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Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:24 am
by tomhugill
Yeah I might give it a go, I'm pretty happy as is but always open to improvements

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Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:22 am
by tomhugill
Some more small progress on my chieftain, tonight I got the headlights fitted.

I used nano warm white SMS LEDs for the outer lights and then the opaque ones for the IR lamps as they're painted black anyway.

Also added some bolt detail to the fender supports. Hopefully once the elefant is done I can get back to the slow process of detailing this.ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:21 am
by tomhugill
Thanks to the good Dr Phibes my chieftains now becoming a mk10. The printed parts are absolutely fantastic. There were a couple of adjustments needed as the dimentions of my chieftain are slightly different to the haya. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:25 am
by square4
Great looking and some great work being done. :thumbup:

Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:31 pm
by tomhugill
Today I've had the clay out to make the stillbrew armour. Hopefully once dried I can sand and fitness this some, however I'm really pleased with how it is so far. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:44 pm
by tomhugill
A little more progress on the cheiftain mk10. I've done some tidying on the still brew, it's pretty much where it needs to be now I think. I've also added the smoke launchers. These were taken from a tamiya Abrams with some alterations ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:55 pm
by Dr Phibes
Tom, the Stillbrew is looking spot-on :thumbup: I see you got on top of that cut-away for the searchlight/TOGs on the left hand side really well too.

Considering where you started (it strikes me as a very difficult build/upgrade) this is a consistently high standard of simply amazing work. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Following along of course, and looking forward to your future developments for sure!

Re: Chieftain mk5

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:50 pm
by tomhugill
Dr Phibes wrote:Tom, the Stillbrew is looking spot-on Image I see you got on top of that cut-away for the searchlight/TOGs on the left hand side really well too.

Considering where you started (it strikes me as a very difficult build/upgrade) this is a consistently high standard of simply amazing work. Image Image
Following along of course, and looking forward to your future developments for sure!
I literally couldn't have done it without you!

Massive thanks for the helpful hints on doing the stillbrew, gave me the shove I needed to just get on with it.

Still a lot of details to go but it feels like it's going in the right direction now and I don't have too many major obstacles to getting it to a point where it can be painted

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