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Well, the first attempt at building a mantlet from flat parts & bending them to shape was a bit of a fail. The second, from .50 cal (1/2" or 12.7mm) tubing worked a little better. Considering it'll be under a weather boot, it'll work. Those Aber barrels look lovely! Friction mounted in the turret itself. And with the start of the commander's hatch. Not terrible.
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Spartan? What about the Monster?
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Half of our MAG-58 had L7 struck out on the side. Ah, you're referring to D Company's 'fraternisation' issue. 'Ramps up, pants down.'
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Yeah, I did INTERFET, UNTAET, & UNMISET. Good times. Had to chuckle at the NZ SAS M203 ND in one of our Blackhwaks. Neat hole, that one! It'll be 31, the platoon commander's car of 7 Platoon, C Coy, 5/7 RAR. May cast up the turret - was really jealous of the Kiwi M113 when I saw them. Belly armour, EAAK, MAG-58 (don't know what the NZA calls them, C6?). Only thing I was down on was the lack of a turret basket. Sadly not. I bought a knock down M113 kit from a guy in Germany. No running gear or tracks, so trying to find someone to 3D print the Diehl 513 track.
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Thanks. It looks ugly now, but should improve with primer.
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So, while waiting for decals for my Sea King to turn up, I thought I'd try my hand at scratch building a T50 turret in 1/16 for a future build of 'my' M113 in East Timor in 1999. Luckily a mate works at the Australian War Memorial. He arranged access to the M113A1 in storage for a reference run. It's a small turret, but a relatively complicated assembly of flat plates. The turret race spacer ring (my terminology, may not be prototypical): And some rough work on the mantlet, with the Aber .50 & .30 cal MG barrels. Thanks for looking.
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Crazy.
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Well, a little more progress on the HAR.3 -> HU.5. Added the lumps, bumps, randome, filled the inappropriate widows, bulged the appropriate ones & got the fuselage (hull?) together. Here it is alongside my slightly-damaged-by-thinner-spillage SH-3H conversion.
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And all is now right with the world.
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Waiting for fire never is a nice feeling... The floor chipping was pretty simple to do - base coat, followed by Mr Hobby MR.MASKING SOL NEO applied via dabbing a torn-off bit of sponge into it, applying it more heavily in high traffic areas. This was followed by the top coat. Once the top coat was dry, I rubbed my fingertip over the dried masking fluid, chipping the top coat. HTH.
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Yeah, baffles me a bit, too. Never been in a Sea King: experience limited to the normal UH-1, H-60, Mi-17....& the Mi-26! This'll be a SAR bird, so unarmed. Thanks for commenting.
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I've got a start on my first Airfix Westland Sea King - a HU.5. This the new tool Airfix 1/72 kit & will accompany my converted SH-3H and, in turn, will be joined by a HAR.3. The interior was converted... And painted. Floor chipped with Neo mask. Quite a bit different to the OOB HAR.3, I think you'll agree: Should get the fuselage together this week. All comments welcome.
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Seconded.
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Just received my GERWALK -1A & -1S kits. Very impressive.
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Bandai Macross Δ Mecha Collection Small Scale Plastic Model Kits
GMK replied to IXTL's topic in Model kits
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Yep ten points & three thumbs up on your Max. Perfect!
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That Max -1A looks fantastic! Love the Wave 1/100 kits.
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Looks like a DYRL? cockpit. Still, easy to modify into a SDFL instrument panel, at least.
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You're meant to build them?!
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Probably wouldn't discourage me...
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Hmmm. That nose cross-section...
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I can see myself buying quite a few CF. Wonder when the Gimix 1/144 Q-Rau, Glaug, & Regult are coming?
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Seconded.
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Just need a 1/700 GPB-1 marked up as Hikaru's.
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1/100? Edit: probably should've read the topic title.