Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Buzzbomb on April 02, 2023, 08:24:27 AM
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For a GB over on WIM, I have started another build.
The concept is 50's so working the brain over I put the end of life Cromwell, with a new fangled Anti Tank Guided Missile, the Malkara. So a resuse of an existing proven platform to test a concept.
Tamiya Cromwell, viceless, simple to build kit.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3pznlja8h4kq8xr1iw94a/MalkCrom_1.JPG?rlkey=rk3ok9bwlkethlspohyntc55k&raw=1)
Malkara missiles, or close enough for this build anyway out of Evergreen and some bits. If you think you get a Seacat vibe... meet its grandad ;D
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xfi7xznmnnkrg3shh3xtc/MalkCrom_2.JPG?rlkey=b1hahwao17epivejokm4rx0fn&raw=1)
Then started to think about the mounting system on a Tank Chassis for the period and used the Cromwell turret, front mount.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r4z9gd0bge29e6x9rbm9f/MalkCrom_3.JPG?rlkey=v52bsqf12uxje3at8o3inlt90&raw=1)
Hated it.
A lot.
So then went for a much more benign and practical side mount
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g17qi5ocj9cy8h7mbhalv/MalkCrom_5.JPG?rlkey=odunk75iuy874r5p2fceij5bk&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/89vdafpp2xgtdj3ptrolk/MalkCrom_6.JPG?rlkey=gez7sei3p7avs8jiresf0cklf&raw=1)
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:smiley: 8)
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Interesting. Looks like its off to a good start.
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I can already tell this is a winner!
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/28/e4/4c28e4f7035535485543faec162df61d.jpg)
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This looks great! What did you use for the missile nosecones? Looks like trimmed plastic knitting needles.
Are you going to have reloads on the tank as well?
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Excellent concept ... and a nice bit of AltHist hull recycling :smiley:
Good call on the dedicated turret too. (In the RW, reworking those old turrets would probably have been too much work anyway.)
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Some inspiration and references . . .
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar-uk-fv4010-malkara/
cheers,
Robin.
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This looks great! What did you use for the missile nosecones? Looks like trimmed plastic knitting needles.
Are you going to have reloads on the tank as well?
The nose cones are from the Airfix 1/72 Buccaneer Martel missiles, you have the choice of Radar or visual guidance nose options
Yes, it will have reloads, albeit 1950's manual reload type.
Bench time finally.
With the Easter break coming up and what appears to be pretty awful weather, there is a very good chance this will get finished in the next few days.
So.. here we go af few progress pix
Completed the hull and most of the turret and missile mounts. The boxes below the missile are onboard reload/s, but like the Malkara Hornet, reloading included a bit of kit building as all the fins and bits had to be fitted as part of the reload process.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0qxzviw5cquzsyxvvpqhy/MalkCrom_7.JPG?rlkey=sojrnuqfa3lm7vwuxbijnod3m&raw=1)
Turret bits and pieces. The guidance optical gizmo is retractable.. 1950's gimmickry.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ri1a1e1jtlbw8bu9fhbiy/MalkCrom_8.JPG?rlkey=7ctu9msd62p3lalavvjff5i9p&raw=1)
Fitted between the reload stowage box and the turret side is a rack for the reloads main fins. My CES says the rear fins are in the box ;D
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wrh0bflcdhawpsjyu8n1q/MalkCrom_9.JPG?rlkey=zkr1wf1t6mz1516fxducyjez1&raw=1)
My thought bubble creature is now saying that I need some missile handling rails/gubbins to ease moving these huge missiles (somewhere between 70-90KG depending on which source you prefer to believe) from the boxes to the launch pylons. We shall see
If the other Commander hatch leaf appears in any of your carpets due to the space/time and/or black hole anomalies that devour small model parts, please let me know.
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:smiley:
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Coming along beautifully! And your some-assembly-required-before-firing reloads are very 1950s ;D
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My thought bubble creature is now saying that I need some missile handling rails/gubbins to ease moving these huge missiles (somewhere between 70-90KG depending on which source you prefer to believe) from the boxes to the launch pylons.
Maybe a small crane or similar. The Sturmmörser Tiger might give some inspiration - though I know its shells were an order of magnitude heavier.
(https://tankmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Winching-a-round-into-the-Sturmtiger.jpg)
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Awful weather yesterday on a major public holiday so almost mandatory bench day :D
Whipped up a basic reload handling system, well to my non engineer way of thinking anyway.
From the reload container, the missile body is withdrawn onto the rear rollers, then some tinkering done there to get it ready for next step.
Missile is rolled forward, with a bit of manual oompf, onto the mounting jack on the top of the containers, where the cranked handle is inserted and them the missile manually jacked up into a position where the fins can be fitted, then the missile manouvered into the lock position on the launch pylons. Jack cradle retracted, the wire and control cables fitted and the missile set for fire. Or something like that.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/75ew4f8ofxomdqk1apcss/MalkCrom_10.JPG?rlkey=nc3mlkqwrycow2900534nl1zh&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w28v4vt0sfoxgfb0ihfo5/MalkCrom_11.JPG?rlkey=yk7xomev5grqg78zv9zt7ow9q&raw=1)
Things are sometimes better in whiff world where stuff can happen more magically.
Then to the paintshop to start the painting process. Dark Bronze Green, quite a difference from my normal SCC 15 Olive paint jobs.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fri1j23gtihly6apd06wc/MalkCrom_12.JPG?rlkey=dyc2mgo5tfkyee7b2an1poj9b&raw=1)
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This is looking great. I love the texture on the front of the turret.
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I'm no engineer either, mate, bur that looks & sounds so right for the 1950's! Especially the UK or Aus! :D :D :D :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Another cool project. The missiles came out great.
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I am calling this done, as it stands at the moment.
Trying to keep a semi gloss finish, in keeping with the times, with a minimum wear and tear for a more peace time development.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r336pcbtzkqmth6bt9v2r/MalkCrom_14.JPG?rlkey=duiiz5pnt0e8ny11tsc9cpgsk&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/oqxbmm8k4jasjw4tchfjv/MalkCrom_15.JPG?rlkey=sfhsbcbn4kytxw6y56prumgdu&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j6c1aqkoz8g9fpx5s8wo6/MalkCrom_16.JPG?rlkey=9jc42u3bo3fswx86jgtp47qx1&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a5uqcurzm74tqxa3trf7v/MalkCrom_17.JPG?rlkey=9vmirb0u5tmklbqisiosv3i0d&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mwdu394k5r1gdusqwj5kh/MalkCrom_18.JPG?rlkey=za7t7j9v9q7tmbpli5hiinulo&raw=1)
On a base.. "Righto Sergeant, take it out. Let's see if these Boffins know what they are talking about"
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ho6717vxtz2plaem501hu/MalkCrom_19.JPG?rlkey=nr68jt4gmehkc156dfbmywiur&raw=1)
Thanks for the support during this. I am pretty happy how it came out.
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I'd be very happy, it looks fantastic & spot-on for the period, mate! :smiley: :smiley: 8)
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Amazingly well done! I like the bronze green and semi-gloss finish a lot.
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Another terrific build. Those figures look great too.
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Great job! I love the face of the driver peeking out. The other figures look great, too.
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Well, naturally enough, I liked the original 'missiles on the front' fit better, but I do have an unbuilt Hasegawa Crusader in the stash... (that's almost a Cromwell, isn't it? ;))
Looks pretty neat as it is, and pretty plausible to boot. Just the thing for those pesky Chinese-crewed JS-7s storming down from Cape York...
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:smiley:
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A great concept and beautifully executed - it just screams out 1950s! :smiley: