Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: 35th-scale on April 13, 2015, 06:19:24 AM
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It will be a week or two before I start this but at least the parts are now in the post. Trumpeter Fennek with Live Resin RWS done in IDF sand grey.
(https://s1.scalemates.com/products/img/8/6/9/253869-10571-26.jpg)
(http://models-hobby.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/r/lre35181-instr.jpg)
I was also thinking of doing a small diorama with a section of fence and the two Black Dog female IDF soldiers
(http://exito.sklep.pl/environment/cache/images/300_300_productGfx_00f71ca828d3c7b4fdff5482ec4824bc.jpg)
But I've not ordered these yet as I suck at figures and have only attempted 1 dio before which never got to see the light of day.
So any suggestions on what else it might need?
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I don't think their uniforms fit that tight but otherwise it looks cool!
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Generally, military uniforms tend to come only in two sizes - too big or too small BUT I have seen some women who have the odd body shape that fills them out quite nicely...
Admittedly, they looked quite strange in civvie clothing, which was designed to fit them... ;)
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Looking forward to this one.
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The design looks great, and the Live Resin kits are top notch and logically designed. The Black Dog figures tend to look a little off - far too stretched - like this Special Forces guy:
(http://images.dragonhobby.com/BlackDog/F35001-2.jpg)
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In the words of Austin Powers
Yeah Baby!!!
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The design looks great, and the Live Resin kits are top notch and logically designed. The Black Dog figures tend to look a little off - far too stretched - like this Special Forces guy:
([url]http://images.dragonhobby.com/BlackDog/F35001-2.jpg[/url])
I agree with Frank on the BlackDog figures but one figure can pass if put among other better-proportioned ones.
The girl on the left has good Israeli facial features, both have good size but busts are too large for their body shape -- a common problem of all figures sculpted by modeller dork-guys :(
With mods, that Special Forces guy could be used in a 1980s European scene - see below ;D Dutch & Danish troops were allowed very slack rules in the 1970s/80s, not needing to salute officers either.
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Then again, in the field, saluting an officer is often a "sniper check". Of course, that is one way to dispose of cordially disliked officers.
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Thanks for all the comments Gents. I guess I'll have to add the figures now as that's what has drawn the most comments :)
And as it's a complete what-if anyway it doesn't really matter if certain parts of the anatomy seem out of proportion.
Now off to see if i can track them down....
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Then again, in the field, saluting an officer is often a "sniper check". Of course, that is one way to dispose of cordially disliked officers.
[Me, saluting officer in the field], "Snipers in the area, sir!" "Sergeant, you are my personal shield from this moment!" ;)
Australian soldiers tend not to salute in the field, nor wear badges of rank or other insignia (or didn't until 2001). ;)
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Doing my research and found the uniform, when worn, can be tight at times... :)
(https://www.gunandgame.com/attachments/israeli-women-army-soldiers-2-jpg.66241/)
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... too close to call. need more pictures ;)
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Recruiting poster?
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A quick look into the 2 boxes
First up the Live Resin RWS. A lot of parts but all immaculatly cast and flash free. Here are the
bulk of the parts
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/LR-RWS-parts_zps4tcl1qm9.jpg)
A lot of the smaller parts have fallen of the pour blocks, as the attachments are very fine which
makes it easy to clean up the parts. They all seem intact though, but I left them in the bag for
now....some are very small and I didn't want to risk losing any.
As you can see the detail on the parts is fantastic:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/LR-RWS-50cal_zpsgzp3sw2f.jpg)
And now the Trumpeter Fennek itself. It's only a small vehicle. I think only 6 or 7 inches long
when completed, but there are a lot of parts. 13 sprues, 1 large PE fret, a small sprue of clear
parts and the upper and lower hull halves, tyres and decals. From initial looks the casting looks
perfect. No flash on any of the bits.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Body-plus_zpsycfl16fl.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Sprues1_zps3tahvprb.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Sprues2_zpskbzk6fny.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Sprues3_zpsidfbs6vd.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Sprues4_zpswwbor9tk.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Sprues5_zpspjokqgyf.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Sprues6_zps92g52xin.jpg)
Just need to finish off my Stryker M1132 and I can start cutting & gluing this little fella.
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Those are 2 very nice looking model kits, I'm certainly looking forward to see your build.
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The Live Resin parts are always top quality. His figures are also outstanding (he sells/makes the Tank line). You can get Live Resin and Tank kits at a better price straight from Yaroslav:
http://models-hobby.com/ (http://models-hobby.com/)
Pretty easy to order from him and if the kits are in stock, it takes 2 weeks or so to get them from Russia.
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That's where I got the RWS from alright Frank. Not my first piece of LR stuff and definitly not my last. I did one of his fugures also in the past....must find a pic & post it
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The Live Resin parts are always top quality. His figures are also outstanding (he sells/makes the Tank line). You can get Live Resin and Tank kits at a better price straight from Yaroslav:
[url]http://models-hobby.com/[/url] ([url]http://models-hobby.com/[/url])
Pretty easy to order from him and if the kits are in stock, it takes 2 weeks or so to get them from Russia.
