« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Down

Author Topic: TankModeler's Models  (Read 9813 times)

Offline tankmodeler

  • Wisely picking parts of the real universe 2 ignore
TankModeler's Models
« on: October 25, 2013, 09:30:50 AM »
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on October 23, 2013, 06:01:35 AM
Yes, official invite sent now waiting to see if he will join us :)


Aaaaaannnnnd, here I am!  :)

I love doing SF and what ifs as a brak from the uber accurate way I approach my "regular" builds.

Here are a number of others I've done over the years:

An LRDG-inspired walker based on the old AT-ST kit
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/28396/AT-05.jpg[/img]
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/28396/Cockpit-01.jpg[/img]

The M10 Sherman from another angle
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/28284/IMG_0422.JPG[/img]

A light interplanetary courier from the old AMT AMTronic car kit
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/27990/IMG_0070-sm.jpg[/img]

A Mercury Manned Orbital Laboratory concept from 1962
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/IMG_36241.JPG[/img]

An interpretation of a Hammer's Slammers combat car
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/CCar-02.jpg[/img]

A command post version of the AT-ST in winter white wash
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/4127at-cp-01.JPG[/img]

An 4-legged APC AT-ST variant
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/4127at-apc-01.JPG[/img]

And a Hammer's Slammers 170 tonne "blower"
[img width= height=]http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/data/500/4127Slammers03.JPG[/img]

Paul
Logged

Offline Cliffy B

  • Ship Whiffer Extraordinaire...master of Beyond Visual Range Modelling
  • Its ZOTT!!!
    • My Artwork
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 10:33:07 AM »
You'll fit in very nicely around here.  Welcome aboard!  :)
Logged
"Radials growl, inlines purr, jets blow!"  -Anonymous

"Helos don't fly.  They vibrate so violently that the ground rejects them."  -Tom Clancy

"If all else fails, call in an air strike."  -Anonymous

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

  • Unaffiliated Independent Subversive...and the last person to go for a trip on a Mexicana dH Comet 4
  • Global Moderator
  • His stash is able to be seen from space...
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 11:51:06 AM »
Great entrance Paul, glad to see you took me up on the invitation.

The AMT AMTronic car looks quite convincing as a space faring vehicle.  One of our other members recently acquired that kit with the intention of doing something very much like that but as a scale-o-rama to 1:72nd scale. 

Not too familiar with the Hammer's Slammers from the book but I think you captured the idea very nicely and that monster tank looks quite intimidating.  I recognize parts from the M60A2/M60A1 but what other parts were used for this project?   
Logged
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

Offline Logan Hartke

  • High priest in the black arts of profiling...
  • Rivet-counting whiffer
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 11:58:53 AM »
Welcome to BtS!  I love tanks, I love the Sherman, and I love Star Wars!  In short, I like your models!

Cheers,

Logan
Logged

Offline Queeg

  • Master armour builder
  • Lost but now foun .... nope - still lost!
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 12:37:42 PM »
Welcome matey - you've got some great stuff there, look forward to seeing more!  :icon_beer: :icon_beer: :icon_beer:
Logged

Offline tankmodeler

  • Wisely picking parts of the real universe 2 ignore
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2013, 12:46:31 PM »
There are other photos of my models over in my gallery on the KitMaker Network gallery site if anyone wants to see more shots of these and some of my less speculative models.
Logged

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

  • Unaffiliated Independent Subversive...and the last person to go for a trip on a Mexicana dH Comet 4
  • Global Moderator
  • His stash is able to be seen from space...
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2013, 12:49:18 PM »
Quote from: tankmodeler on October 25, 2013, 12:46:31 PM
There are other photos of my models over in my gallery on the KitMaker Network gallery site if anyone wants to see more shots of these and some of my less speculative models.


