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Land / Re: A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's
« Last post by Old Wombat on March 23, 2024, 08:47:13 PM »
Interesting! 8)

Not that Chinese or Russian AFVs interest me (except as targets) but good modelling does. :smiley:

Carry on, that man! ;)
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Other / Re: Scale-O-Rama Glencoe Models 1/15th Scale Tires To 1/35th scale Tires
« Last post by Ramba on March 23, 2024, 08:30:50 PM »
Great job on those tires. They look like they would be good for a sci fi moon rover vehicle or a 4x4 with a lift kit.
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Land / Re: A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's
« Last post by Ramba on March 23, 2024, 08:26:52 PM »
Yesterday I spent some time on the Hobby Boss ZBL-09.



Mine won't be a ZBL-09. I am doing it as a what if. The PLA has a new Type-19 8x8 IFV with an unmanned turret with a 30mm gun.



The ZBL-09 and Type-19 hulls are not the same but close enough for me but mine isn't going to be an actual Type-19, it will be loosely based on it. I had to cut out the turret ring, troop hatches and one hatch on the front of the hull that is behind the driver. The cut out areas are now plugged in with sheet plastic and I made a new turret ring. I still need to fill and sand those areas.




The reason for the new turret ring was to fit the new turret. I am using the turret from the Tiger Models T-40 Nexter CTAS kit. While the Type-19 turret is unmanned, the T-40 turret is manned. I haven't decided if I am going to convert the T-40 to unmanned yet but I am sort of, kind of, maybe leaning that way. The turrets aren't the same but will work for my what if.



The T-40 turret covered the troop hatch area and other forward hatch so that is why I had to remove them. Here is the T-40 turret test fitted. This is as far as I got. The T-40 has a 40mm gun instead of a 30mm. I will more than likely leave off the missile launchers.


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Land / Re: A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's
« Last post by Ramba on March 23, 2024, 08:08:18 PM »
... They do take quite a few hours to cut off, clean up and assemble so be prepared to spend time putting them together.

Time well-spent!  :smiley:

Yes, time well spent as the indy track links do look good.
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Other / Re: Scale-O-Rama Glencoe Models 1/15th Scale Tires To 1/35th scale Tires
« Last post by Old Wombat on March 23, 2024, 06:22:20 PM »
Well, I'll be watching the build thread with interest to see where you take it! :smiley:
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The angled shots, in the previous post from you, Jeff, really shows how good those tyres look. :smiley:


Just wondering;

Would it not have been better to maintain the Glencoe attachment method, or are you intending to upgrade the drive-train to match the Stryker attachment method? ???

That is an excellent observation and question.  I am not sure at this point how I will address the wheel/tire issues on the Glencoe Mechanical Mule since it is now a "scale-0-rama their is an opening here to perhaps beef up the drive train on the Mule with parts from a 1/35th scale military truck.  The Glencoe Mule has a very toy-like steering mechanism that was to be operated by an extended tab at the front of the Mule which was connected to the steering arms.  A very crude set up that I am not all that impressed with.  I guess I will cross that bridge when I get to that point on the Mule project.  As for these particular wheels/tires, I wanted to build the things so that I had "options" and would not be forced to spend more money on aftermarket bits and pieces.  Lord knows, I have enough of that stuff  already for many other projects and I thought it would be nice to save a bit of money while enjoying the mundane moments of the hobby. 
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Land / Re: What-If 4X4 Cargo Platform
« Last post by Old Wombat on March 23, 2024, 02:19:39 PM »
 :smiley:
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Other / Re: Scale-O-Rama Glencoe Models 1/15th Scale Tires To 1/35th scale Tires
« Last post by Old Wombat on March 23, 2024, 02:17:54 PM »
The angled shots, in the previous post from you, Jeff, really shows how good those tyres look. :smiley:


Just wondering;

Would it not have been better to maintain the Glencoe attachment method, or are you intending to upgrade the drive-train to match the Stryker attachment method? ???
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Land / Re: What-If 4X4 Cargo Platform
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on March 23, 2024, 01:15:32 PM »
Additional progress this evening since I had the project out I decided to work on it.  I mated up the platform without the top surface features with the platform that has no features on the bottom.  This did not go as well as I had planned due to the warped parts and my use of CA glue that did not allow me to align the parts as well as I would have liked.  The edges did not match up at the front and back ends and the warped edges created some ugly gaps.

After sanding the problem area smooth I added some Evergreen plastic strips along the edges with the exception of the curved corner edges since the plastic strips were not that flexible.  Once this has cured/dried l will do some sanding and try to blend the strips with the edges at the corners. 

I also added a Trumpeter pre-cut plastic circle over the hole in the platform. 

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Other / Re: Scale-O-Rama Glencoe Models 1/15th Scale Tires To 1/35th scale Tires
« Last post by finsrin on March 23, 2024, 12:45:16 PM »
Gee Jeff,,,  you be the official wheel & tire guy for BTS  :smiley:
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