Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Bite Me! (or Tiger Mouth/Anything with a mouth) GB => Topic started by: raafif on July 21, 2022, 05:55:39 AM
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I have been thinking of doing a mod to a kit since I bought it 10 ... 15 years ago -- did a profile of the idea at the time. So now that there's a "Bite Me" build on the go I will try to do it.
Don't get all excited just yet ... some of my builds have been known to last for 40 years !!
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I hope not ;D
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You will be gald to know that I have been very brave & made the first major cut – a difficult full width cut with the Dremel Buzzsaw. Actually I was very brave a second time when a second cut was made but quickly applied a band-aide to my thumb without crying. Then 3 more smaller cuts to sever the nose from the rest, glued it to the upper section & set it aside to dry.
Dug out the parts for a turret & modified them to fit the main section – will have to figure out a way for it to rotate or otherwise I’ll have to just glue it on solidly.
So now, I guess, is the time to open the instructions & see what I need to do from here.
Day Two – got stuck in & surprisingly managed to, except for paint, complete all the landing gear – luckily there wasn’t so many parts & the instructions were quite good.
Just picked up the instructions again & started scratching my head over the many, many small & miniature parts for the upper section ...
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Oh, this sounds very promising. And the cut thumb? Good on ya!
1 - For not blubbing;
2 - Because Styrene, goddess of whiffing, appreciates all blood sacrifices :smiley:
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Side planks added to the upper hull & trimmed the rear plate. Glued the said plate to the hull but found I had trimmed too much off in places but that’s easily fixed later. Now to join the upper & lower sections before starting on the dozens of superstructure additions.
My God ! So far this must be the fastest build I have ever done !!
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When you added the word Anteater to the title I immediately thought you might be working on an F-111 but your writing suggests not likely.
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When you added the word Anteater to the title I immediately thought you might be working on an F-111 but your writing suggests not likely.
I think Do335...
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Side planks added to the upper hull & trimmed the rear plate. Glued the said plate to the hull but found I had trimmed too much off in places but that’s easily fixed later. Now to join the upper & lower sections before starting on the dozens of superstructure additions.
My God ! So far this must be the fastest build I have ever done !!
Upper hull and rear plate = tank?
Landing gear = aircraft?
Superstructure = ship?
Me = puzzled!
Looking forward to pics of this whatever it turns out to be!
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Flying Boat? ??? ;)
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Glued the hulls together ! A little mismatch but better than some kits from the box.
But now for the hard bit – filling the large missing sections created by my initial mods & cuts with plasticard. I’m not good at getting the measurement exactly the same or even cutting straight lines so I spent an hour “cut & check”- ing two lines then another 45 minutes on another piece ….. but it’s coming together so far.
Glued bits together, mainly from the old Tamiya Marder & various kits to make a main turret with mantlet. A sub-turret was made using the Marder gun & a base.
Started experimenting with adding non kit bits to add interest.
Aircraft, Tank, Ship ???? That's for me to know & you to be puzzled over !!
If you don't like that then Bite Me ;D
May post an image soon.
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Amphibious assault hover craft frigate!
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Imperial Stormtroopers made the master of this kit - not a metric measurement in sight. I made exactly a 1" extension to the hull purely by happen-stance - makes rebuilding the gap easier as my steel ruler is 6" X 1" wide ;)
After a boring two days at work I'm happy to get back to the hobby desk today.
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Looks Stryker/LAV-III-based. ???
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Added several mods & greeblies, replaced six grab-handles with others as the kit ones were under-scale & far too fragile. Added many more very small parts, tiresome to do but add to the overall look. Mis-numbered parts on the instructions didn’t help ::)
Bad news for me – after looking again at the profile that I did several years ago and comparing it with my model, I’ve made a large mistake. I forgot how I did the profile - I moved all the suspension aft so that there was only a few mm between the tires resulting in a nicer overhang at the front. In making the model, I left the kit suspension alone – result – nose shorter & it don’t look sexy enough. Too late to change that, so now I’ve started to rip the front suspension units out & shorten them which “should” give a sexier stance.
Luckily my home-made glue (*Gloop*) is strong enough to bond the parts but only melts the plastic just enough to do the job.
I’ve already cut, drilled, pegged (with piano wire) & re-glued the first set of struts. Getting the stance right may take a bit of fiddleing but hopefully this will be a fairly quick fix.
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OK, I may as well stop pretending that I’m keeping all of you guessing what it is – Anteater Recon based on a Stryker. I’ve used AFV Club’s Stryker MGS as I had used the turret on another project & had the rest of the kit sitting around.
Here’s the profile I did previously ...
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Fixed the suspension for a better look – it only took 4 hours to do. I did things the hard way on the first strut but learnt to do things in a simpler manner on the others. It now has hydraulic tilt & may have to be renamed “Bloodhound”.
Again many more greeblies added & a few more to go yet then paint.
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Look’n pretty cool! Carry on!
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Oh, this sounds very promising. And the cut thumb? Good on ya!
1 - For not blubbing;
2 - Because Styrene, goddess of whiffing, appreciates all blood sacrifices :smiley:
Her friends call her Polly.
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A rush to get it finished. Many paint...wait for it to dry -- paint...wait for it to dry...touch up the messy bits -- paint...wait for it to dry -- so boring & frustrating !
Markings are for Canada - maybe the vehicle has been deployed to combat the hoard of Russians swarming thru Canada like ants to attack the USA -- or maybe to keep the Frenchies in Eastern Canada at bay? ???
I’m rather disappointed in the finished design. I intended the front overhang to be much longer & I should have cut & shut the lower hull in two more places to get the wheels much closer together & further aft instead of just sliding the upper hull forward.
Still this is my first extension job in plasticard. My attempt to drop the nose was only partially successful as I didn’t chop enough out of the front suspension struts ... next time !!
This has been a big learning curve for me & has taught that things aren’t really as difficult as you think – just get stuck in & deal with each problem as they arise even if you have to redo the fix twice over.
Still a little work to do to really finish this model but good to post a few pics by the deadline.
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Very Good indeed :D
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Very nice. :smiley:
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Looks cool! Don’t forget to post in the finished builds! I wouldn’t want to miss it.
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Looks good! Armored land shark!
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Very good build! :smiley:
Pity you don't have a better camera, though. The images don't, I feel, do justice to the work.
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Pity you don't have a better camera, though. The images don't, I feel, do justice to the work.
Thanks all.
Very true Wombat, unfortunately I'm on a partial pension & I'd have to sell many kits to afford a better one & there's no real market for kits here. Current kits that retail for $85 only bring $25 at the market :(
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Amazing what having the sun out can do for photo quality ...
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:smiley: