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Post by JED on Dec 16, 2020 15:03:35 GMT -6
The age old question, how long is a piece of string?
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Post by rustybaer on Dec 17, 2020 9:11:22 GMT -6
The age old question, how long is a piece of string? Just a little shorter than I need it to be...... So I fixed something that had been bugging me, namely the FDA on the early tank. When I first started the hull, way back when the Earth was still cooling, I think I intended to build a very late VVSS M50, hence the cast FDA. Since I went the other way, I felt I should have a 3-piece cover on there, so after digging around,, I found the last MP cover I had, and after an evening of hackery, it's almost done: I feel better now.
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Post by JCON on Dec 17, 2020 11:15:56 GMT -6
That looks much better!!!
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Dec 17, 2020 11:16:17 GMT -6
Nice touch, using one of the first Transmission cover styles.  |
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Post by rustybaer on Dec 18, 2020 12:19:07 GMT -6
Gotta keep it "olde"..... Since both of these tanks were built from M4A4 hulls, and the M4A4 as originally built only received the three-piece trans/final drive housings, I wanted to make these as accurate as possible. After a few years in service and some reman and update programs, it became quite common to see cast FDA covers on very early hulls, and even weirder, 3-piece covers on late hulls. There's a pic floating around somewhere of an M51 on a big-hatch M4A1 hull with a 3-piece FDA, something else I'd love to build sometime. Here's what it looks like now, with MrSurfacer on:  IMG_5881 by Russel Baer, on Flickr |
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Post by JCON on Dec 18, 2020 12:50:14 GMT -6
Coming along nicely!!!
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Dec 18, 2020 16:30:14 GMT -6
Lookin pretty spiffy!
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Post by JCON on Dec 18, 2020 17:06:47 GMT -6
Oh a word from back in the day like Bee’s knees or Boss!!! |
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Post by JED on Dec 21, 2020 9:48:35 GMT -6
In the Black Country an area in the Midlands they use a word Bostin, pretty much the same as Boss
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Post by rustybaer on Jan 5, 2021 9:24:46 GMT -6
"Boss" was a term I used a lot as a kid, way back when the Earth was still cooling.....
So: I'll get some work done soon, I hope, getting over the Covid here, down to just headaches which make wearing my Optivisor VERY uncomfortable. Goofy, plenty of time now to model, being off work and all, and I just don't feel like it.
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Post by JCON on Jan 5, 2021 11:44:13 GMT -6
Sorry to hear you got the crud, glad you are on the mend though!!!
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Post by JED on Jan 8, 2021 0:27:18 GMT -6
Speedy recovery Rusty
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Post by rustybaer on Jan 12, 2021 17:13:39 GMT -6
Pics to come soon.....
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Post by rustybaer on Jan 13, 2021 11:21:40 GMT -6
Pics! Both of these turrets are getting close, using a complete mixture of available parts. Oddly enough, a Tamiya loader's hatch fit perfectly in both the Dragon and MP turrets, quite surprising to me. The MP kit hatch was rough, while the TC's hatch was a short-shot, but a Dragon hatch went right in. The Dragon turret got an Academy TC cupola assembly, again a drop-in, lucky me. Grab handles are either brass or soft steel wire.  IMG_5939 by Russel Baer, on Flickr |
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Post by JED on Jan 13, 2021 12:16:34 GMT -6
Looking very good
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Jan 13, 2021 13:28:11 GMT -6
Great progress, Rusty. |
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Post by JCON on Jan 13, 2021 13:52:23 GMT -6
I like em!!!
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Post by rustybaer on Jan 13, 2021 18:12:50 GMT -6
I think I'm going to have to scratchbuild some smoke dischargers, or maybe just some mounts, for one of these. I have one full set of four that match, then two other partial sets of three each. It's an opportunity, right? I have pics of tanks on exercise with no tubes mounted, just the "empty" mounting brackets, so it was apparently pretty common, and the mount is just a big block with a hole.....
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Post by rustybaer on Jan 23, 2021 12:20:57 GMT -6
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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Jan 23, 2021 17:43:56 GMT -6
Two beauties!
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