Gingie's Build Thread

[Zaskar24]

Do the one in the middle.
 
Brian da Basher

Exactly!  Three legs from the box on the left, three legs from the box on the right. Six legs are better than four! 

Why not just go all in and do four from each box on a stretched chassis? 

[Brian da Basher]

Do the one in the middle.
 
Brian da Basher

Exactly!  Three legs from the box on the left, three legs from the box on the right. Six legs are better than four! 

Why not just go all in and do four from each box on a stretched chassis? 

Yup, you belong here.

Welcome to BtS and if there's anything I can do to make your sentence stay easier, let me know.

Mind the padding. That stuff's expensive!

Brian da Basher

[apophenia]

Why not just go all in and do four from each box on a stretched chassis? 

So then it becomes an Sd.Kfz 1016 Ausf.AchtFußler? 

[tankmodeler]

Why not just go all in and do four from each box on a stretched chassis? 

I like the cut of your jib, there, new feller!

[Gingie]

Make the one on the Reich.

 

[Gingie]

Found a die cast MB Gwagon on ebay. Scales out very close to 1/35.

I've transposed a 1/35 vac form G-wag over top. Close enough for me.

Plan is to make it an ISAF truck with the cupola & GPMG mod. Sad factoid about the photo - that is the same unit Capt Nicola Goddard MSC, belonged to, and its possible that is her LAV-FOO in the background. A few hours after this photo was taken, she was killed in a firefight when a RPG hit the side of her turret.



Known as LUVW (Love Double You) in Canada, it sort of replaced the VW / Bombardier iltis 4x4 in the Liaison and light recce role. Also used by Military Police. The die cast one is obviously civilian and requires a bit of modification to make it Cdn Army spec.



Scale comparison to vac-form:


5 mins with a small screwdriver and its read for strip & primer.

[GTX_Admin]

Interesting

[Frank3k]

What are you going to do about the wheels? The wheels from the Revell Wolf kit won't be an exact match to the vehicle in the picture, but maybe better than the chrome civilian wheels.

[Gingie]

I'll probably use a Landrover wheel and scratch a new rim, and then cast copies.

In fact, I may use a spare chassis from the Tamiya landrover amb or the Itateri SAS version. That will give a better detailed underside and I can adjust the ride height a lot easier.

[Gingie]

Italeri LR chassis fit test... highly workable!

[Frank3k]

At least the Land Rover kit is good for something!

[Buzzbomb]

Nice.. yes please do proceed

[Gingie]

Picked up a couple power tools for the bench. Disc sander and a Jarmac mini table saw. Other than a dremel, I've not had power tools for models before although I've seen them put to great use, particularly in making large numbers of the same parts (ie stacked together and cut & standed in a stack).



And not a whif, but re-painting a Northrup presentation CF-116 in 433 Sqn colours correct for the time period. This is for a colleague's father who was presented it in 1978 for reaching 1000 hrs (he was also CO 433 at the time)

[Ramba]

You have some very cool armor builds here. Very imaginative and creative. I really like the tracked Stryker.

[Gingie]

Cheers Ramba!

Fiddling around with a SPAAG-70...


Of of the large turret holes will house a Gepard tracking radar. Debating swapping out the Gepard search radar dish and re-casting the M113 ADATS E/O module. This would have replaced the Centurion Twin Forty in 4 AD Regt.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Are the gun barrels from one of the Gundam/Robot/Macros accessory sets? 

What engine deck are you using on the hull? 

So no chance of an antenna like the Aegis system? 

[GTX_Admin]

That looks good.  Based on your own design I presume?

[Gingie]

It was meant to be the precursor to the M1 Abrams SPAAG. The what if also meaning that the MBT-70 project went forward.

The engine deck is from the kit - reminds us of something more WW2!

I'm thinking a phased array antenna might be a little advance for 1980 or so :-)

[finsrin]

OOH,,, twin 40s are cool. 

[Gingie]

Managed to complete this on 24 Dec for a Christmas Day present. A work colleague's dad was presented a CF-5 desktop (1/40 scale) on completing 1000 hours. LCol Parent did this while he was CO of 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron in 1979. The desk top model was presented in the silver finish with generic CAF livery. I repainted it to reflect the CF-116 operated in Bagotville for the time, and added "772" which was his aircraft. Of course, I forgot to take a photo of the flat coated version! I'm told it went over well with the old man.

[kitnut617]

I like how you have the display stand for it, I was involved with the redesign of that for the aircraft now displayed at The Military Museum in Calgary.

[Buzzbomb]

Both the SPAAG, which I clearly missed earlier, and the CF-5 are sweet jobs.

[Gingie]

This place will do a number on your wallet! One of the few brick and mortar shops left in Toronto; Wings and Wheels...or is it Wheels and Wings? It is a really well stocked shop with loads of aftermarket and support products, as well as an immense selection of the latest kits. A wall of Takom and Meng, a wall of Trumpeter.

[Buzzbomb]

Graeme, totally agree. Went to Wheels and Wings in 2019 on my first trip to Toronto. Awesome shop, totally agree on the aftermarket options, I do not think I have ever been in a storefront with that much Aftermarket outside of Hannants in their heyday at Corindale Tube station.

And yes, I did a modest number on my wallet, even though I had to cart stuff back to Australia... so totally worth it, even first time navigating the wilds of the Toronto suburban train system. Had a great chat to the guys on the desk  Lets hope it survives.

Souvenir of my journey

[Gingie]

A little birdie told me multiple variants of this coming in styrene