Author Topic: Here are pics of my whif madness. Mark's Madness (Read 51955 times)

Claymore · « **Reply #50 on:** February 27, 2015, 02:50:28 AM »

Very nice work. Bad to the bone!

Old Wombat · « **Reply #51 on:** March 02, 2015, 05:43:19 PM »

Big Bad Mo____ F___er!

uarkram · « **Reply #52 on:** March 05, 2015, 09:59:38 AM »

Still plodding along on the Hood. I'm doing the road wheels, and with 4 sprue gates on each part I have been doing alot of clean-up.
So to prove I'm still alive and kicking, I present my Pz.Kpw. VII 'Cheeta'.

Base kit is Tamiya's MBT Leopard (1969 vintage), with DML King Tiger ideler, drive sprocket, and road wheels. Tracks are the Hobby Boss single link ones for the KT. I rearranged the turret roof, and put the commanders cupola on the left side, instead of the right. The exhaust pipes, gun, and turret details all came from the spares box.

uarkram · « **Reply #53 on:** March 21, 2015, 11:42:03 PM »

Sorry I haven't posted new pics of the Hood, but life has gotten in the way again.

As we (or I) speak, the front sections of the fenders are drying, so within the next 48 hours I should have the tracks on, so you can see my vision (or madness, whichever).

In the mean time, my StuG IV, Lang. Of all the TD's I have built I think it's the coolest.
Base kit is... you guessed it...Tamiya's 1970's StuG IV (mid-production), converted to a Ausf. J, (three return rollers, late idelers, drive sprockets, and late exhaust pipes, etc). Reshaped the front step of the superstructure, and added a front extension with a ball-mount m.g., and hatch from the parts box. Tamiya's I.R. gear from the Panther kit, was placed on the commanders coupola. New main gun, and sight from sprare-parts, and scratch-built armor panels,for the engine deck.

Enjoy
Mark.

uarkram · « **Reply #54 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:11:30 PM »

Hello All,

I know you guys have been following the the Hood build, but I am moving....again. I was hoping to at least get the suspension done, and most of the small parts on, but alas, it's not to be.

The good news is that the place I'm moving into is twice the size of my current abode. That means I will have an ENTIRE room for my workshop, not just a card table in the corner. The new place is about 1500 yards away, so it won't be too much of a hassle.

While packing up the pile of plastic, I came across my Sd.Kfz. 234, which was packed up when I moved in 2008. Talk about a long term project.

I built this because I wanted to put side skirts on an armored car. The only parts I need to add are the turret smoke dischargers, the tools, and spare tire. Camouflage is going to be grey, and Dark Yellow with dots of green, and brown on top. The turret is from an ICM Luchs, with twin 20mm's.

Enjoy.
Mark

uarkram · « **Reply #55 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:46:59 AM »

I it's been awhile, but here are pics of the General Hood.
I haven't done any work on it in a month, so sorry to the guys who are following this build.
Since I changed the front end, and made it longer, I had to extend the front fenders. The tracks are VERY loose, because I didn't add the return rollers, tires, and taped the tracks together, but you get the general idea.
Here are the pics. Hope you enjoy them.

Armor Mark.

uarkram · « **Reply #56 on:** April 12, 2015, 09:13:15 AM »

Just a small update on General Hood.
The suspension is on, and I'm painting road wheels. The seperate tire/rim might have the correct 'lip' pattern, but they are a pain to assemble.
I'm adding small parts to the fenders, and gathering up stowage, and ammo cans to pile on it.

Enjoy.
Mark.

uarkram · « **Reply #57 on:** April 15, 2015, 08:39:50 AM »

I was messing around with my M-41, and I was swapping turrets between tanks.
I put the turrets from the Super-Patton, and the Hood.
These are just nuts, and in an odd sort of way, look good.

Enjoy!

Mark.

finsrin · « **Reply #58 on:** April 15, 2015, 10:51:58 AM »

Serious turret & firepower work going on here :)

uarkram · « **Reply #59 on:** April 28, 2015, 07:29:49 PM »

I have a small General Hood update.
I scratch-built a exhaust deflector, painted the auxiliary muffler, and added the frame for the tool rack. Since the gun travel lock is to small for my barrel, I left it off. The tow cable, tools, and head lights have been left off for ease of painting.
It's looking good.
Enjoy!

Mark.

uarkram · « **Reply #60 on:** April 29, 2015, 01:11:37 AM »

Added the machine guns. The turret kit guns were replaced with ones from the Academy U.S. machine gun set, the co-ax .50 cal barrel is from Tamiya, and the bow .30 cal is from Italeri. All muzzles are drilled out.

uarkram · « **Reply #61 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:39:40 AM »

I know it's been awhile since I updated because I moved, so here it is.

