1/35 Challenger 2 TES Rye Field Model RM5039

[lmagna]

Looks like you may have to invest in an endoscope! 😵

 

Even if not, you have done a nice job of detailing out the turret.

[Old Collingwood]

16 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Having the interior detailed adds quite a bit to anyone who examines your tank, OC.   I'm liking what you've done alot.

Thank you so much Mark, Its quite weighty  also  - I think its easily  doubled the bare turret weight.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

6 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Looks like you may have to invest in an endoscope! 😵

 

Even if not, you have done a nice job of detailing out the turret.

Thank you kindly Lou,   yep it is abit of a job to take pics of the inside.

 

OC.

[lmagna]

I bought one a couple of years ago when Dr. Per showed the one he bought and the pictures it could take. Like the one I posted above it only cost a few dollars. I don't have a cell phone that it works on but when I plugged it into my laptop USB port it opens a whole new world of photo ops. Photos of the inside of your Chinook would be no problem or the gundeck of a warship. Even waterline pictures of ships taken from the view of someone actually on the water are possible. The depth of field seems OK as well and as they have their own lights that can be adjusted for intensity, the use of a flash is not a requirement.

[Old Collingwood]

Next on the build will be the turret armour blocks/frames etc  and the  Bustle Rack,   I will then look at  if its going to work  (re-painting)   with me glueing together both top and bottom main hull parts,    as long as I have a way of holding it for rattle can spraying  (when the weather improves)   and  I can mask inside  I should be good to go.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more progress today  fitted inbetween cooking a chicken tikka curry   and  chilling out watching saturday nigh TV,    so  - I  closed up the lower hull, just a simple glue and press to close job, then I checked  that all the seams were tight,   next I glued inplace the frontal glacies  plate armour block  that was the first thing I ahd built  (remember that)?

This was put on one side while I started work on the turret  - this needed the  observation glass blocks fitting around the  commanders hatch,   before I attampt to prime/paint the  the turret  I will try to put some tamiya tape around the fronts of these blocks to keep them clear,   next job was fitting the base for the auto L94A1 EX-34 7.62 mm chain gun,   after that I started fitting the turret armour locating framework  - then dinner and TV called me so work stopped.

No pics due to that  but I will post some tommor when I continue.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

Sounds like you're cracking on at a fair pace with this one now OC!

And bugger it I've missed the curry  again!! 😄😉

[Old Collingwood]

14 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Sounds like you're cracking on at a fair pace with this one now OC!

And bugger it I've missed the curry  again!! 😄😉

Thank you Edward,  yep  -  Diced chicken pieces  cooked through  first - then when the water has cooked away a jar of Tikka Masala  sauce  is added  along with a few mixed herbs  salt and pepper  and my secret ingredient  - Hamp seeds,  brought to the boil then left on a simmer for about an hour, served with Basmati Rice thats been steamed  and finaly served  with mini Naan breads heated up in a toaster till slightly crispy.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Sounds good, OC. Give us a head's up next time. We'll bring suitable adult beverages,

[Old Collingwood]

24 minutes ago, Canute said:

Sounds good, OC. Give us a head's up next time. We'll bring suitable adult beverages,

Sounds like a plan Ken, only one problem - the admiral is very possesive of her curry 😁

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all - some good progress today,    I fitted the remaining  turret armour frames  (these needed positioning carefuly  as the locating lugs for these lign up with holes that I had foregot to drill before closing up the turret,   next was to make the armour sections/blocks  - these are a Two part system  consisting of the blocks and an external plate,  after fitting these I then fitted the rear  cage  protection pieces.

After fitting the turret armour pieces  I  continued with the main hull  - this needed the drivers vision block fitting with the clear part, after I masked the glass part  ready for the paint layers.

 

So this is where I am at the moment.

 

OC.

Edited February 21, 2021 by Old Collingwood

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all  - just a tiny update today  - I have masked up the commanders vision blocks, then I made and fitted both hatch covers  that are left free to open/close.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  more progress today  - back onto the main hull and the side skirts with the addional armour, these included a small amount of PE that needed shaping.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   some more work today  but change of tack  - I made and started painting the Commander and loader,  the commander is awaiting his camo uniform  (thats will make some interesting painting)  and the loader  is made awaiting his primer.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

crack'in along nicely OC.......the turret came out really good  

[Old Collingwood]

18 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

crack'in along nicely OC.......the turret came out really good  

Thank you kindly Denis, thought I would break the sequence  by doing the figures  - actually its because its to wet outside to paint and the tank has reached that point.

 

OC.

[Baker]

Nice painting.

But with his poor foot in that sharp clamp.
Ouch 😬😉

 

[Old Collingwood]

8 hours ago, Backer said:

Nice painting.

