MERKAVA MKIV מלחמת חרבות ברזל WAR OF IRON SWORDS,GAZA

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:35 am

Well new year-new project.
Try as I might to make this work, I just cannot get the compromise between the quirkiness of the thermal cover and a model with any sort of detail.
I’ve made the decision to go without the cover but try to get a somehow different facsimile of a Gaza’n theatre Merkava.

First off is to take it apart & get the internals & running gear sorted, and change the gearboxes to steel ones . Had those for over a year now, time to use them I reckon!

Ecam · Post by **Ecam** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 3:44 am

Diggin' out the oldies. Another one I'm glad to see again. Perhaps a colorful yarn knitting this time...

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 4:02 am

As it is with projects, they are gathered, planned and then sit & wait their turn.
This one seems easy on the surface, no cutting, no drastic modifications, no real depth of understanding of the use in depth of these AFVs in action other than what we see on short video clips.

My focus now is to search the web for that magic picture I can draw on to create the idea.

I can say though that I need a much bigger bench !!
This thing is enormous

tankme · Post by **tankme** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 4:32 am

Should be a good project. I had made a cope cage from mine. I was pulling a box off a really high shelf. Long story short, I don't have a cope cage for mine anymore. I did convert the black parts on the skirts to flexible material as they are in real life.

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 6:56 am

I will definitely be doing the lower skirt material change.
Shame about the cope cage mate, I could do with one of those

This is a bit of a blind venture really

Pavel · Post by **Pavel** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 4:40 pm

I'm busy with the night sight for now...

Pavel · Post by **Pavel** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 4:44 pm

I wanted the same one

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 6:59 pm

Great pics Mr Pavel, thanks for those.
I may not get to that level of detail but at this starting point, who knows !!

Pavel · Post by **Pavel** » Mon Jan 06, 2025 6:10 am

I'll add, if you're interested...
It really has blue tint optical devices.
If the Challenger 2 has ruby coating on the glass, then here it's athermal glass with cobalt.
But the headlights are transparent, you need to change the glass there.....

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:04 am

Mr Pavel I openly encourage you to post images and advice in here.
I appreciate any guidance I can get & im sure the tips and techniques you share will be appreciated by the broader membership.

I’m a novice on the Merkava but do hope to make a model that does justice to this mighty modern AFV .