scottie3158
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jakko, the great detail continues. As to the copper wire try heating it to bright red then quenching in water this should anneal it and make it easier to work.
Looking great,Jakko.I added some straps to a few of the tie-downs:
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These are just 0.1 mm plastic card cut into strips of random length, then folded, scrunched up and otherwise mishandled before glueing into position.
And all the main parts posed on the base I made earlier:
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Missing is the trim vane, which should sit on the bow. Someone promised he would mail me one, but hasn’t so far Anyway, next, I sprayed Vallejo white primer from a rattle can onto all the parts:
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This needs a second coat tomorrow, because some of the pencil lines still show through. Then the real fun begins, because I need to decide which colours the interior actually was after the explosion that blew the whole thing apart. I can’t figure out what exactly is visible in the photo of the real vehicle: why are the lower hull sides light in colour, but the upper sides and floor, dark?
The interior of these M113s was painted white (the more familiar green finish came once the M113A1 was already in production), so are the light areas white paint, or perhaps bare aluminium, or even aluminium oxide resulting from a fire? Are the dark bits on the interior scorched paint? If not, what else might have caused them to be that dark? Speculation would be appreciated
ThanksLooking great,Jakko.
I wouldn’t use the word “enjoyable” … “Frustrating” is more like it, at least until I get a decent mental picture of what things are and how they go together. Once I can wrap my head around that, it’s usually easy enough — until I run into things I thought I knew but turn out not to. Quite often with this model, I was sitting on the sofa or something and had a flash of inspiration, went to my hobby room and then found I still didn’t quite have it clear enough yet.I'm preparing a scratch-built project of my own with limited information and I feel your pain. But it's also very enjoyable searching out every last little anomaly.
I’m not I’ve got one week left to finish this thing, and I have no idea yet what colours I should/will use anywhere except the outer surfaces (namely, OD).Looking forward to the paint
The interior of these M113s was painted white (the more familiar green finish came once the M113A1 was already in production), so are the light areas white paint, or perhaps bare aluminium, or even aluminium oxide resulting from a fire? Are the dark bits on the interior scorched paint? If not, what else might have caused them to be that dark? Speculation would be appreciated
That does sound like a plausible theory … let’s see if I can shoot holes in it M113s are made of aluminium, which melts when there’s a major fire, so there would likely be pools of re-solidified aluminium visible, probably from the roof because that has disappeared entirely. A thick layer of soot would also require the vehicle to have been on fire for at least some time before it exploded, which means somebody wold have had to throw a satchel charge into a vehicle that was already obviously destroyed by a fire.my guess is that before exploding, the M113 interior was engulfed by the thick and greasy smoke
Thanks, and starting is actually the easy bit, I must say in retrospect. The hull is simple, it’s all those little details you only discover once you’ve gotten somewhere that make this difficult.Looking very good Jakko. Wouldn't know where to start with this sort of thing.
Thank youWOW!...Such dedication! Absolutely mind boggling attention to and fabrication of such minute detail is....I can't find the words.
Thanks for the offer, but someone else supplied me with one today already (Not the person who originally said he would, but another who came to the rescue.)PM me your address and i will send one i have in spares
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