CanDid Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Hi folks, A project just for fun. I had the the Bandai 1/35 M61A5 Semovente Main Battle Tank on the shelf and decided to modify it a little and make a small diorama to go with it. I moved around kit parts, added left over parts from the spare box, various scratch built and different resin parts to create a heavy infantry support vehichle. Figures are from Live Resin, Master Box, Airborne Miniatures and Yufan. I moved heads around and added equipment parts here and there. I made a complete interior and engine compartment with a mixture of resin parts and scratch built details. Plenty of space to play around with, the original kit is quite big. Everything is painted and weathered with paints from Valejjo and Ammo Of Mig, weathered using products Ammo Of Mig and AK-Interactive. Thanks for looking Cheers! /Fred Edited January 31, 2021 by CanDid Original images did not work. 36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 It may just be me, but I cannot view any of your images. I get a grey "No Entry" sign type thing in place of the picture. Edit: Ah, there they are- brilliant stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 All I can see are blue grey boxes where the photo’s should be with the word “spacer.png” in the upper left corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Troffa said: It may just be me, but I cannot view any of your images. I get a grey "No Entry" sign type thing in place of the picture. I have inserted the links again and everything shows up fine on my end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Yup, the photo's are now visible. That's a tremendous display- really impressive work. And a few minutes later, all but one of the Photo's have disappeared again. Most peculiar. Edit: And now they are, in the words of Gary Barlow, "back for good". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Troffa said: It may just be me, but I cannot view any of your images. I get a grey "No Entry" sign type thing in place of the picture. Same here, no pictures are showing on my android phone. Just checked it on the desktop and still no images showing. Edited January 31, 2021 by Mick4350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I don’t think the image links are suitable for sharing purposes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I did see the images briefly last night, so they do work for a period- I wonder if the issue is data usage? Too much of a demand on the picture host server? I've just found out 'Google Blogger' will host Photo's quite nicely thanks to the 'Hotlinking Photo Host Choices' thread in the FAQ section of the Forum. It works like a charm. Other hosts are available, and it'll be nice to see the Model again because it's really nicely done. Edit: And we're back in the room. Nice. Regards, Troffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oileanach Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Amazing work! Absolutely barking, but amazing... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Excellent modelling all round Fred.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 This time I can see it, very interesting, well thought out, and kool looking build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 That is one powerful looking machine, excellent diorama, well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrule Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Looks superb, really springs to life especially as it is entirely fictional Easy to imagine it trundling along a road somewhere Edited February 2, 2021 by Misrule 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnapollo Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Superb work. Some photos aren't loading but the ones which do certainly show very impressive work. How long did it take you to do all of that? Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Now that is a very nice build, really nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 2 hours ago, saturnapollo said: How long did it take you to do all of that? Oh, difficult to tell, did not really count the hours. Around four months of weekends only, plus Christmas holidays, including some full days when the ‘weather’ allowed it 😆 Detailing actually took a while and so did painting the figures. I also spent a lot of time on interior details that I thought would be way more visible than they turned out to be... Another quite time consuming part was broadening the wheels. The ones used was both narrower and had a smaller diameter than the original ones. The exterior paint job was quite straight forward though. I’d say 30 hours spread over two weeks from primer to weathering. Painting the dio was done in a day as nature colours blend wet. I really enjoyed the new dry brush paint from the Spaniard, used them for the firts time on the dio 👌 Grass, bushes and so on was added the day after. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 What a stellar job you have done with the kit! Love the modifications! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halomov Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 1/30/2021 at 11:48 PM, CanDid said: Hi folks, A project just for fun. I had the the Bandai 1/35 M61A5 Semovente Main Battle Tank on the shelf and decided to modify it a little and make a small diorama to go with it. I moved around kit parts, added left over parts from the spare box, various scratch built and different resin parts to create a heavy infantry support vehichle. Figures are from Live Resin, Master Box, Airborne Miniatures and Yufan. I moved heads around and added equipment parts here and there. I made a complete interior and engine compartment with a mixture of resin parts and scratch built details. Plenty of space to play around with, the original kit is quite big. Everything is painted and weathered with paints from Valejjo and Ammo Of Mig, weathered using products Ammo Of Mig and AK-Interactive. Thanks for looking Cheers! /Fred May we ask if you replaced the tracks with aftermarket ones? may i know the name of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 I used the original tracks, though I had thoughts of replacing them. Not that much of them is visible so I white glued them to each wheel and painted them in place. I remember that I did find aftermarket metal ones, most likely from China. At least not one of the better known brands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halomov Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 13 hours ago, CanDid said: I used the original tracks, though I had thoughts of replacing them. Not that much of them is visible so I white glued them to each wheel and painted them in place. I remember that I did find aftermarket metal ones, most likely from China. At least not one of the better known brands. so its compatible with real tank tracks? what tank was that? wanna replace my with metal. cause i think when i weather this one, the rubber will be melt / sticky in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanDid Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 44 minutes ago, Halomov said: so its compatible with real tank tracks? what tank was that? wanna replace my with metal. cause i think when i weather this one, the rubber will be melt / sticky in the long run. If i remember correctly the drive sprockets are a bit different and drives the track with two rows in the middle. As I mentioned I did find metals tracks for the kit but I never bought them. I think this could be the ones: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/spade-ace-models-sat-35901-metal-track-efgf-m61a5--553043 I have never had a problem with melting vinyl tracks. I glue them in place and use a good primer (in this case Ammo One Shot) before painting and weathering. Metal tracks are nicer though 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Very nice diorama, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halomov Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 4:37 PM, CanDid said: If i remember correctly the drive sprockets are a bit different and drives the track with two rows in the middle. As I mentioned I did find metals tracks for the kit but I never bought them. I think this could be the ones: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/spade-ace-models-sat-35901-metal-track-efgf-m61a5--553043 I have never had a problem with melting vinyl tracks. I glue them in place and use a good primer (in this case Ammo One Shot) before painting and weathering. Metal tracks are nicer though 😀 Thank you good sir. I might try the primer first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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