Agreed.
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Fennek looks nice, too many parts, but nice.
Sometimes I yearn for the old Dragon BRDM and its low (and yes simplified) parts count and quick buildability.
All in all, really looking forward to this build
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Thanks BB, I know what you mean, but having done the plow on my AFV Club M1132 Engineer vehicle with Surface Mine Plow, I'm not put off by the parts count in the Fennek.
There were two sprues of parts just for the plow blades, never mind the plow body:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/photo_zpse21e3d1c.jpg)
The parts for a single blade:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0579_zps7c674f41.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0584_1_zpsd395ed10.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/M1132-plow2_zps4po5jno2.jpg)
The finished plow:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/IMG_0722_zpsdz18pame.jpg)
And how it's all looking at the moment:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Mobile%20Uploads/M1132-5_zpsfc6qp16l.jpg)
Trying to decide on stowage:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Mobile%20Uploads/M1132-6_zpslhjbqcuw.jpg)
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:o
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Good Lord! Now wonder some of these kits cost so much.
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I wonder how many modellers have gone nuts trying to play with that... :o
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I wonder how many modellers have gone nuts trying to play with that... :o
Can you imagine if it had been a Bronco kit? Probably twice as many parts.
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I wonder how many modellers have gone nuts trying to play with that... :o
it wasnt that bad....time consuming and fiddly but actually easy enough. A friend has the Meng Terminator and there are over 800 pieces just for the tracks ???
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it wasnt that bad....time consuming and fiddly but actually easy enough. A friend has the Meng Terminator and there are over 800 pieces just for the tracks ???
Oh, now that is encouraging. :icon_sueno: I've got two of the things! :icon_beer:
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The Stryker is nearly complete so, at last, the build begins...
First, the Fennek: an absolutely beautiful kit! Stunning in the level of detail and so far the fit is immaculate. Only on page 2 of the instructions so far but really, really, really loving this kit.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0806_zps42036f84.jpg)
With all the detail painting it might be a different story :)
And then the weapon station....wow! Goes together like a dream, but there was one nightmare moment. One critical part was missing and was going to take Live Resin a few weeks to recast as they are out of stock of this kit. However, a friend bought the other LR RWS as part of the same order and on checking his parts he had what was needed for mine in his set, but not used on it, so Iwas sorted and could continue. Some wiring, using stretched sprue, and the ammo feed chutes just to be added before painting.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0804_zps600b6891.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0805_zps35a1f453.jpg)
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OK, Bro, you've convinced me! I'm buying a Trumpy Fennek For my RAM builds. 8)
Good to know that the LiveResin RWS goes together well, I've got one to put on top of a Merkava IV LIC (another RAM build). :)
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http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0791_zps0b48525c.jpg (http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0791_zps0b48525c.jpg)
If you have one in the stash Wombat check the contents for the part indicated in this picture. When I checked the parts picture on the LR site it wasn't included there either. I think its a general issue with the kit contents rather than a one-off with my set. It could possibly be scratch buikt but the tollerances in LR sets are so fine even a difference of a fraction of a MM can makeca difference. I find even painting before assembly can make alligning oarts difficult.
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Started on the wheel-wells. Each "hub" has about 12 pieces before you even add the wheel. But the engineering is precise and it all goes together very easily. We'll see how well it sits on 4 wheels at the end of this step
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0808_zps1536bf9a.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/IMG_0809_zps096feb38.jpg)
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Damn! Looks like I'm missing the same part! :icon_crap:
Guess I'd better get in touch with LiveResin now, although I wont be doing the build for quite some time. ::)
Thanks for pointing that out, mate! :)
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OK, Bro, you've convinced me! I'm buying a Trumpy Fennek For my RAM builds. 8)
Good to know that the LiveResin RWS goes together well, I've got one to put on top of a Merkava IV LIC (another RAM build). :)
Just read this, missed it earlier. Great minds but my Aussie Merkavas and Namers equipped the Armoured Support Companies of the RAR Battalions, not the RAM (I actually had them too but it was more like the French Foreign Legion than the USMC). The Merkavas and Namers were to replace the Leopard AS1s, S-Tanks and Marders used by the RAR until the mid 90's.
Sorry for the highjack but I love the chance to compare ideas.
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Hijack away Volkodav, it's all interesting stuff. But you might at least make a passing comment on the build in progress :)
Cleaned up the wiring. Not perfect, but will be OK once painted. If I was doing it again I'd have attached to the inner points before assembly.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1432488272517_zpse0elkzyx.jpg)
And started adding detail to the inside:
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1432488279677_zpsfzfmemth.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1432488287765_zpsdhfcct0z.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1432488302294_zpsavgaqdke.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1432488312825_zpsrvmkqo6d.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1432488329207_zpsbmu7ngas.jpg)
Now ready to put the top on then add windows, doors and start painting the outside.
