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Offline mahon

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« Reply #45 on: March 16, 2007, 11:02:49 AM »
EXCELLENT.... but I imagine it would be over my budget ;)
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« Reply #46 on: March 16, 2007, 03:07:34 PM »
@Zaffa: I have seen it in person yesterday evening and must say that I have to HAVE IT AND CONVERT IT!!!! You're a genius!
(Damn! My stomach churns again...)

@Chris: Greven produces a solvent for superglue. I have used a few times before and found out that it leaves polystyrol unharmed. Try it on an excess piece first!

I work with superglue nearly everyday and soaking the parts (believe it or not) in water overnight might help as well!!
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« Reply #47 on: March 16, 2007, 04:01:07 PM »
That's a splendid masterpiece of a tank and a nice addition to my collection of infernal machines as soon as it becomes available!

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« Reply #48 on: March 18, 2007, 12:46:20 PM »
Almost done  8)

Took some last pictures of the prototype. I still need to do some minor detail work on the machine gun copula in the door (next to the sponsons), and the turret hatch, but I hope to get this done tonight. Molding will then start tomorrow, or probably tonight as well. Chances are good that there will be a first cast on Thursday.

I have decided to cast the exhaust muffler and the riveted hump over the radiator separately, so I can later add smoke stacks instead. Turret and sponsons will be separate es well, though the sponson guns won't turn.

Any last thoughts before I pour several kilograms of silicone over it?

Anyway, here are the pictures:

Full view:

Top down view:


Engine cover detail:


Side detail:


Turret detail:
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« Reply #49 on: March 18, 2007, 06:38:43 PM »
jesus I love it  !!!!! :o  :o  :o  :o  :love:  :love:  :love:  :love:
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« Reply #50 on: March 18, 2007, 07:00:47 PM »
Zafarelli, the ideas for the thing as a whole are nice, but the details are what makes a model special. Excellent ideas, creativity and craftsmanship.

I am only writing this, because I want to have one ASAP, off course.

 :mrgreen:

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« Reply #51 on: March 19, 2007, 04:35:16 PM »
First castings of the turret and the sponsons:



No bubbles on those, I feel sort of relieved. Molds for the corpus will be ready tomorrow. I hope they will work equally well, but since the mold design is a wee bit more complicated, I am slightly sceptical.

Expect some conclusions on this project tomorrow night.

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« Reply #52 on: March 19, 2007, 04:47:39 PM »
Quote from: "Zafarelli"
Expect some conclusions on this project tomorrow night.


Excellent work! Expect lots of happy people the next morning!

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« Reply #53 on: March 20, 2007, 11:44:06 AM »
Done  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

Well, mostly. I still need to do the machineguns and a hatch for the turret, but that's about it.

Pictures of the actual first cast, straight out of the molds, no clean-up, no fancy paintjob, no special lighting:







Three weeks of intense work went into this beast, including having to learn to design things on the computer, including all the glitches that come with this. Especially the export into a format the CNC mill (or at least the software with which the milling program was created) can understand was tricky - occasionally, the drawing enlarged itself to dimensions close to 1:3, virtually every time I had to correct the rivets because they shrunk be a fracture of a millimeter etc. etc.

The tank breaks down into 11 parts - left and right track, upper armor plate, lower armor plate, front and back parts, 2 detail parts for the rear, sponsons and turret. Gun barrels will be supplied as precut polystyrene tubes. Assembly is pretty straightforward, though, everything fits together using a similar slot-and-key system as my buildings (for those of you who know these).

A single sponson has ~150 rivets on it, and there are 80 rivets on each track module. I did not count the rest, after miscounting for the umpteenth time, I lost interest. Might be something between 1000 and 1200 on the whole thing.

The kit will be released at Salute '07, but if anyone is interested, I am willing sell some in advance. PM me if you need one (and who does not? :mrgreen: ) Retail price will be between 50 and 60 EUR. I still need to weigh the materials and do some calculations for an exact number.

Special thanks go to Driscoles and Vikotnik, who accompanied this project from the beginning, and of course to Arne, who owns the mill on which the components were manufactured. While he has not been in contact with miniature wargaming ever before, he showed great dedication. I don't think I would have finished this project without him.

Now, thanks to everyone for their comments and support! I hope you enjoyed the ride. I certainly did.

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« Reply #54 on: March 20, 2007, 12:26:21 PM »
Bravo! Well done! The finished tank is a thing of beauty!

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« Reply #55 on: March 20, 2007, 01:43:17 PM »
Amazing!  We followed the story with great interest!  We laughed, we cried, we rejoiced!!  

And now we wants it...my precioussss!!!

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« Reply #56 on: April 03, 2007, 07:05:22 AM »
Did some parts for an alternative version:



The module on top can be reversed, so that the copula thing will sit a bit more to the back, the driver will have his own hatch, then (not visible in the picture). The side parts for the sponsonless version can of course be combined with the turret.

Flywheel and smoke stack for the steam version are in the making, too  8)

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« Reply #57 on: April 03, 2007, 09:51:40 AM »
Will you be doing a turretless version, but with sponsons?
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« Reply #58 on: April 03, 2007, 10:18:29 AM »
excellent models you have created - well done.  :)
Best wishes,
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« Reply #59 on: April 03, 2007, 02:34:54 PM »
Helen, thanks  :)

TadPortly, no problem at all. The side armor plates and the sponsons are separate, so it should be even possible to build a model where sponsons and armor plates are mounted with magnets and are interchangable.

 

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