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Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 2:11 am tankme: awed as always, I am thinking of ordering this book just so I can accomplish something far, far less impressive: a correctly painted modern MBT. Do you know this book at all:
Grummitt, David, ed. Warpaint Armour 2 - NATO Armour 1991-2020. Vallejo Guideline, 2021. ASIN B094RL283N.

Thanks. Since there was no formal camo back then I had to wing it a bit. I haven't seen that particular book, but I think I've got some of the Vellejo painting guide books at home.

Got the LED headlights and tail lights wired up this weekend. I used the flat nosed 5mm variety so they don't have that round end pointing out. The flat nosed LEDs look like they have lenses on them.







You can see how the oscillating turret can elevate and depress:





It's getting close to being finished. I need to do some airbrush touch ups at this point and some mild weathering.



I had it running under it's own power using a HL 7.1 system. As you can see, the on/off switch is under the driver's hatch. The gearbox is the plastic dual drive type, but the tank is pretty light so it seems to work well. It was cheap ($65.00 USD plus shipping) so I'm giving it a shot. I did have to shorten the drive shafts and adjust the flats on the shaft to fit the sprocket backspacing. There is a small Taigen speaker as there isn't much room inside the hull for a larger one. It's stuck up in the nose of the hull. Hoping to post a video of it running this week.



That's all for now...

That thing is a racey looking Tank !
I admire your innovative approach to an odd subject mate, rare as rocking horse
I’d say !!

HERMAN BIX wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:26 am That thing is a racey looking Tank !
I admire your innovative approach to an odd subject mate, rare as rocking horse
I’d say !!

Thanks. I've got plenty more odd projects started...

I love this. Quirky and wonderful.

Meter rat wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 5:18 pm I love this. Quirky and wonderful.

Thanks. I think it turned out quite nice.

I absolutely Love how this tank turned out! I also love how you seem to spontaneously come up with cool camouflage patterns and colors. Most impressive Sir

MrChef wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 3:29 pm I absolutely Love how this tank turned out! I also love how you seem to spontaneously come up with cool camouflage patterns and colors. Most impressive Sir

Glad you like the camo. I thought about it for a long time before deciding on the colors.

Great result Derek, you've done really well to combine all those different techniques and materials. The nice armour textures and paintjob really tie it all together!

I'm interested in what you think of the Sunlu resin you used for the tracks; I haven't tried any of theirs but I've read good things about them. It'll be good to see how it holds up!

Raminator wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 5:46 am Great result Derek, you've done really well to combine all those different techniques and materials. The nice armour textures and paintjob really tie it all together!

I'm interested in what you think of the Sunlu resin you used for the tracks; I haven't tried any of theirs but I've read good things about them. It'll be good to see how it holds up!

After I get some run time outside on the tank, I can update the thread. Good thing about it is that it flexes well with good dimension accuracy. The Anycubic Tough resin shrank so much it was pretty much useless.