T 38 Amphibious Tank 1/35 scale by PARC models.

[Dave Ward]

John,
as far as I can tell, the only difference between yours, and the Izhorsky version is the turret - the rest is the same I believe
Dave

[Neil Merryweather]

Come on in ,John, the water's lovely!
let's see that baby in the drink, it will be brilliant.


Or you could always try aeroplanes.........:upside:

[Guest]

Watching this one.

[Steve Jones]

oops!!

Not the best result I have seen. Looks like you have a great solution mate. Wonderful support from the guys. Look forward to seeing what comes out of the ashes.

Sorry, sorry I didn't mean to suggest you set fire to it. Oh oop:

[JR]

Nice John - should be a lot better to assemble. Hobbyboss stuff is quite good

John,
as far as I can tell, the only difference between yours, and the Izhorsky version is the turret - the rest is the same I believe[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1090564[/ATTACH]
Dave

Simon and Dave thanks, looking forward to the new Hobbyboss arriving this week. Will be put to one side for a while.

Come on in ,John, the water's lovely!
let's see that baby in the drink, it will be brilliant.


Or you could always try aeroplanes.........:upside:

A start has been made on the base Neil, sealants at the ready.

oops!!

Not the best result I have seen. Looks like you have a great solution mate. Wonderful support from the guys. Look forward to seeing what comes out of the ashes.

Sorry, sorry I didn't mean to suggest you set fire to it. Oh oop:

:smiling3: Its ok Steve, no it wasn't any good, but it will be soon.


John.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Progress has been made, a section of pink foam was found in the heap of that will come in useful at some point. Sure we all have one.:smiling:

Adopting Simons idea of the T38 swimming I found a piece of suitably thick foam. Thick enough to allow me to sink the hull into a pre cut hole. I could have removed some of the hull by saw, but the amount that would be left to attach the front sprockets on would have been very little. With this in mind I did the deep hole as I had done with the Panzer.

First was the setting out.


Measures approx 185 mm x 170.



Above you can see my rough lines for cutting away the front foam.


Cutting through the foam to the line , as above.



Once the first cut had been done a curved line was cut into the foam from the top. Then more cutting into the line from the front edge. This will give you this, after a slight twisting of the saw and chisel to remove the curved section.



Once the bench top was clear of bit the model was placed in the middle and an outline drawn round, leaving enough room for the tracks and outer parts. Taking a Stanley knife and making lots of cuts in each direction allows the foam to be removed with ease, though cleaning has to be done to the base.






The tank is now placed into position for checking.







I then glued the foam to a section of 9 mm ply and placed some weights on the top.




To the sides ca be seen the edge section of 6 mm ply, I had a beautifully figured sheet in the work shop for years. It wasn't often a sheet would appear like this so had to be kept for special use !

Tomorrow I hope to get the sides on, i've allowed about 6mm all round to allow for plaster for the bank and top and for the " water "

Thanks for looking in.

John .

Suppose this should be in the Diorama section , sorry.

[spanner570]

Good progress 453.
Do you want the thread shifting over to dioramas?

570

[Si Benson]

Evening Mr R,
Top stuff doing a submerged tank....I very much like where this is going :nerd::thumb2:

[boatman]

HI John sorry to hear about the tracks bein back to front but i'll say this I looked ok to me I would never have noticed
chris

[scottie3158]

John,
I like where this is heading.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Off to a great start.
Jim

[JR]

Good progress 453.
Do you want the thread shifting over to dioramas?

570

Yes please 570, realised it after I'd posted , cheers .
453.

[JR]

Evening Mr R,
Top stuff doing a submerged tank....I very much like where this is going :nerd::thumb2:

Thanks Si.

HI John sorry to hear about the tracks bein back to front but i'll say this I looked ok to me I would never have noticed
chris
[/QUOTE
Christopher, that's kind of you to say .

John,
I like where this is heading.

Thanks Paul, will try to save the day !

Hi John
Off to a great start.
Jim.
Yes let's hope it stays that way Jim .

Thanks guys.
John .

[BigGreg]

Sorry John i completely missed this one... really apologize....
Now i'm in.. 4th row... but i can see it now..

[JR]

Sorry John i completely missed this one... really apologize....
Now i'm in.. 4th row... but i can see it now..

No need to apologise Greg, I miss so many posts on here, then suddenly see the final !
Push your way to the front and nudge Steve he keeps knodding off .
John .
Had a good afternoon on the base, edge play fitted and started on the bank , will post some photos tomorrow.

[JR]

Right now in the right place thanks to Ron. :thumb2::thumb2: Thanks 570.

Some good progress.
First thing was to frame the foam.


Next was to protect the ply so taped up.



Eventually the whole outer face was done.



Above the whole surface has had a thin coat of pva sealer, followed by a coat of dry lining adhesive.
Then some cat litter . sand and soil.





I spray the surface first with Isopropyl Alcohol at 99.9% mixed with 30 % water. This breaks the surface tension of the pva sealer and the results are a fast saturation , no dry spots that you would get with straight pva sealer.
The surplus glue you can see in the trench is eventually poured into all the edge gaps.




Closer shot of the bank, showing the mix of stone and cat litter.





By this point I had drilled out the top and made up up some tress using a combination of Sea grass
( Right hand side ) and black berry roots.
These were then sprayed in hair lacquer and some Woodland scenics and some WWS flock dropped onto the branches. Two green were used, the darker one first, then another spay followed by the lighter. green to show some new growth. A tree branch, along with some rootlets were placed by the lower bank. Also some moss with seed heads on , just down from thew sea grass. Also three clumps of grass finish the bank area.
The T38 has been placed in to give an impression.







Next will be the coloring of the ground where the water will be. Might put a line of rushes in as well , but stocks are down and Wilkos have no stock .( No doubt there are other outlets who sell such brushes, but I prefer the Wiko own ! )


Hope you like, comments welcome .
John.