Tamiya Chieftain converted into a MK11

[Hamden]

Great work as always!

Roger

[Dads203]

Thank you chaps for the comments,

Back to the PE side now, front splash guard fitted and some resin track guard

brackets on the sides.

A bit more mud on the back side of the road wheels.

Please enjoy and pass comment as fit.

Regards

Dan

[Dads203]

Side skirt fitting, some adjustment required but looks good,

Resin bolts are by Calibre 35.

More padlocks

Some static grass added to the mud.

Enjoy

Dan

[longshanks]

Wow!

The detail is really coming together now, your positvely flying along

Love the muck - you always was a mucky bugger . . . .

Where do the padlocks come from

Cheers Kev

[Dads203]

Wow!

The detail is really coming together now, your positvely flying along

Love the muck - you always was a mucky bugger . . . .

Where do the padlocks come from

Cheers Kev

Cheers Kev, The padlocks came with the conversion, I think Accurate Armour sell them separately

though.

Cheers

Dan

[Dads203]

Right, I'll leave you with these photo's

for the night.

Have a pleasant evening folks

Dan

[C&WR]

This is looking better and better, Dan. Those skirt plates really are the bizzo.

Nick's post was interesting. However with regard to this the Skins did things differently:

...Callsign boards were call sign boards and remained on all the time in fact most of them were painted directly onto the vehicle. Different units though, had different ways of applying them and as the years went by the colours mostly changed to Black and Green colouring instead of yellow...

Yes we had the yellow and black callsign boards, but the callsigns were also painted on in black on the vehicle itself. We used to take the boards off on exercise, IIRC.

[Mike]

Very nice work Mr D

[Guest]

I hated those plates so ,,,,,,, heavy Looking good

[Dads203]

Thanks chaps,

I've been adding the turret tiedowns, small and fiddly work

but I think it's worth going the extra mile.

More to follow

Dan

[Dads203]

Commander hatch and fitting now in place.

And the NBC pack handle along with the Clansman antenna base.

Cheers

Dan

[longshanks]

Love the skirts !

Hows the eye brows ;o)

Kev

[Hamden]

Very nice attention to detail is stunning!

Roger

[Dads203]

Cheers for the comments chaps,

Little bit more done,

I've finished the tiedowns on the turret roof and started

to add the wing nuts to the clansman antenna bases, only done one as its

very tricky to do. The whip antenna is carbon rod by Accurate Armour.

Cheers

Dan

[Dads203]

Second antenna pot done, just needs a trim one the glue is dry.

Cheers folks

Dan

[longshanks]

The devil is in the detail ;o)

I can smell paint in the wings

Kev

[hootch732]

its looking better than better Dan

[Mike]

Bet it weighs a tonne too!

[C&WR]

Cracking stuff, Dan. I'll be referring to your winky pot stand when I start up on mine again!

[Dads203]

Thanks chaps, The kit is now very heavy with the tracks on

so just as well the suspension parts are quite beefy!

I have my replacement blowtorch so can get back to work on the soldering of the side skirts,

the old one I have had for about 15 years or so and it kept flairing up in my face, I reckon one of seals

had perished on the regulator and the tip would go out and engulf the whole torch in flames... I threw it in the bin.

Kev the eyebrows are okay, just !

So the left hand side has been started.

[C&WR]

Soldering with a blowtorch? That's proper manly, I use an iron

[Dads203]

Soldering with a blowtorch? That's proper manly, I use an iron

It's only a small gas torch :-)

I've used the same one for years and they work well with liquid solder.

Cheers

Dan

[Dads203]

The last few PE bits added before primer, should go on this weekend

More static grass added to the running gear on the area that will be missing a side skirt.

Turret is ready for primer now but I'll be adding the scrim on the gun barrel first.

Cheers

Dan

[Dads203]

Cam for the main gun is done, just need to wait for it to dry and i'll add the garnish

from mixed herbs. Used water and PVA mix to glue it to the barrel, once dry it will get a bit if a trim up.

Dan

[DAG058]

What did you use for the cam net?

The mud and grass looks great too, what are they made from?

Edited August 16, 2014 by DAG058