KV 1 - quick mods.

[blimp]

I've decided to go for an early - mid '41 version , before the germans used 88's , and extra armour wasn't needed .

• . . . So the front plate can go as well .

. . . all together now , get the back bits off . . . .

. . . the HL glue fairy was a bit generous in places , but a kife can be slid behind and 'walked' along . . .

Yay ! Now the rest . . .

I removed the periscope as well , to stop it getting hacked about

. . . Scrap plastic , filler , plus a thin sasauge of miliput , smoothed along where the plates meet ,( it isn't a sharp change of angle on the real thing ) . . . then onto opening the vision port . . .

• . . . Nope , hold on , DIN DIN'S ! . . . .

[Panther_John]

This is going to look the business blimp, nice work so far.

[blimp]

Why thank you kindly young sir ( praise ! - don't ! it only encourages me to get worse y'know , much , much , worse . . .)

• AHEM . Forgive me losing the plot here folks , I know it is SUPPOSED to be 'quickie mod' stuff , , so of we jolly well go . . . .
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Port cut out and the back built up with scrap to give an impression of the 75mm armour plate , and another lump will be part of a hinge . . .

. . Next on the list , some more soldered bent brass strip and wire , and a 'vision block from grey plastic , just for a change .

One drivers visor . an open . . .

. . and shut case m'lud .

I will be making a scratched headlight as well , but i need to attack my spares first to see if i can cobble something together that looks better than the horrible stock item , that means a foray into the shed - so i'll come back to that later on . Now to look at the rear deck , those air vents for a start . . . .

TTFN B .

[blimp]

. . . Of course , if you fancy doing an early ( 1940 ) version you can remove the MG as well - just skin the front plate with a bit of thin plasticard sheet , they only had a pistol port - like the ones under the turret visor slits .

• . . . Oh , that front lamp , testing , testing , 1 lump of plastic and some sanding -

. . . A ' crash ' moulding , plasticard heated over a candle , then quickly pulled down over the bit . . .

. . and a trim . . .

- it looks like a headlight bowl to me .

- I'll make a lens for it from clear sheet and a rim of wire , or do you think it should have a blackout shroud instead ? . . . Decisions , decisions . . .

[blimp]

*A tiny update on the 'ol guinea pig - geddit ? ( 'Kay -Vee' = Cavey . A common dometic pet , S. American rodent . )

. . . You know , the "cute but tasty" ones . . . .

- Oh , never mind . . .

• . . . The headlight shell , 2 mouldings , one inside the other , forms a rim and stiffens up the paper thin plastic .

with a reflector . This is going to be 'chrome plated' how ? wait and see .

. . . the small LED turned out to be an I.R. one bother . I have some yellow ones but i'll see if there are any white ones about first , meantime i'm on the hunt for some acrylic or acetate to make the lens . . .

[caddyshack]

Nice build..i like those lens covers

[blimp]

No clear plastic , so plasticard has to do , the lens is done , shiny eh ? . Well , it's mine and i'll polish it as much as i want . . .

. . . it now lies embalmed in rubber , tomorrow i'll try my hand at clear resin . While it's setting i will be doing a few different styles of blackout covers , then onto the headlight mold it'self .

[majordisastor]

Well done ! Either you are a modelling genious - or you have way too much time on your hands

Either way for a ' quick mod' you are finding new levels of craftmenship ...............I think I can hear your Tiger sulking !!

Andy

[blimp]

Yes , it's true , but there is sooo much I want to do on the 'ol gal i thought i'd get a little runaround as well . Ordering the wrong size metal stock didn't help and the wheels are on hold 'till i can do them at work . .etc. etc . I know , excuses , excuses .

• - Nice update on Ebby by the way thought of a scheme yet Andy ?

[[ICE]monkey]

great job on the headlight