Paul, do you have a link to a gallery page or are the models scattered all about the KitMaker Network Image Gallery?
Logged
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

Offline Claymore

  • It's all done with smoke and mirrors!
  • Alt Hist AFV guy with a thing for Bradley turrets
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2013, 03:39:10 PM »
Very nice work indeed. Having also built an IDF Sherman StuG, I would be great to see more of yours to compare our ideas.  :)
Logged
Pass the razor saw, there is work to be done!

Offline Brian da Basher

  • He has an unnatural attraction to Spats...and a growing fascination with airships!
  • Moderator
  • *
  • Hulk smash, Brian bash
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2013, 05:07:16 PM »
I really like your paintwork, Paul!

Nice to have you here with us.

Brian da Basher
Logged

Offline taiidantomcat

  • Plastic Origamist...and not too shabby with the painting either!
  • Full Member
  • Stylishly late...because he was reading comics
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2013, 02:13:59 AM »
These are spectacular!! I love the last tank pictured the best, but these are all solid gold! Welcome aboard!  :)
Logged
"They know you can do anything, So the question is, what don't you do?"

-David Fincher

Offline Feldmarschall Zod

  • Kitbasher extroinadaire
  • Holding Pattern
  • *
  • I hope that's not the sound he makes...
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2013, 02:51:48 AM »
Great models Paul. Welcome to the site.
Logged
Every time you eat celery,an angel vomits in a gas station bathroom. Tanks rule. I know the load is late,but the voices tell me to pull over and clean the guns.

Offline GTX_Admin

  • Evil Administrator bent on taking over the Universe!
  • Administrator - Yep, I'm the one to blame for this place.
  • Whiffing Demi-God!
    • Beyond the Sprues
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2013, 04:12:14 AM »
Outstanding entrance!  Welcome aboard.

With all you outstanding armoured modellers around here now, I just knew we should have gone with the tank track addition to the Chimera!
Logged
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.

Offline Queeg

  • Master armour builder
  • Lost but now foun .... nope - still lost!
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2013, 05:15:10 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on October 26, 2013, 04:12:14 AM
Outstanding entrance!  Welcome aboard.

With all you outstanding armoured modellers around here now, I just knew we should have gone with the tank track addition to the Chimera!

It's never too late for a "mid version" upgrade .........  ;)
Logged

Offline father ennis

  • I got paint older than most of you guys ...
  • Our Scifi, armour-building Rennissance Priest...
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2013, 03:16:21 PM »
Some very interesting models you have there.  Welcome to the forum ....
Logged
I may be old but I'm not dead ... yet anyway ... !!!    And NO I did not know Richard III !!!!!!

Offline tankmodeler

  • Wisely picking parts of the real universe 2 ignore
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2013, 07:52:42 PM »
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on October 25, 2013, 12:49:18 PM
Quote from: tankmodeler on October 25, 2013, 12:46:31 PM
There are other photos of my models over in my gallery on the KitMaker Network gallery site if anyone wants to see more shots of these and some of my less speculative models.


Paul, do you have a link to a gallery page or are the models scattered all about the KitMaker Network Image Gallery?

The basic Kitmake Gallery link is:

http://photos.kitmaker.net/

And my photos are all under my username "tankmodeler". Get to my gallery and you should find a lot of photos.

Paul
Logged

Offline tankmodeler

  • Wisely picking parts of the real universe 2 ignore
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2013, 07:57:23 PM »
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on October 25, 2013, 11:51:06 AM
I recognize parts from the M60A2/M60A1 but what other parts were used for this project?
Well other than M60A2 parts, the rest was generally from the spares bin. The turret is the A2 turret fleshed out with a lot of epoxy putty to alter the shape a bit. You'll never guess what the main gun is: the launch Escape Tower from the old 1/48 Revell Apollo spacecraft kit with the end of an AMT X-Wing laser cannon pod at the front.

