Simviation Forum - 1:16 Gun Carriage Final update

Mar 20^th, 2010 at 12:05pm

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Time for the next project. This one is has been declared finished. I could do more, but this is more stand off scale......don't get too close when you look at it Grin

I am pleased with the result, though I have no clue where to put it at the moment, space is at a premium for my creations Undecided

Anyway, here it is. Comments and suggestions are as always welcome.

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Reply #1 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 12:46pm

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Wonderful model Matt...excellent work... Wink

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Reply #2 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 12:48pm

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Beautiful work. Cool

I always loved scale models and miniatures but never really had the time or patience to actually complete one.

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Reply #3 - Mar 21^st, 2010 at 1:04pm

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Outstanding Matt.

And the fire damage is so good, I have to ask: did you actually burn it? Smiley

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #4 - Mar 21^st, 2010 at 1:39pm

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I can remember whilst in the REME, in the British Army on the Rhine in the 1950s, we had these Half Tracks in our Workshop for working on Centurion Tanks, and their engines
They were fitted with Rubber Tracks, and not for use on Public Roads (Hard Surfaces).

http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/vehicles/trrv/vehhalf.htm

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Excellent Model, Matt....brings back memories!... Wink

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Reply #5 - Mar 21^st, 2010 at 2:34pm

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patchz wrote on Mar 21^st, 2010 at 1:04pm:

I have to ask: did you actually burn it? Smiley

Well, the short answer is yes!

What I used was a heat gun of the type used to strip paint. It pushes out hot air at a temperature of 630C. If you hold it back a distance then the wood just smoulders and a bit closer after a short while it burns. I smouldered and burned.

And Fozzer, yes rubber tracks! I used this website, it has good walk around pictures. Thanks all for the good words.

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Reply #6 - Mar 22^nd, 2010 at 8:56am

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expat wrote on Mar 21^st, 2010 at 2:34pm:

patchz wrote on Mar 21^st, 2010 at 1:04pm:

I have to ask: did you actually burn it? Smiley

Well, the short answer is yes!

What I used was a heat gun of the type used to strip paint. It pushes out hot air at a temperature of 630C. If you hold it back a distance then the wood just smoulders and a bit closer after a short while it burns. I smouldered and burned.
Matt

Excellent job, very cool.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #7 - Mar 23^rd, 2010 at 1:57am

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Excellent job, very cool.

When I was looking at the pictures, that's exactly what I thought! Then I scrolled down and you said it! Sad

Anyway! Excellent job, very cool.

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Reply #8 - Mar 26^th, 2010 at 1:01pm

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Excellent weathering!

Just one question. How did you manage to park it in that (small) burned out shelter? Wink

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Reply #9 - Mar 26^th, 2010 at 7:22pm

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well, you can always lend it to your local hobby shop. I am sure they would like to put in on display for you.

just a suggestion

I'd hate to have been in a german squad that came under fire of one of these.

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Reply #10 - Mar 27^th, 2010 at 4:16am

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Keep It Simple wrote on Mar 26^th, 2010 at 1:01pm:

Excellent weathering!

Just one question. How did you manage to park it in that (small) burned out shelter? Wink

Poetic licence...... went I ordered the perspex display case I erred on the measurements Roll Eyes

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