Well done there Mr Mike. That is just amazing. I can almost feel the weight of the back door!! They were stiff boogers!!!!
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Mike that is a beauty.Comment
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That is looking very good. Just one detail that it looks like you missed: if the hatch interiors are green, wouldn’t the edges where the hatches sit on the hull/turret also be green? Or is this a vehicle sprayed sand at the factory, where that need not be the case?Comment
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Outstanding stuff Mike love all the little details. DaveComment
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Many thanks for all your comments, welcome as always.
Cheers
Mike.Comment
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It does not really show in the pics but the 'cushion' areas were of a Bronze Green colour as opposed to the biscuit colour. And this along with the NATO green gets lost both in the pics and in real life, and in fact looks black!!! So I think it is going to be a case of some gentle tweaking and artists licence to differentiate between the hatch rim and the cushion. I must admit I keep looking and rubbing the chin about this, so there will be change.
But thanks for pointing this out and in giving me the push to change the colours.
Cheers Jakko as always you comments are most welcome.
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It’s a bloody good model in any case
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I remember at Bovington, (ABRO or 18 Base Workshop as it used to be known). When the Warriors came through for upgrades. The hatches and doors etc were finished in a sand coloured interior if I remember correctly. When I first started at Bovi. the interior fitting were brought in from an outside source. Then at some stage in the 20somethings ABRO decided to have their own soft furnishings department as I called it and manufactured there own innards themselves. So all the vehicles being CH2's, 432's, Warriors and the imported Bisons and even the Vikings could be totally upgraded on site.Comment
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That is very nice indeed! Lovely job!
SteveComment
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Totally awesome as always, Mike. Not my field of interest at all but I get a genuine thrill from watching the skill and craftsmanship in all your builds.Comment
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Now come on Olderthanme! This exhibition of your personal fetish has to stop!!! You should go and find your local chapter of SAA (Slat Armor Anonymous) and get into the rehab program Mike. It will help you see the light of day again............
On a serious note, I am totally amazed that you have almost completed this build and none of it has pinged off. How do you manage to pick this thing up safely? Hell, I'd be afraid to even go near it, let alone try and pick it up...
Once again, you have done an epic job on this build and your attention to detail is fantastic, as always!!! Respect Sir!!!...
Prost
YoungerthanyouLife's to short to be a sheep...Comment
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Hello Doug,
Many thanks for the info most welcome.
With the 432's we had in Germany, I can remember being given the unofficial job of 'maintenance donkey' - This included fitting the foam panels back/replaced and these were all coloured biscuit/cream, a bit like light stone, and held in place with 'Bostic' or the army equivalent, where if they were fitted over the weekend and then the 432's taken out on a Monday, the mortar hatch had to be opened otherwise the guys in the back were as high as kites from breathing in the fumes of the glue.
I have had a dig through my reference material and found the notes I should have used for the hatches. The notes were taken from walkaround pics taken by Dan Hay of the Warrior on Prime Portal/Battlefield which I had forgotten about so will be altering the hatch interior colours to match (lucky I did not glue them in place). Which just goes to show - do not lose your reference material and do not rely on memory alone..
Cheers
Mike.Comment
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Neil, Steve,
Many thanks for your comments. Neil I know, one day I will have to get out and build another subject just for a change..Comment
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Hello Youngerthanme,
Went to the local SAA for rehab, they, after a short conversation sent me to Anger Management who refused to have me on their course because I was far too angry :sad:... I am sure that it is locking myself away in this dank dark cellar infested with rats and damp, with just the light from the candle stuck to the end of my nose for illumination that has something to do with it, plus a diet of thick grey porridge....
Picking it up is easy - finger and thumb of one hand you take hold of the top door frame, then with the forefinger of the other hand you hold the nose that sticks out..... OHhh!! you mean the model - very carefully, and yes there have been a couple of lower frames that have snapped off due to the thin resin attachment plates 2mmx4mmxguess how thick it is.... On the other side I used 2x4 aluminium strip plates but it was too late for the right side... so just have to remember to trat it with caution and keep the c/a handy...
Thanks for the kind comment, as always welcome and a pleasure to speak with you.
Have one for me
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