GMK

1 hour ago, TangledThorns said:

My wife got me this book for Christmas

 

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Rogue-Ultimate-Visual/dp/146545263X/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482872292&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=star+wars+rogue+one+technical+manual

Nice! Does it have any pics of the faction x-wings?

Best. Star. Wars. Movie. Ever. Made.

So many Easter eggs. X-wings have never looked half as good as here. Best ending, too.

Lots of great work going on here

Well, after some time in the US, Japan, & Indonesia for work, minor progress has been made on 31.

Thought I'd add a splash of colour to see what things look like. Neither the camouflage pattern nor the colours are 100%, but they are good for project morale.

Comments welcome.

Aren't you a little short for an Imperial Gunner?

And swarthy.

I really hope they give us a VF-1D .....

+1

Just got the body, arms, & gunpod of my CF -1A Battroid together - wow! May ditch my Wave 1/100 kits.

The kit's nose looks a bit long, doesn't it?

Elongated nose, too small canopy.

'Touch & shoot'? A measure of excitement?

102 cm

I'd just like a GERWALK & Battroid in 1/48!

How freaken tall is that Eva?

That's sharp! Nice work! I wish Hasegawa would sell the TV pilot separately, maybe a set of 6 or something.

And in 1/48, too.

Nyanko, That's paper? Amazing unique skills

GMK, Very nice progress cleaning up the scratch build. Impressive.

Wish I had half your abilities.

Thanks Arbit.

Well, this is what it looked like out of the envelope:

With a bit of motivational paint:

Some more progress today. AMU brush guards on Australian M113A1 were a bit beefier than the standard, using flat stock section twisted, then bent into shape, before being welded in position. The results were somewhat agricultural - thankfully. As such, I rate my efforts as broadly representative.

More tomorrow - may even finish the roof!

Most of the work over the weekend was related to getting the hull in a better state. The glacis has been glued on, with work commencing on getting the transition between the lower hull & it correct.

Also test fitted some tools from the Tamiya 1/16 M4 Sherman.

In addition to tools, the Tamiya Sherman donated one of its fuel filler caps:

Comments welcome, as always.

Of course, if you are trying to take down a bloody great walking land vehicle with a handheld Surface-to-Air Missile, you might want to rethink your tactics and your life in the few moments remaining of it.

Why is everyone calling it a SAM? Because it's being fired upward? Both the firer & the target are both on the ground. A real world example: Javelin ATGM, climbs to 180 metres in top attack mode, but it isn't a SAM.

The new goverment is Pro-USA

Like... A LOT

The A-29 is available from the US Government via FMS. That's how the Afghans got theirs.

That shot of the 'small moon' orbiting the planet is spectacular.

That'd be cool, NZEOD.

Made some progress on the roof...

Thanks NZEOD - may be a Kiwi thing, only? My instructors were firmly inside the cargo hatch when I was learning how to be a crewie. Tanks were different, they had a cage bolted on in place of the turret bin. Looked like something from Mad Max.

The car I'm building - 134329 - had a M113 hull, not a M113A1, so it had the bolted plate around the armoured fuel filler cap. Thankfully, so did the 1/1 scale example I measured. 400 x 500mm...

Anyone know where to find a 1/16 armoured fuel filler cap?

I think I can spot two gun-pods disguise them selves as fuel tanks.

Prefer the integral ones of the A-29. Actually, prefer the A-29. Period.

Nice Space Battleship Yamato there, arbit.

A little more progress over the course of the week.

The cargo hatch & filter box are close to completion.

The trickiest work to date has been adding the gun depression rail ('Jesus bar') between the turret & cargo hatch to prevent own goals into the vehicle itself. The turret makes the full 360 degree/6,400 mil traverse, without interference.

Interestingly, on the upgraded M113AS4, electronic interlocks superseded the need for a physical bar to prevent own goals, so one wasn't initially fitted. User complaints about the absence of a 'hand rail' led to the incorporation of a purpose designed one into the build state.

Cheers.

No prizes for guessing what I'm planning...

Yep. Liking seeing the different angles, though.