I got this a few years from my buddy who was given it as a junk kit. The only thing he said to me was "Do something with it." O.K., no problem.
I cut the roof off of it to remove the gun mount, and got rid of the rocket launcher. I glued a Panther schmal turn mantlet to the ball, added an extension, mounted a 128mm, and muzzle break from the spare parts. I will add a new roof laid out more like a stug's, and give it a new paint job. That's it. I call it a SturmBar, base kit is from Tamiya.

Enjoy!

Jeffry Fontaine · « **Reply #62 on:** May 27, 2015, 11:21:11 AM »

That worked out rather well for that Sturm Tiger. I suppose now it would be called a JagPanzer Tiger?

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #63 on:** May 28, 2015, 02:31:35 AM »

Interesting

apophenia · « **Reply #64 on:** May 28, 2015, 05:41:26 AM »

Very nice Mark! So, there'd be four different Panzerjäger Tiger variants. How about Sd Kfz 187 Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf C for the Sturmmörser conversion?

- Sd Kfz 184 Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Ferdinand/Elephant
- Sd Kfz 185 Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf B (8.8 cm PaK 43)
- Sd Kfz 186 Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf B (12.8 cm PaK 44)
- Sd Kfz 187 Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf C (12.8 cm PaK 44)

uarkram · « **Reply #65 on:** May 28, 2015, 06:43:22 AM »

I personally like Panzerjager Tiger, but maybe it should something else.
I got it: Fluffy Tiger!

Call it what you want, it's just a quick and dirty conversion.

Mark

uarkram · « **Reply #66 on:** July 26, 2015, 07:34:24 AM »

Hello All,

I am not dead, as far as I know anyway, but did a commission build.
A guy I met at work wanted a model of the tank he served in as a gunner, so I told him I would make one for him.
The base kit is Tamiya's M60A1 w/ reactive armor, Kit #35157, built OTB with the only addition was a search-light from a M48A3.
It's markings are from 3rd Cav, Tank troop H, Germay 1967.
The gold bore evacuator was awarded for excellence in gunnery.
Enjoy.

uarkram · « **Reply #67 on:** July 26, 2015, 06:36:43 PM »

Since the M60 is done, it's back to work on the JadgBar. Added supports for the roof, and test fitted it, boxed in the hole for the gun sight and added a piece of tubing to mount the I.R. sight on. The roof parts came from the spares box. I still have to add bolt detail, and lifting hooks to the roof.
Enjoy.

uarkram · « **Reply #68 on:** July 29, 2015, 08:29:33 PM »

After finding cat hair in the paint, I stripped it using Easy Off oven cleaner. The armored fan housing, gunners, loaders hatches all came from DML's E-100, and are really thick. So I recessed them in the roof, marked and drilled out the bolt locations using a .021 bit in a pin vice, but when I looked for the hex rod to add the bolts, I discovered I was fresh out. Crap! So now I have an excuse to visit the hobby-shop after work!
I think I'm going to call this a JagdBar.
Enjoy.

uarkram · « **Reply #69 on:** August 01, 2015, 08:21:37 PM »

More progress.
Added weld seam to the base of the commanders coupola, I.R. vision device for the driver, replaced the black-out light with a I.R. one and mounted a larger I.R. light to the top of the front plate.

Shot the primer coat about 10 minuets ago, and it looks ALOT better than it did.
Enjoy.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #70 on:** August 02, 2015, 04:31:53 AM »

I see you appear to have upgraded the Hull MG too

Rickshaw · « **Reply #71 on:** August 02, 2015, 09:58:06 AM »

I do hope you're going to put a mantlet on the main gun to protect the mounting?

uarkram · « **Reply #72 on:** August 05, 2015, 07:48:09 PM »

No I'm not, because I have grown to like the looks of it as is, besides I already started painting it! :)

I'm painting it in Luftwaffe colors because a cool and unusual vehicle needs a unusual paint job.
Painted the lower hull and superstructure in Model Master DunkelGrun, RLM 71. The upper part of the superstructure, and most of the barrel will
be in MM HellBlau, RLM 65, with SchwarzGrun, RLM 70 in a random cloud pattern to help break up the outline of the beast.

It's kind of like a form of deceptive cammo.
Enjoy!

uarkram · « **Reply #73 on:** August 14, 2015, 07:17:47 PM »

Hello Everyone,

I have been moving right along with the JagdBar project, but I haven't been posting pics.
So to get everyone caught up, this will be a multiple post.
The first set of pics shows the paint job, and I.R gear that on the beast.

uarkram · « **Reply #74 on:** August 14, 2015, 07:29:36 PM »

While looking at the beast, I thought something was "wrong with it", but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Then it hit me, it needed range finders. I dug through the parts boxes, and came up with a set from a
Panther 'F', but when I mocked them up on the tank they looked too small, so I scratch-built my own.

The first pic shows the total number of parts, six total.
Second pic is the lenses I made from pieces of clear sprue,
which fit into the holes I drilled into the .22 cal. projectiles (bullets),
which slide into the adapter collars that attach to the side plates.


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