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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

scalawag 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.

That's great...will be interesting to see another M1 in the works

ALPHA

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.

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

For TC and loader, I've ordered two other Pikachu figures in different poses hahahahahahaha!

atcttge wrote:For TC and loader, I've ordered two other Pikachu figures in different poses hahahahahahaha!

LOL,,,,What happened to the Chibi figures

ALPHA

Not for this tank.

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

atcttge wrote:Not for this tank.

AH...GOTCHA ..............

ALPHA

Finally in the process of applying anti-slip on the hull: