Maddog Manufacturing Production for 2019

[JCON]

May 12, 2019 20:39:05 GMT -6 BUCKY said:

That Mark......always horsin' around!!!!



(Hat and coat moment?)

Hey bud, you would think you'd be wiser and wait for me to get me hat and coat and join ya before making that comment...

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks guys! I appreciate that.

Bucky, you're a scream man! Yeah, I have seven more of those to horse around with.

[JCON]

Have you built the Budweiser wagon yet Mark?

[JED]

Neigh messing about with you Duke 😬😬

[BUCKY]

See why we all get along so well??? LOL

[Dukemaddog]

Love it Jed! LOL! And no Joe, I'll be building the wagon after I finish all the horses. That is the fastest part of this whole project so I'm getting the horses and tackle out of the way first.

[JCON]

Gonna be awesome!!!

[JED]

I was going to say rein it in a bit 😬😬😬😬 Its ok I've left the building

[JCON]

All in favor of Jed leaving the building say AI... all apposed say neigh... guess I'll join you outside Jed, let me grab me hat and coat its raining...

[Dukemaddog]

You guys are a scream! LOL!

[JCON]

We fill blogs for sure with something to make ya smile!!! With all this manure their must be a horse in here somewhere!!! LOL!!!

[JED]

It keeps things alive and healthy and it's good for the soul

[BUCKY]

Be careful, guys....sumbunny might give you a horse-laugh!!

[JED]

Is that the same as horse through laughing !!?

[Dukemaddog]

Keep it fresh guys! I've got more to post soon....

[Dukemaddog]

Well, here's a small update where I started two models and moved forward on several more.

I'll start with one of my two models I started. This is a 1/24 scale 1929 Coca Cola Delivery Van that I got some time back. On these Forums I jumped into the mini Coca Cola Group Build with Bucky and Joe building the same thing, so feel free to go check all our work out there. It got me motivated to get started on this. Of course, I started with the little four-banger motor:



I then started on the chassis which needed to be assembled en toto and included eight pieces besides the engine itself. Here it is all assembled:



The wheel hubs are just tightly fastened onto the metal axles; I can remove them later for painting. I just put them on the model here to line up the chassis and make sure all four wheels touch the ground.

Moving on, I decided it was time to move forward on more models; especially those awaiting paint and/or clearcoat. Here they are in no particular order:

Clearcoat first:

The Diamond T Wrecker got cleared for decals:



The little V-100 got cleared for decals:



The Italian Trattore truck got cleared for decals:



And the Centurion got cleared for decals:



After all this, I shot a basecoat of Olive Drab ANA color on the Italian Centauro. This was the closest thing I could see that matched pics showing this vehicle in Italian Olive. Good enough for me as I haven't the time or inclination to try and mix that color:





Since I was already painting, I pulled out the two Syrian heck Cannons and finished up the painting on them. On the larger one I first dry-brushed a rust color over the gun and frame itself, then drybrushed some dull metallic color mixed with a bit of rust on the wheel hubs. On the smaller gun, I completed a rough three-tone camo pattern; then painted the tires and the wheel hubs afterward. The tires on the smaller on are still a bit wet in these pics:

Technically, these two are done already. I still need to complete the rounds of ammo that came with them so I'm not calling them done yet.

Finally, after all that painting; it was time to build something again. The Austratt turret was calling my name, or rather screaming at me; so out it came. Someone wanted to see the size of this turret in 1/72 scale so here's a shot of the upper shell next to a ruler. This is six and a half inches long from front to back:



The first thing I did was to build the base... all two parts of it. Man, was that ever tough! Yeah...no it wasn't:



The guns then had to be assembled since they were molded in halves. They give you parts for four guns, even though this only has three in the turret:



I made those as seamless as possible; I'll know how successful I was when I paint them. I also built all four in case I screwed one up or something.

After the base dried, I dry fit to see how well the turret base plate fit in the base:



Like a glove! Smooth operation of the traverse too! Of course I had to try it with the upper turret shell on too:





Now, earlier a friend had mentioned that the holes in the trunnions needed to be reduced so that the guns will remain in whatever position I wanted to pose them in. Otherwise they would just remain fully depressed. He made one suggestion, but another friend and fellow IPMS club member mentioned another idea that I decided to try. I added some thin strips of styrene inside the loops so that the holes would tighten up:



It worked! The guns stay where I want them to!

Here is the whole turret fully assembled. Now it's ready for paint:



After that, I can start on the two 128mm twin AA guns that also come in this kit.


Well, that's all I have for this tour. I hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to comment and thanks all for stopping in!

[JCON]

Excellent usual Mark!!!

[BUCKY]

WOW, Mark! Great stuff!!

[Dukemaddog]

Thanks guys! It feels great making this much progress. Hopefully more to show soon.

[JED]

Great work Mark, that turret looks awsome