beefy66 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Looking rather good there Julian like the crew figures pose He might just be saying do you really want some of this beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 You set the bar high with the Bradley build Julian , you just might smash that with this build mate 😮 Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Excellent progress Julian. The tracks do look very impressive. Good job! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/29/2017 at 6:45 PM, beefy66 said: Looking rather good there Julian like the crew figures pose He might just be saying do you really want some of this beefy Hi Keith, thank you, yes, either that or he is showing off the latest way to clean up hairy armpits On 10/29/2017 at 7:11 PM, Dads203 said: You set the bar high with the Bradley build Julian , you just might smash that with this build mate 😮 Dan Thanks Dan, going slightly doolally from building the tracks on this thing, worth the effort I keep telling myself On 10/29/2017 at 7:21 PM, PlaStix said: Excellent progress Julian. The tracks do look very impressive. Good job! Kind regards, Stix Thanks Stix, nice color contrasts always help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Looking good Gremlin. Will look good alongside the Bradley. The Abrams is indeed a low rider. Put it up next to a Cougar and the later looks massive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushkill Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 It’s one of the most frustrating parts of the Brad.... a tanker can reach up onto the hull from the ground, we have to climb up on top to get stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 On 11/1/2017 at 10:44 PM, Reilly said: Looking good Gremlin. Will look good alongside the Bradley. The Abrams is indeed a low rider. Put it up next to a Cougar and the later looks massive. Hi Reilly, Thank you, I have the AAVP-7 waiting for construction, it looks huge compared to the Abrams too. Evidently built to "Shoot, scoot and hide". On 11/2/2017 at 12:45 AM, crushkill said: It’s one of the most frustrating parts of the Brad.... a tanker can reach up onto the hull from the ground, we have to climb up on top to get stuff. Hi CK, I'm rather enjoying reading up on the Abrams and it's development story. Might build build the version with the mine plow, another nasty looking piece of armor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 4/11 update. Finished the first track (approx. 500 pieces). Looks good though. Continuing turret build: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 (edited) The Assault Breacher vehicle is a handful but it does look good, someone on here compared it to a praying mantis and it rather fits. Good news about that Rye Field kit is it does have link and length tracks which is a relief. Build it, Im looking forward to it. I didn't even attempt all of the hydraulic hoses and stuff but I'm sure you could handle the challenge and I'd like to see it fully rigged out, it would be impressive. Lloyd Edited November 4, 2017 by BlackMax12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 You must be doing something wrong as this is starting to look like an Abrams, what's with that? Those tracks are fun but still better than some of the Meng efforts I've ran into, at least the jig works. Looking good so far, what color will it be, a match for the Bradley maybe? Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Thanks Lloyd, yep, it's an Abrams. It will look more like a mobile game of Tetris when I add the ERA and the semicircular ERA looks like some decided to grow plants outboard so the resemblance to an Abrams will "Fade to black"................................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Good one Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Looking good Julian, those tracks took fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 9 hours ago, Ozzy said: Looking good Julian, those tracks took fantastic. Thanks Ozzy, they need a dusting with mat varnish but the base is there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 500 pieces a track ?, If we think a little about what we do, maybe we would realize that "it seems" normal for the rest of the people to believe that we are "geeks" and something masochistic ... they miss it ... lol Cheers Julian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 500 pieces for the track eh? Wow! Great progress again Julian. Looking good. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 4 hours ago, FrancisGL said: 500 pieces a track ?, If we think a little about what we do, maybe we would realize that "it seems" normal for the rest of the people to believe that we are "geeks" and something masochistic ... they miss it ... lol Cheers Julian Think you hit the nail on the head Francis, as they say: SM means never having to say sorry I have passed the point of no return here though, 1 track painted and fitted so now forward with another 500 pieces for track 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 3 hours ago, PlaStix said: 500 pieces for the track eh? Wow! Great progress again Julian. Looking good. Kind regards, Stix Thanks Stix, I think retired Dragon designers go to Rye Field Models and design tank tracks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Just now, Gremlin56 said: Thanks Stix, I think retired Dragon designers go to Rye Field Models and design tank tracks Definitely sounds like it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 5/11 update. Fitted the turret baskets which took most of today due to the pieces being most horribly warped. Its fitted now and I put a layer of Vallejo IDF sand ground on to see how it looks with paint on: looks warped but acceptable IMHO (unbroken but badly bent...........................) Thats about all for coming week I think......................... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Stowage basket looks good will look even better with a load of personnel stuff and equipment to fill it up with beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, beefy66 said: Stowage basket looks good will look even better with a load of personnel stuff and equipment to fill it up with beefy Thank you Keith, devil of a job to bash it into submission. It will look good with a full load added though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Yep, on both my Rye Field Abrams the baskets were kinda screwed up. One was so bad and broken railing I had to use some Evergreen styrene rod to patch it up and then hang a tarp and some bedrolls to sort of cover the results. And the exhaust deflector didn't fit worth a damn on the outer basket or either kit but I beat the heck out of them, one can only take so much abuse after all. One would think if you are going to put 1000 pieces in the tracks which are half hidden then maybe you could spend just a little more time engineering those prominent baskets. Looking good so far though and I'm surprised too that the Brad is almost the size of the Abrams. But the Abrams looks sleek and slippery while the Brad looks like a box on tracks with stuff stuck on. Take care, Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 Thanks Lloyd, yes, used just about every "expletive deleted" carefully built into my vocabulary during 10 years at sea getting the baskets together and fitted. The Bradley is the victim of a development history that has lasted too long IMHO. The Abrams looks like a refugee from the Wacky Races cartoon show, a sort of F1 tank, sort of thing that Sebastian Vettel should be driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 The baskets can be an unnecessary headache, with the idea that more pieces more detail ... for me they are undoubtedly one of the most complicated artificially... Cheers Julian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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