Author Topic: Here are pics of my whif madness. Mark's Madness (Read 52046 times)

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #125 on:** January 21, 2016, 10:51:01 AM »

This is awesome!! great work. And I like the Lego radar

finsrin · « **Reply #126 on:** January 21, 2016, 11:34:27 AM »

Whaddayaknow; comes together and works looking like that. :)
Good eye for the right styrene moves. Oh! and build skill.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #127 on:** January 21, 2016, 04:51:24 PM »

Nice!

uarkram · « **Reply #128 on:** February 05, 2016, 10:17:19 PM »

General J.B. Hood is back on the bench.
In keeping with my resolution I brought the Hood out of storage so I can finish it.
Things to do, add fittings to turret, prime turret, paint, and weathering. It sounds like alot, but it's all straight forward.
I cleaned the bench, (cleared the decks for action) so I won't lose parts in the jumble of stuff.
For those of you seeing this for the first time, the base kit is the 'Black Death' M103A1, highly modified (see previous posts on this thread).
Enjoy.
Mark.

uarkram · « **Reply #129 on:** February 06, 2016, 02:47:44 AM »

Flak Panther II, 'Lightning Storm' update. Part 1.
While the glue is drying on the Hood, I got the painting done on the FP turret.
I base coated with Tamiya NATO brown, then I covered it in silly putty 'worms'.
Then did a cloud pattern with IJA Yellow-green, and NATO green.
It turned out better than I thought it would. What do you guys/gals think?
Enjoy.

Mark.

uarkram · « **Reply #130 on:** February 06, 2016, 02:50:14 AM »

Flak Panther II, 'Lightning Storm', part 2.

Enjoy.

Mark.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #131 on:** February 06, 2016, 05:12:22 PM »

The camo scheme is classified "PDG!"

Great scheme, works really well, & the build is on par with the paint job.

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #132 on:** February 07, 2016, 12:12:26 AM »

Excellent! Don't change a thing :)

uarkram · « **Reply #133 on:** February 07, 2016, 06:20:38 AM »

FlaK Panther II, update.
Painted the chassis the same way I painted the turret. Got it done this morning, pulled the masks 4 hours later, and mocked it up.
I like it!
The other tank in the pics is my M30, Gen. Chamberlin, 105mm gun LWMT. (light-weight, medium tank), don't ask.
Enjoy!

Mark.

Jacques Deguerre · « **Reply #134 on:** February 07, 2016, 11:42:53 AM »

Mark, I'm really enjoying these updated on you work in progress projects but is there any chance we see more of the M30? I have some M41/T42 inspired projects in the works so that is right up my alley.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #135 on:** February 07, 2016, 04:45:17 PM »

Still "PDG", verging on "BG"! :)

I'm assuming it wasn't an actual camo scheme but it has that WW2 German camo look to it.

Excellent!

uarkram · « **Reply #136 on:** February 08, 2016, 05:36:28 AM »

For Mr Deguerre,

My M30, General Chamberlin, LWMT, (light-weight, medium tank).
This started as a T42E1, which is a M41 chassis mounting a M47 Patton II turret, then it took a header off the shelf. The M3 90mm was snapped in two, so I cut the stump off and attached a M68, 105mm gun.
It was then reborn as the M30.

Enjoy,

Mark.

Jacques Deguerre · « **Reply #137 on:** February 09, 2016, 04:29:06 AM »

Thanks so much for posting the photos of the M30! The T42 is a favorite of mine and I've always thought the turret looked better on it than on the M47. You could almost imagine that 105mm as a late upgrade kind of like Spain did on some of their M47s.

With most of the major post-WW2 US tanks now (or soon) available in injection molded kits, I would love for some company to offer the T42/T69 and some of the T95 family as well. Yeah, yeah, I'll add that to my pipe dream of the WW2 T14 and T23E3 while I'm at it!

uarkram · « **Reply #138 on:** February 11, 2016, 05:11:53 AM »

Small Flak Panther update.
Sprayed the gloss coat 2 days ago, and let it set until today so it would fully cure. Next step is weathering, so that should be done by Monday.
The writing on the bottom of hull is date of completion (month-year), what it is, and my signature. I have to do that so nobody else can claim ownership of it.
Enjoy.