Paul
Logged

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

  • Unaffiliated Independent Subversive...and the last person to go for a trip on a Mexicana dH Comet 4
  • Global Moderator
  • His stash is able to be seen from space...
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2013, 03:16:12 AM »
Paul thanks for guiding us to your gallery location.  I tried to find it yesterday but my attempt rewarded me with a message that I would need to join in order to do the search by member name "tankmodeler" so I quit looking.  Your own gallery folder is actually at this link: Home » Member Galleries » tankmodeler
Logged
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

Offline Jacques Deguerre

  • Older and fatter but not wiser.
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2013, 11:09:39 AM »
Wow, I am quite impressed! All of these are very nice models but I especially like your "take" on the tank and combat car from Hammer's Slammers. It's a great combination of futuristic and Cold War aesthetics.
Logged

Offline Frank3k

  • Excession
  • Global Moderator
  • Formerly Frank2056. New upgrade!
    • My new webpage
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2013, 01:22:02 PM »
Great models, Paul! You should finish the Mercury one man space station. I built a version of it in 1/72 (without the Agena but with solar panels): http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1917.0
Logged

Offline deathjester

  • 'Remember - Tiredness Kills Hedgehogs...!'
  • His Mother-in-law has Tardis pockets...
    • stormfront models
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2013, 11:42:53 PM »
Welcome aboard!  And mind the spats as you step onto the forum...they get everywhere!

Wonderful Hammers Slammers stuff - the closest I've seen to anything that good was from Ground Zero Games, so very nice work!

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Logged

Offline tankmodeler

  • Wisely picking parts of the real universe 2 ignore
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2013, 12:39:12 PM »
Quote from: Frank3k on October 28, 2013, 01:22:02 PM
Great models, Paul! You should finish the Mercury one man space station. I built a version of it in 1/72 (without the Agena but with solar panels): http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1917.0

I'll finish it eventually, but the main hull section was made out of a resin plug and it must not have been mixed correctly as it has started to sweat a solvent. The paint won't stick and the surface is starting to get chalky. At the moment, I'm really POed and have put it away so I don't fly it into a nearby wall...  :)

When I get back to it I'll have to remake the main hull and then separate the other stuff from the hull and transfer it to the new hull. That's a major PITA, let me tell you. And I was just ready to paint, too!

Still better now than later, if teh fully painted vehicle had started to sweat, I'd have been more than p!ssed, let me tell you!  :)

BTW, thanks for the kinds words, all. I don't finish too many models in any year, so it may be a long time between new sets of images.

Paul
Logged

Offline GTX_Admin

  • Evil Administrator bent on taking over the Universe!
  • Administrator - Yep, I'm the one to blame for this place.
  • Whiffing Demi-God!
    • Beyond the Sprues
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2013, 02:54:08 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on October 26, 2013, 04:12:14 AM
With all you outstanding armoured modellers around here now, I just knew we should have gone with the tank track addition to the Chimera!


FYI, this was an early version of the Chimera that did include tank tracks...

Logged
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.

Offline father ennis

  • I got paint older than most of you guys ...
  • Our Scifi, armour-building Rennissance Priest...
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2013, 04:42:23 AM »
You need to make one of those,Greg ...
Logged
I may be old but I'm not dead ... yet anyway ... !!!    And NO I did not know Richard III !!!!!!

Offline Weaver

  • Skyhawk stealer and violator of Panthers, with designs on a Cougar and a Tiger too
  • Chaos Engineer & Evangelistic Agnostic
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2013, 09:03:33 PM »
Nice models Paul: I like those a lot!  :)

Logged
"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides

"I've jazzed mine up a bit" - Spike Milligan

"I'm a general specialist," - Harry Purvis in Tales from the White Hart by Arthur C. Clarke

Twitter: @hws5mp
Minds.com: @HaroldWeaverSmith

Offline GTX_Admin

  • Evil Administrator bent on taking over the Universe!
  • Administrator - Yep, I'm the one to blame for this place.
  • Whiffing Demi-God!
    • Beyond the Sprues
Re: TankModeler's Models
« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2014, 04:53:19 AM »
Speaking of Hammer's Slammers:


Logged
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Up
« previous next »