Re: UVS - Twilight 2000 28mm thread - UAZ-469 29/12/2024

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Here is one I prepared earlier...



I still have to put some decals on this one as well (and more rust and Earthshade).

Out of interest, how much of a Series III Land Rover is steel?

Sorry, it is Large Stowage:
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/product/stowage-large/

And yes, the HMMWV is very odd (I have one for my PLA).

[Wyrmalla]

I would have assumed that the majority of the Series III would be metal, though its been years since I've been in one. And well you never know, it could all turn out to be made out of horse hair or something silly.

If you're really interested then there's plenty of images of rust on Land Rovers on Google. Though car wrecks aren't something more companies make, so have fun with a hammer and greenstuff replicating it.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Series+III+Land+Rover+rust&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CdRgEFNMnDsAImArAcaTSKMWG6BgLQLomy6IfiD_1HRjYLQD4OUOfjzMSBV5u8wdgGsxwmhgFuaBXdgbhs_16F8Tq-R8ki1OQDA6MVlDKAepKVEF4Mxb2MfB4vgku38Ze1b-lgSQs0gTWe9EoqEgkrAcaTSKMWGxGWspdmNSbH1SoSCaBgLQLomy6IEZayl2Y1JsfVKhIJfiD_1HRjYLQARFHfqLkcLDYQqEgn4OUOfjzMSBRGvyXUwGMbWuyoSCV5u8wdgGsxwEUhS67hoGNFvKhIJmhgFuaBXdgYRqrxUlJwc8CQqEgnhs_16F8Tq-RxGbaDFMdP-XuioSCcki1OQDA6MVEVpP0w8PQBuOKhIJlDKAepKVEF4RKFiJraeawF4qEgkMxb2MfB4vghEgEZZn-fvE_1CoSCUu38Ze1b-lgERs7vJhbw4k9KhIJSQs0gTWe9EoRK-0zoLTzd0c%3D&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHx6vBgIrfAhVBTBoKHaVTDuMQrnZ6BAgBEBY&biw=1536&bih=723&dpr=1.25

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I have to admit to thinking the metal was aluminium (wikipedia mentions an aluminium-magnesium alloy).

However
http://www.glencoyne.co.uk/buyguide.htm

[Wyrmalla]

Huh, I didn't know that actually. So the frame and main structural components that the aluminium is bolted to is steel, and prone to rust. That would make sense as its what gives the vehicle its integrity. Which would then infer that the rust would spread from there when it comes to weathering a model Land Rover.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

From that buy guide, it sounds as if the chassis and bulkhead can corrode away, leaving a stack of body panels.

From the images on your search, rust bleeds from the bulkhead through the front of the driver/front passenger doors.

The wheels and the roof rack are going to be sites of rust, and where the spare and the latter are attached

I know what aluminium corrosion looks like, not sure how not to make it look like bird poo on the model.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

So, having bought a pack of Rhodesian SAS from Under Fire Miniatures, I have done head swaps and based them.

I have used Empress Miniatures wooly hat heads, it is a bit colder in Europe.

Now waiting for the weather to warm up so I can undercoat them, and eventually paint them.

[Ash]

Cool, those heads work very well.

[ChargeDog]

Really nice conversion work!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Here is the first of the marauders built from the Under Fire Miniatures Rhodesian SAS (with Empress wooly hat heads).

The uniform is a base coat of PSC British Khaki with Citadel Castellan Green, Citadel Dryad Bark and Citadel Zandri Dust. This was then washed with Citadel Athonian Camoshade.


They are going to be lightly armed troops with mixed weapons.



Now to finish the other three.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

And this should not have been posted in the Future Wars sub-forum...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Here is the full set of four Marauders.

As mentioned before, they are four Under Fire Miniatures Rhodesian SAS modified using Empress Miniatures wooly hat heads.


Whatever nationality they started out as, they have boosted their firepower with two Soviet RPD drum fed LMGs.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Empress Soviet dismounted AFV crew  from their Chechnya range.






With an Empress T90 (not strictly speaking a valid Twilight 2000 vehicle I would say it is a T74 - improved T72).

[Ash]

The marauders look great, the heads work very well.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Just in case you thought the World had ended two decades later than expected...

Empress 28mm HMMWV in survivor mode, just ready to whisk you away from the collapsing US forces on the Eastern Front.



So this HMMWV is heavily loaded with all the teams' equipment.






More details here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/01/one-careful-owner-wear-value-6-empress.html

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Two vehicles in a year, my progress improves...
Except this is not finished yet.

Empress T55 tank - nearly finished.

It needs the restraining straps for the fuel drums and the unditching beam (peer carefully and you might spot the rod that will hold the latter in place).

Plus an improvement in the weather to allow spray painting.