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Wow that's looking really good.
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This is coming along nicely. Great paint job! What did you use for the interior base color? Where did you get the extra stowage?
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Thanks Gents.
the base colour is Vallejo model-air Neutral Grey and the dashboard Black Grey. All applied with hairy-stuck brush. I went easy on the weathering just doing the floor and seats.
The stowage is a mix&match from my spares box. I cant pass up any half-way decent set of stowage. Thers some Meng, Voyager, Value Gear and probably a few other brands there also.
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Tinting the windows using coloured self-adhesive sheet on the inside...
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Window-tint_zpsmaxsdvgi.jpg) (http://s213.photobucket.com/user/35th-scale/media/Models/WIP/Window-tint_zpsmaxsdvgi.jpg.html)
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First coat of paint. Primed with rattle can Desert Yellow and brush painted with Vallejo IDF Sand Grey watered down. Second coat has been applied since I took the photo and looks a lot better now
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Mobile%20Uploads/Fennek5_zps22lhokvq.jpg)
Now to start all the detailing. Doors are just dry-fitted to aid painting but will be in the open position when complete
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8)
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Finished the RWS. Painted the guns and added the ammo feed belts. And a drop of gloss clear on the lens.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1433460055111_zpslkn77lh6.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1433460048921_zps58cx48uy.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1433460043979_zpsqpb9hf06.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1433460037542_zpsnbngqp70.jpg)
Quite pleased with it....now just need a very small amount of weathering....and to cover that bare patch on the side of the lens housing :) It's amazing how much more you see in a photograph that you don't notice when it's right in front of your nose.
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Looking good....makes me tempted to do something similar...in a Central/Eastern European scheme.
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Thanks, I'm thinking of something similar based on the Trumpeter Puma 4x4, another "cute" modern recon vehicle.
Anyway, some light weathering and was then able to take the window masks off. Detailed insides of hatches and doors.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1433553339984_zpsl5rrmqft.jpg)
Ready for the decals now then wing mirrors, lights and aerials....
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Looking very Good!, though it seems strange (to me) :icon_swat: that it has those large unarmoured windows in the front - though that is the designs 'fault', :icon_surprised:
Dave.
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I have seen pictures with slat on the windows and I presume the glass is ballistic at least.
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I have seen pictures with slat on the windows and I presume the glass is ballistic at least.
Interesting, though that makes sense.
Thanks.
Dave.
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I love the look of the Fennek but that turret really makes it, I am stunned at how good it looks.
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Thanks Volkodav....they do look like they were akways meant to br together :)
Decals on and working on the lights & mirrors. The mirrors still need clean-up around the edges but I used very reflective silver sheet, like aluminimum foil but lighter and less wrinkly, for the mirrors.
Then some light weathering and we're done!
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/Fennel-lights_zpskaa6tv38.jpg)
But one of my IPMS Ireland colleagues pointed out if it's an IDF vehicle it should have extra racks of jerry cans etc :) Might have to see what can be done
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This build is making me really appreciate the Fennek & the turret. 8)
..... Combined?! :-*
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Go for it Wombat! :) Two great kits that together are better than the sum of their parts...
Just the wipers to be added and the aerials painted and then its done:
(http://[url=http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1434195917267_zpsjadhbcyf.jpg]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1434195917267_zpsjadhbcyf.jpg[/url])
(http://[url=http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1434195922515_zpsteyhlyft.jpg]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1434195922515_zpsteyhlyft.jpg[/url])
(http://[url=http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1434195935931_zpsz0ek9uly.jpg]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/WIP/FB_IMG_1434195935931_zpsz0ek9uly.jpg[/url])
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Sweet, I'm forwarding these photos to our defence minister along with the request we buy / build several hundred of the real thing for the ADF. ;)
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Haha, I want a licence fee
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Sweet, I'm forwarding these photos to our defence minister along with the request we buy / build several hundred of the real thing for the ADF. ;)
Maybe as an alternate to the Thales Hawkei under LAND 121 Phase 4...
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I'm calling this one done!
Thanks for watching & commenting on what has been a really enjoyable project. I'll get some nice posed pics tomorrow with a plain background in natural light.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/FB_IMG_1434239346963_zpsqaapbpcr.jpg)
Sorry, don't know why the first link didn't work
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Sweet, I'm forwarding these photos to our defence minister along with the request we buy / build several hundred of the real thing for the ADF. ;)
Maybe as an alternate to the Thales Hawkei under LAND 121 Phase 4...
Ah huh, Hawkie isn't a shoe in as the JTLV is perhaps the preferred option. Fennec looks better than either.
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Finally added the crew :)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc69/35th-scale/Models/2FC5E85E-33C8-48D2-9709-EF537FFFA67D_zpspzhmi6o6.jpg)
Now need to do my Zombie-proof-fence base
Edited to allow image to show.
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Chicks with guns! ;)
Somehow I missed commenting on the last of your entries - awesome finish, mate. Love it! 8)
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Thanks Wombat!