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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Rich H on June 07, 2019, 11:14:18 PM
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Early WIP
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Excellent.
What variants are you going to model?
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From what I've seen the turret with twin MGs saw action in vietnam
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From what I've seen the turret with twin MGs saw action in vietnam
The one with the T50 turret and twin MGs was the most common. It saw use with US Army MP battalions and with the ARVN.
The US Air Force had a handful of XM 706s with an open parapet type affair and multiple MGs, usually .50 cal. They used them for base defence. They painted some of them in USAF SEA camouflage.
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Nice start! :o
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No pics as I forgot but now on with the detailing.
Not 100% but I think it needs LAPD on the side and a nakatomi plaza to drive into...
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Found this book reference wise! https://www.amazon.com/Squadron-Signal-Publications-Cadillac-Commando/dp/B00DPI4GZO
:D
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Thanks!
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Finished it yet? :D
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I think so...
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Improved the tyres, calling it done now
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Nice work.
Are you going to do the 150 as well?
Not sure who used that. I have the Osprey book somewhere.
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Not planning to, don't think it was used in Vietnam.... Wiki says 150 was Saudi National Guard?
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Looks the business!
You might want to consider doing the modern M117 variant. They saw quite a bit of use in Iraq. Not sure how much work there is beyond a new turret.
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Quite a lot: the hull would need reworking, new wheels, new turret... so lots of effort!
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Where will it be available? ???
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It's a secret for now ;)
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[edit] Note to self; ensure you do click post and not return a number of hours later to discover it had not posted. ...
Not planning to, don't think it was used in Vietnam.... Wiki says 150 was Saudi National Guard?
Finally dug out the Osprey book.
The V150 is post 1969 and is based on a combination of the V100 and V200. I suspect it might look at first glance like a V100 with a big turret, but I suspect would be a redesign.
Plus, as you say - not fielded in Vietnam.
They do seem to have got about.
I blame too much Morrow Project, apologies.
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Thanks for checking!
Printing the hull now. 3 of the wheels have failed already... not looking good for the hull! 4 hours to go...
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First print failed. I was trying to be too clever.
Second print looks like it might be ok. Draining now...
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Looks good. Fascinating to get a glimpse of the process. Cheers!
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Can get more pics of the process (and fialures - plenty of them too!) if you are interested.
In essence it's a mobile phone screen in the bottom with a UV LED under it and a vat of UV hardening resin on top.
The build plate is lowered down so it almost touches the screen and there is a thin film of resin between the plate and the screen
The screen acts as a mask for the uv and the uv hardens the film of resin which hopefully sticks to the build plate....
The build plate them pulls the film off the screen then lowers again slightly further from the screen and allows more resin in.
Then repeat the process to build up the layers.
Lots of things to go wrong...
After printing (as aobve) the excess resin needs to be washed off with IPA and the whole thing post-cured in UV (or in the sun) to fully harden the resin. It comes off the machine part cured so it's still soft. Fully cured it will be hard but unless painted it will over cure with exposure to sun and become brittle.
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Oh and for reference the doors on the side of the hull are 0.3mm thick. The springs in the door hinges are pretty tiny but still print OK!
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I assume that is isopropyl alcohol and not India Pale Ale ^___^.
Fascinating process (if you are not doing the printing and standing there with your fingers crossed).
It is one of those things that looks better in time-lapse.
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Not stood watching!
This one took 4+ hours, a full build plate taked around 8-10 depending on settings.
But that is a 0.05mm layers. It'll go down usefully to 0.02 but obviously that masively increases the time! It also massively increase the file size which itself slows all the processing down too.
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Prototype done. Some issues but mk2 printing now
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Close up. Lines on the hull sides are unacceptable
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Bits
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Bits
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lol pic failed...I'll try again.
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Reprint
You can see the lines but a wipe with a finger almost removes them. Layers are 0.05mm
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Bigger pic. Note how angling the print changes the number of layers intersecting each face. More layers gives a smoother result generally.
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It is interesting to see how it works.
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I've since upgraded the printer and the z-wobble is now much reduced. I'll reprint this when I get a chance.
Going to Empress as a master by the way ;)
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Going to Empress as a master by the way ;)
Going to need a bigger bag at Colours....
^__^
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I've since upgraded the printer and the z-wobble is now much reduced. I'll reprint this when I get a chance.
Going to Empress as a master by the way ;)
Cool! :D
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Now with Empress for manufacture
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Exciting or what? Really lovely model. :-*
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Excellent.