Mark.

ysi_maniac · « **Reply #139 on:** February 11, 2016, 05:26:53 AM »

Quote from: uarkram on February 08, 2016, 05:36:28 AM

For Mr Deguerre,

My M30, General Chamberlin, LWMT, (light-weight, medium tank).
This started as a T42E1, which is a M41 chassis mounting a M47 Patton II turret, then it took a header off the shelf. The M3 90mm was snapped in two, so I cut the stump off and attached a M68, 105mm gun.
It was then reborn as the M30.

Enjoy,

Mark.

In bottom-right corner of last pic (in 4 pic series) there is an small tank ... that I like

apophenia · « **Reply #140 on:** February 13, 2016, 10:01:39 AM »

Quote from: ysi_maniac on February 11, 2016, 05:26:53 AM

In bottom-right corner of last pic (in 4 pic series) there is an small tank ... that I like

Type 97 Chi-Ha with a modern turret?

uarkram · « **Reply #141 on:** February 13, 2016, 04:31:26 PM »

That was me just messing around, getting ideas.
It's Tamiya's Type 97 (late version) with a Verlinden resin turret that went on the M113 (can't remember the designation right now), mounting a 75mm, KwK 42 with a scratch-built bore excavator. I haven't converted any Japanese stuff yet, but I'm thinking about it.
I'm going to have to get another Type 97, because that one was built by my son and he said quote "Dad just paint it for me, don't do ANYTHING to it, just paint it." I didn't change a thing, I swear, I was only just thinking about it!
Enjoy,

Mark

Jacques Deguerre · « **Reply #142 on:** February 14, 2016, 08:43:34 AM »

Mark, that combination looks great! I've often wondered how that turret would work on an M5 or M3A3 light tank,or perhaps an M24 Chaffee.

finsrin · « **Reply #143 on:** February 14, 2016, 09:04:38 AM »

Both hull and turret have sharp distinct lines, vrs smooth rounded. Think thatz why they work well together.

And as Jacques wrote;

Quote from: Jacques Deguerre on February 14, 2016, 08:43:34 AM

Mark, that combination looks great! I've often wondered how that turret would work on an M5 or M3A3 light tank,or perhaps an M24 Chaffee.

apophenia · « **Reply #144 on:** February 15, 2016, 12:34:04 PM »

Quote from: uarkram on February 13, 2016, 04:31:26 PM

... a Verlinden resin turret that went on the M113 (can't remember the designation right now)...

Perhaps the Israeli 60mm HVMS turret for the M113?

uarkram · « **Reply #145 on:** February 22, 2016, 10:11:09 AM »

That's the one!
I have the master from the original kit, but I only have two complete turrets. One is going on a M-113 with extra armor, and the other is going on my tracked recon vehicle.

Messing around and mounted the turret on my wheeled recon vehicle.
Also mocked up the IFV turret on the wheeled chassis.
Enjoy.

Mark.

apophenia · « **Reply #146 on:** February 22, 2016, 10:12:54 AM »

Oooo, I like #2 (6w2.jpg) very much :)

Frank3k · « **Reply #147 on:** February 22, 2016, 02:07:40 PM »

Seconded! And it looks awesome without the rear wheel mudguards.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #148 on:** February 23, 2016, 08:37:57 AM »

Nice !

uarkram · « **Reply #149 on:** March 06, 2016, 07:43:58 AM »

Armored Recon Vehicle update.

Finally got the armor layout done, third time is a charm! I didn't like the way it looked before, but I like it fine now!
Have to add all the details next, bumper, lights, smoke dischargers, etc.
The turret is armed with a 25mm Bushmaster, two TOW2 ATGM's, and a MRAAM (medium range, anti-aircraft missile). The Dish on the top is for the millimeter wave fire-control system.

I found some PANG (Pennsylvania Army National Guard) decals, and was thinking of adding Police markings also. I'm might also do it post-apocalypse style. I could go in a bunch of different directions with this.
Not sure yet, also this vehicle doesn't have a designation yet, so what do I call it?
Enjoy,

Mark


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