BSC2018 Rich H's entry- Obyekt 279

[Rich H]

Progress has been made....
Pics will follow...

What a completely ill advised project... there isn't a straight line in it and it's covered in double curves!!

[Rich H]

Egg box construction allows me to control the final shape.  A bit anyway.  Its really hard to get the lines right as there isn't any way to measure bits!  So its best guesses!

[Mason]

I dont envy you building this one, very fiddly.
A great start, though.
 

[Rich H]

Little bit more then away until Tuesday

I was going to make the sides removable (they fold down for transit) but I realised the side plates I'd built were wonky... fixed sodes it is!  Thin plasticard now covers the egg box structure.  Most of the rest will be packed out with scrap and fillered!  The thin plasticard will just about do a double curve if forced...  this plastic magic glue is a bit odd, slower to grab but faster to set than tamiya and revell contacta.

[Andym]

I agree with respectable colleague.....great start though!

Is that plans just out of shot? Did you find blueprints anywhere? Or is that just a mock-up you’ve printed out from the computer to cut out the tracks and wheels?

[Rich H]

Thanks I just use google image search for object 279 drawing most of the time.  The-blueprints.com is my usual favourite source.

[Vanvlak]

Ok, that IS an impressive start. 
For the record, I am designing my transporter with VERY straight edges and flat sides - I guess that makes your choice more ill-advised than mine. 

[carlos marighela]

Looking good! The hull looks like a bugger but I'm intrigued as to what you will do with the turret.

[Johnnytodd]

I like your "egg carton" technique.  My first impulse would be to carve the compound curves out of wood but your method is very systematic.

[tomrommel1]

What a start!

[Rich H]

Thanks!

Looking good! The hull looks like a bugger but I'm intrigued as to what you will do with the turret.

So am I 
Probably end up cutting and stacking plasticard rings and filler over the top.

I like your "egg carton" technique.  My first impulse would be to carve the compound curves out of wood but your method is very systematic.

It allows me to set the shapes I can measure and the plasticard curve extrapolates the curves.  It wont be perfdct but it'll be close enough!   Problem I'd have with wood is symmetry.

[Rich H]

The next step will be the underside and turret ring.  Then loads of filler...

[FramFramson]

You mad bugger!

[Rich H]

I'll take that as a compliment

First round of hull filler last night.  Needs a good filing/snading and another round of filler no doubt.
Next will be Turret ring and more filler, then on to the tracks...  the tracks are going to be interesting.
I need to make them sturdy enough and removable for casting.  The tracks are surprisingly flimsey looking for such a large beast but seeing as there are twice as mnay as are usually needed it shouldn't be a surprise!  This thing is also pretty tall as a result and the hull is over the tracks as a result. 

I've ordered some of Archer's 'Weld line' Decals for the upper hull so I can add the weld lines, I figured I could make them fomr other stuff but I do like a nice 3d decal...

Turret will be 'even more fun' as it's not even hemishperical!
 

[ichwillauch]

Very impressive!