, hence the lack of aluminium foil backing for the CITV. For the other scopes, I'll do the same procedure but experiment with a different backing material.
I'm done with the hull stuff already so I should be applying the anti-slip soon. After that, it's primer time and then paint.
Bracket with three magnets each at the rear:
Used an old alum curtain rod cut to size as a bracing. The hull has bowed in already - and the tank hasn't been run for more than an hour since purchase!
Clear parts for the FLIR and CITV. Similar technique as ALPHA's. I used leftover clear styrene sheet dipped in Future polish. The exterior layer is clear sheet with Future to make it really clear and glossy. For the CITV, there are two additional clear pieces behind the exterior one, both in Future tinted with red food colouring.
The FLIR (which I did first) also has two clear pieces with red tinted Future behind the clear one. However, the last clear piece has aluminium foil backing to give some more reflectivity. It didn't work out as well as I thought it would, hence the lack of aluminium foil backing for the CITV. For the other scopes, I'll do the same procedure but experiment with a different backing material.
I'm done with the hull stuff already so I should be applying the anti-slip soon. After that, it's primer time and then paint.
Last edited by atcttge on Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:43 am, edited 1 time in total.
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PIKA looks great in there...don't know how you got him to fit...but it's perfect 
Mine should be finished soon...working out the insignia..bad day for photos...very gray...so maybe I'll post some later
Super Job ATC...Looking good...Looking real good
ALPHA
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For TC and loader, I've ordered two other Pikachu figures in different poses hahahahahahaha!
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LOL,,,,What happened to the Chibi figuresatcttge wrote:For TC and loader, I've ordered two other Pikachu figures in different poses hahahahahahaha!
ALPHA
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Not for this tank.
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Since the tagline of Pokemon is "GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!" and since this tank is crewed by pokemon, I think it's best to add some "personalisation" to this tank other than just the name by placing "MOLON LABE" somewhere hehehehe
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AH...GOTCHAatcttge wrote:Not for this tank.
.............. ALPHA
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Finally in the process of applying anti-slip on the hull:
