Scratch build US Army "Scout" Armoured recon vehicle XM800 T

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Hi chaps,
As my FV430 Bulldog build is nearly over i started looking for another totally unique build that no body as far as i know has made one of these, most probably have not even seen or heard of one.
Its an armoured light tank which is capable of being air dropped has a 20mm auto cannon fully stabalised and night vision, 3 man crew.
I will be scratch building the vehicle at 1/13 scale full rc from Styrene sheet as per my bull dog.
Unfortunately the production was halted and cancelled in 1974 due to a defence review and budget cuts which was a shame as the vehicle exceeded all the specs the Army wanted at the time and the evaluation crews loved them, i think a large order was placed for them before the cuts.

There are a few about in museums and on display outside Fort Knox USA and at BAE systems.

A few pics of the basic lower hull box with suspension points added.

Cheers Sub.

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Building the hull sides up with internal support, the left hull side is different to the right side but both sides eventually make up to a flat hull top for the turret base.
This build will be quite challenging as the vehicle has many sloping sides, angles and triangular sections

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Left and right rear hull sides added.
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Hi.
Right hand side, middle to front hull side added.
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Hi.
Here is a youtube video of one on the move i found

https://youtu.be/qitsOkEsMlU

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Hi.
Left hand hull sides added, you can see the difference here between right and left sides some thought had to go into the dimensions of each side to ensure that when fully completed and built up they provide a flat surface for the upper hull deck to fit correctly and ultimately the turret and its ring.
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[ronnie42]

Nice build , very clean joints. I usually mess up the styrene glue by using the wrong paintbrush , last bottle of EMA plastic weld turned brown as the brush was not cleaned,

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Hi,
Thank you Mr Ronnie for your interest.
I have only just purchased my first ever bottle of EMA glue, primarily for glueing different types of plastic, as my stock of the other glue i used has expired and i use abs among other types of plastic in my builds so needed something that would weld them all together.

My usual glue for the majority of my Styrene builds is Contacta Professional as you apply it with a needle attached and as you say you can achieve some good clean glue lines with little excess.
Thx for looking.
Regards.
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Hi.
Front Cross brace bulkhead added and start of the hull front make up including headlamp recesses.
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[midlife306]

I’m loving it Sub, keep up the good work


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[Exhibitedbrute]

I did hear of these though it may have been a British used/proposed vehicle but like your self I don’t recall seeing anything other than trials

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Hi Chaps,
Thx for the interest and encouragement.
Bit more done on the headlight frontal area to be able to make the headlight "buckets".
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Hi.
Bit more done, headlamp recesses done, just need a bit more trimming for the angle of the upper front hull when i fit it.
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[HERMAN BIX]

My God Mr Sub, you have a lot on here !
I'd say that most of the global supply of styrene sheet is now diverted to your house

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Hi Mr Bix,
Thx for your interest, and comments.
You are quite right, there is a lot going on, most of it support for the upper hull deck which is full of angles and triangular shapes......more than Pythagoras's note book
A few more pics, this time of the rear end, support for the rear upper part of the hull where it meets the top deck, plus some cross brace upper supports.
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Hi.
Check fit of the gearbox's, as can be seen im using a spare set of low profile gearboxes, there is loads of space for them , my plan on using the low profile gearboxes is so i can put a removable deck section in above them to fit a rather large speaker box which will sit directly below where the rear engine cooling grills are located on the real thing.
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Hi.
Build up of the rear pannel and rear of the hull roof.
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More.

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More.
Should look ok when cleaned up.
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[ronnie42]

Very neat joints , much better than mine,