But with his poor foot in that sharp clamp.
Ouch 😬😉

 

Thank you Patrick,   thats to stop him running away...😁

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

wouldn't you run too,  if you had this huge color mop coming at you?!?!?!

[lmagna]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

if you had this huge color mop coming at you?!?!?!

That's called "Make up" Denis. Ugly people need large amounts!

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

wouldn't you run too,  if you had this huge color mop coming at you?!?!?!

Deffo.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all  - right  commander "John-Michael  Peter Simon Junior the Third"    has  had his uniform painted, I first gave a basic Green coat then followed this with splotches of Sand, Brown and Black, then a subtle dry brush of Green  followed by a wash and followed by another dry drush of white to bring out the details  - just needs the glass in his goggles  bringing up with some gloss then the rest off him a Flat coat.

 

Oh - and his boots.

Not bad for my very first camo uniform.

 

OC.

Edited February 25, 2021 by Old Collingwood

[lmagna]

With the lighting, it almost looks like he is wearing silver gloves and his position looks like he is "Moon walking."

 

Nice work on the uniform. All those figures over on the farm are paying off!

[Old Collingwood]

32 minutes ago, lmagna said:

With the lighting, it almost looks like he is wearing silver gloves and his position looks like he is "Moon walking."

 

Nice work on the uniform. All those figures over on the farm are paying off!

Thanks Lou,   yep  its  light from direct above causing the strong light  - but yep  he is doing moon walking  - I taught him how to  - something for him to do when he is boared  - cheers up the other tankers aswel.😁

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   starting to get some wet stuff layed down now  - used my normal Tamiya surface primer  in rattle can,  normal procedure  - weather has settled down so I was able to go into the back patio and with door closed  - I sprayed the hull and turret, I then left them outside most of the day while I did some aicraft spotting/photography.

I brought them in this eve  - gave them a look over  - not too bad just needed a slight wet and dry in small areas  just to take a few dust specks off.

 

The main sections are now ready for thier first layer of Nato Green, again by rattle can.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Good day all,   bit of an update  -  another nice day here  so without delay  I decided to take the Two sections out into the yard  with the intention of putting on the Nato Green  with my rattle can  - first I put my disposible glove on - shook the can  for sevaerl minutes then trying to hold the turret first using a tube I had a mde from a pringles tub,  this was tack taped underneath with tamiya tape  - first coat went on not too bad,   I put it down on my chair  and picked up the main hull  - Im used a gorrila clip to try to hold  as by holding it before with my fingers inside the turret ring - was before causing me to catch my glove on the painted surface,  anyway  spraying away  then I noticed  bits started falling on the wet paintwork as I was spraying  - it was  dry dust fragments falling off my glove, it fell on the wet paintwork like embers from a fire.

Yep  wrecked paintwork  - I will try to sand off the damage latter.

 

Always fun and games with my painting technique  - but frankly its inevatable with  how I have to work.😬

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I brought both sections in the house after the smell had gone off  and surveyed the damage  - it looks like it is deffinatly  fixable, do you know what would be perfect to fix (Isolated fine sanding)  like a pointed q -tip   but made from fine grade wet and dry, so I could just sand the specks away  in hard to reach areas where there are lots of fittings  like the top of the engine covers.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Man, what a bummer. You have a workable repair plan, so that's OK. I've seen an outfit here in the States with these little conical sanders. Forget how fine they are.

[Old Collingwood]

47 minutes ago, Canute said:

Man, what a bummer. You have a workable repair plan, so that's OK. I've seen an outfit here in the States with these little conical sanders. Forget how fine they are.

Thanks Ken,   all One persons fault   -  Mine,  I rushed - didn't prepair  and didn't  consider that  the old glove  (the cheap throw away surgical type)  would be no good to re-use after priming,   also  I did not have a propper hold of the Hull  (yes  foreget to mention it fell away from a plastc clip I was using  - and fell to the floor  onto slabs)   nothing broke or fell off  (told you those Challies were tough.

 

I was cursing  and got one of those looks off the admiral  as I am creating a history off the same disasters  when it comes to me Rattle can painting,    nothing I can do though  - I have to use them if I want a smooth paint finish.

 

Planning for when I tidy up the hull and  go out and re-spray  - I need to rig up something I can  trap between the turret  opening in the hull  that would allow me a way to hold it and rotate  in my hand to spray all over it  side to side  - top to bottom, without dropping it this time.

 

OC.

Edited February 28, 2021 by Old Collingwood

[Roger Pellett]

I don’t know if it’s available in the UK but one of my essential modeling tools is a bar of. Lava Soap that I keep next to my wife’s laundry tubs.  I also keep a pump bottle of industrial hand cleaner in my shop.  I have tried disposable gloves but I find that it’s easier to just clean the paint off my hands.