A new suit of armour - LAV-25 style.

[adt70hk]

It means I am in the middle, but if you look at it through a pipe, then I could be younger than than Dude 1 but the uncle of Dude 2, who could be related to Dude 3 who is away at the moment on a government health farm way out in the countryside where you cannot hear the screams from the ice cold enema, although Dude 3 is now happy with their environment. This is not a problem as Dude 3 is just a figment of my imagination, but I will introduce them into the conversation occasionally when I have finished my conversation with the dogs or even better the long and mentally challenging conversations with the well travelled Gobbler who will stare into your soul with their dark eyes and leave you totally drained after a long days mind games, and then just like that he/she will drift back into their shell and await the next conversation. I have known him/her to sit for days working out the first pawn movement on a chess board and before you know it - check mate!!!!

I did eventually work out that you're in the middle....as for the rest of what you wrote not a scooby about what you're going about but it made me laugh out loud nonetheless!! :smiling5:

[Isitme]

I did eventually work out that you're in the middle....as for the rest of what you wrote not a scooby about what you're going about but it made me laugh out loud nonetheless!! :smiling5:

That was the idea :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

That was the idea :thumb2:

Although at one point I was reminded of Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit and wondered if you had been taking some illicit substances.....

[Isitme]

Update,
Now back to the insanity.....
Just finished for the day on the LAV - the vehicle, not the ......
When I left yesterday I was about to start with the exhaust..

Here you can see above it has been cut to just under full length and a blank cemented to the end....

The exhaust is then c/a'd to the start of the length of pewter sheet and and inside the scribed lines and allowed to set before any work starts....

The sheet is then rolled about a quarted around the exhaust and again c/a'd. I found that if I just moistened my thumb and finger I had more grip when rolling and better control. Once the whole sheet had been rolled around, it was then trimmed and a final c/a was laid along the join with the long scalpel.

And this is it ready for mounting on the LAV....

I used the brass parts for the shield and mounting brackets..

And another job can be crossed off the list. The slots under the exhaust are where the grab handles will go.
I was looking through my references and realised that in the kit brass there were the parts to make up the rear observation/protection box and so went to work adding that. As there were no instructions it was a case of cut out the main components and see how they all went together....

This is it in its rough finish and yet to be cleaned up and details to be added. Again the armour plate has been added first and textured with non-slip material....

And here is a view from the rear, the gap you see is meant to be there as in real life it is two components one bolted to the other...
And that is where I am today.
Cheers
Mike.

[Isitme]

Although at one point I was reminded of Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit and wondered if you had been taking some illicit substances.....

Who me?????? :rolling: never needed it - but does Jack Daniels count.....

[scottie3158]

Mike,
I'm loving this meticulous work.

[Isitme]

In case anyone is interested here is a snap of 'the Gobbler' busy reading the latest news.....

[Isitme]

Mike,
I'm loving this meticulous work.

Cheers Scottie.

[Mini Me]

Looking good Mike, Mr. T would approve of all the pewter that's gone into this so far. :thumb2: Rick H.

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent scratched details. Really looks great Mike……just remember that after you dropped all those elephant jokes there is only ONE way to raise a baby elephant…..

[Jim R]

Hi Mike
Glad to see the modelling continues, and neat, meticulous work as always. For a while I thought the thread had strayed into an Alice in Wonderland type world. Older, younger and in the middle. Then a White Rabbit popped up :rolling:
Jim

[Isitme]

Excellent scratched details. Really looks great Mike……just remember that after you dropped all those elephant jokes there is only ONE way to raise a baby elephant…..

Tie a ballon on each corner.....

[Isitme]

Hi Mike
Glad to see the modelling continues, and neat, meticulous work as always. For a while I thought the thread had strayed into an Alice in Wonderland type world. Older, younger and in the middle. Then a White Rabbit popped up :rolling:
Jim

Thats what happens when the Elephants land, all the rabbits get popped out of their holes.....

[Tim Marlow]

Tie a ballon on each corner.....

Nope, use a forklift……

[adt70hk]

Mike

Definitely back to reality.

So far I've only seen it on my phone and it looked good, very good indeed. I've now had a chance to look at it on my laptop and it really is a fantastic build already, the scratchery and adaptions are top draw!! Very well done indeed.

ATB

Andrew