Challenger with enhanced armour.

[Guest]

Update,
First, many thanks to those who have posted comments, a big THANK YOU, to you all.
Been a bit busy over the last few days, there has been some base building ready for the Challenger and the Land Rover. This is some of the work already done for the Challenger...
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Depicts a dusty road in Afghanistan.
And the vehicle itself is now into top coat and tonight a satin varnish overall.
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Just further paint details to add and then a wash of Dark Umber oil suitably thinned
Tomorrow will start with track wrestling, followed by wheel adding....
Cheers,
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
The base is now complete, and the detail painting and weathering are now underway. Just a couple of dry run pics for today.
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Cheers,
Mike.

[tr1ckey66]

Outstanding work Mike. The detail work is simply sublime and the sneak preview of the finished base is a real tease!
Awesome. I've run out of superlatives!!!
Cheers
Paul

[Si Benson]

Evening Mike,
Hope all is good with you and yours.
Liking the base, Challenger looks great with some paint on, that bar armour looks amazing

[Guest]

Outstanding work Mike. The detail work is simply sublime and the sneak preview of the finished base is a real tease!
Awesome. I've run out of superlatives!!!
Cheers
Paul

Many thanks Paul, pleased you are enjoying it.
Mike

[Guest]

Evening Mike,
Hope all is good with you and yours.
Liking the base, Challenger looks great with some paint on, that bar armour looks amazing

Morning Si,
We are fine, hope the same for you and yours. Getting close to the end now and keep waiting for the rear bar armour to fall off when putting the tracks on.
Mike

[Jim R]

Hi Mike
I really like that for a base. Just goes to show that something quite simple can be great when well done.
Jim

[Road of Bones]

I was wondering how you were going to tackle the issue of track-fitting Mike! Can’t say I envy you the threading job you have ahead, let alone trying to join the ends together:anguished:

[Guest]

Hi Mike
I really like that for a base. Just goes to show that something quite simple can be great when well done.
Jim

Hi Jim,
SWMBO keeps telling me I'm simple, so got to keep up the tradition :tongue-out3:.
Mike.

[Guest]

I was wondering how you were going to tackle the issue of track-fitting Mike! Can’t say I envy you the threading job you have ahead, let alone trying to join the ends together:anguished:

Alistair,
It nearly came to blows!!! The first side I put on minus the middle 4 roadwheels and return rollers went very much to plan. Then came the second set, so clever here thought, okay put the roadwheels and return rollers in place and then fit the tracks - well I huffed and I puffed, I grunted and groaned, do you think they would go past the return roller. So off came the roller, up went the blood preasure and on the tracks went. The joining was easy, and that was where I expected the trouble to be. But they are on and staying on.....
If you do a Challenger, and use the seperate track links, The quoted number is 76, but you could get away with 74 or 75.
It has now had a wash in AK enamel wash for NATO vehicles to tone down that green, but I had to thin it down to about 80% thinners and then the non slip was just drinking it! So all told very happy with the result. Just got the final weathering to add and a few bits then job finished.
Cheers,
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
Complete.
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Now in the completed section.
Cheers,
Mike.

[Steve Jones]

Feeling your pain on the tracks Mike. Just done a set on my latest build with 40 links of equal length on each side and both sets of bogies exactly the same in length. However the metal links on one set was 2mm shorter than the other meaning the choice of having to add another link, gently stretching the track out or pushing in the drive wheel a couple of mm. The joys of doing AFV's!!. However it was worth all the hassle as your finished build looks the DB's.

[Guest]

Feeling your pain on the tracks Mike. Just done a set on my latest build with 40 links of equal length on each side and both sets of bogies exactly the same in length. However the metal links on one set was 2mm shorter than the other meaning the choice of having to add another link, gently stretching the track out or pushing in the drive wheel a couple of mm. The joys of doing AFV's!!. However it was worth all the hassle as your finished build looks the DB's.

Steve,
Very true, have not learned yet to ignore the reccomended length and always finish up like the fat lady with the back of her skirt tucked in her pants - loads of slack at the top....