Antoine Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 (edited) Not yet ready to build the Jagdtiger's dio, and I don't feel like finishing the Sherman. So here is my new project: M41 A3 walker bulldog from AFV club, which I'll build as a South Vietnamese one. To get along with the kit: - photo etch from Eduard - a barrel from Barrel Depot (What I didn't know before buying it was that there was already one in the box.... ) - Friul tracks I want to get rid asap of the photoetch (That's a nightmare for me with my sausage-like fingers), so I've started to build small sub groups. Here is the tool storage for shovel, pickaxe, etc... Continuing currently with the .50. Edited July 26, 2008 by Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Very nice Antoine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 Linky for the box review by Terry Ashley at PMMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snipersmudge Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 what a coincidence, got this in my stash too!, lovely kit apart from no mantlet cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 what a coincidence, got this in my stash too!, lovely kit apart from no mantlet cover Didn't noticed it before. I should have properly read mr Ashley's review.... :shithappens: I did know that AFV got a mantlet as aftermarket, but I tought it was for the Tam kit. Don't mind, it'll be perfect for some test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 The .50. Not yet finished, as I need to add the handles at the rear end. The look with the photo etched parts is worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snipersmudge Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 nice detail on the 50 Antoine, as for the mantlet cover yes AFV club did a vinyl one for their kit, I'm currently trying to track one down, if i can I'll get you one too if you need one Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 what a coincidence, got this in my stash too!, lovely kit apart from no mantlet cover I'm sure that we've got many other coincidences in our respectives stashes! nice detail on the 50 Antoine, as for the mantlet cover yes AFV club did a vinyl one for their kit, I'm currently trying to track one down, if i can I'll get you one too if you need onePete No need, Pete, thanks. If I really need it, I'm not more than 10mn away from Blast Model store, a well known French hobby shop. I'm sure you've heard after their range of resin aftermarket. They're well supplied with AFV Club stuff, I'd get a centurion sho't mantle from them yesterday, as well as the friul tracks for my M41. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 That .50 looks pretty smart there Antoine, lookig forwards to seeing the rest of your detailing bits Bex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 That's very kind of you, bex. I hope that it will gives you some inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Very nice work on the .50 Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Looks great to me. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 (edited) Today's work: Road wheels, drive sprockets, idler wheels, and roller. Some damage done while cutting the parts from the sprue, but nothing really bad, as nevertheless I'll have to do some cuts on the wheel's rubber to make them "live". What a heat!!!! Edited July 28, 2008 by Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Good choice, Antoine...!!! I've got the same kit in my stash, but I'm planning to build it to depict a spanish army tank during the 60'. I've already got the aluminium gun barrel and the vynil gun mantlet, but I got rid of my eduard PE set (actually intended for the Tamiya kit)...a real nightmare for me those tiny evil metal parts...And the Fruil tracks must be a nice addition, but my budget keeps me from ordering them.....will go on with the kit vynil tracks. Cheers...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 You should have no regret here, Artie, as the vynil tracks still looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Some troubles today with Serving to post the pics. So I've gone to flickr. I've glued the suspension arms. I've kept myself some margin so as to be able to build the rolling gear more "live". This is how it could look in the end. But for the moment, the road wheels, driving sprockets, idler wheel and return roller are not glued, they will be after the painting, and before the weathering. Rolling gear, is that the good word in english for all the stuff above, tracks included? Edited July 30, 2008 by Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Edited my last pot, with bigger pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Looking good Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) Ohh watching this with interest, my Grandfather commanded one of these and later an M48 during the Vietnam conflict (sadly he passed away recently). Edited July 31, 2008 by Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Really? I'm sorry it'll be an ARVN M41 (Even if I don't have many pics or informations about them), but for latter (Maybe sooner than latter, by the way!), I plan an M48: I got everything for it (I've forgotten the PE for the picture, and also a barrel depot gun), only waiting for a good idea for the markings options. There is an Echelon decals sheet for VIetnam M48, but already since a long time, and no news to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Ooh nice. Yeah he was ARVN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'm currently fighting my way through the PE (What a pain in the ####!). The front end is finished. The PE tools displayed here are extremely useful. Closer. Once finished, some sanding will be necessary. More closer. The worker responsible for welding the lights protection must have been very drunk... I ask you, on which planet do we live??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Ooh nice. Yeah he was ARVN. Really? I'd like to learn more. Maybe you can help with pics or other stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Really?I'd like to learn more. Maybe you can help with pics or other stuff? I would help if I could, but i don't know of any pictures as he lost everything in the 're-education' camp after the war, nor the whole story of his military career as he never talked about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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