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Author Topic: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces vehicles (20mm)  (Read 15921 times)

Offline sundayhero

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2013, 10:50:08 PM »
Thank you Shaun !

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2014, 12:00:11 AM »
Today I made some progress on the special forces VLRA. I'm still working on the crew, I already added a few details, more to come tommorow (tactical gear, and some body modifications).








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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #32 on: January 05, 2014, 12:21:45 AM »
Wow that looks great!

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #33 on: January 05, 2014, 02:11:34 AM »
That's insane (in a good way).  Top job!
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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #34 on: January 05, 2014, 02:25:22 PM »
Your whole project is great, can't find enough words for it. Lovely work indeed.

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #35 on: January 05, 2014, 07:49:44 PM »
Thanks !

Sadly, not much progress for now. I hurt my back a few weeks ago, and it takes a lot of time (I'm starting to be a bit worried... :-I) to heal, so I cannot work too much time sitting on my chair.


I just fixed the gunner legs a bit, added a few pouches to hide some defects. I still have a lot to do.

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2014, 06:04:33 PM »
The truck is finally completed. Enough talking, here's the pics. The project became a bit bigger than I expected  lol


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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #37 on: January 06, 2014, 08:28:40 PM »
Some nice scratch-building.

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #38 on: January 06, 2014, 08:35:58 PM »
Some nice scratch-building.

Just don't screw up the painting :P


That will be the tuff job  lol I'm completly new in this scale, in historical wargaming, and I didn't often paint vehicles (I'd say, a couple of times in about 20years  lol)...

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2014, 10:24:33 PM »
I started to work on the P4 SAS (light patrol vehicle). I'm not sure I'll keep the front LMG, I've got a spare elhiem gunner I could use instead...We'll see. But the pics give the overall idea.


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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #40 on: January 08, 2014, 01:34:04 AM »
Nice. Can you post reference pics please? I'd like to see that wire cutter in action.

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #41 on: January 08, 2014, 11:10:30 AM »
You mean pics of the tools ?


I'm mainly using a Olfa cutter (stanley heavy duty blades) and a Xacto knife, wich are used for the minis conversions.

Sometimes, I'm using a Stanley hawksaw blade (for example, to cut the VLRA chassis).

For brass rod, I'm using a cheap wire cutter, and I smooth the cutting edges with 120 sandpaper (water sandpaper).

For anything needing sanding, i'm using the same sandpaper in diferent numbers, from 120 to 1000. But I will upgrade my tools set buying realy jewelry/modelling files this year, I think.


As you can see, nothing unusual here.


I can make a pic later if you want ;)

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #42 on: January 08, 2014, 11:41:14 AM »
Sorry - I was being vague. I was referring to the vertical column attached to the front of the car that's used to cut wire.

I searched 'ACMAT VLRA SAS' and 'P4 SAS' in Google and found what I'm looking for:




As the driver you'd be hoping your gunner doesn't hit it in a way that ricochet back to you. Beats having your head cut off from (barbed) wire.

« Last Edit: January 08, 2014, 11:44:11 AM by von Lucky »

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces heavy truck (ACMAT VLRA SAS)
« Reply #43 on: January 08, 2014, 07:27:51 PM »
Ok, now I get it  :D


French soldiers are not afraid of ricochets. Or they would wear their helmet and body armor more often  8)  :D


More seriously, since these are special forces units and vehicles, with the best soldiers you can find, I guess they are skilled enough to avoid friendly injuries.
« Last Edit: January 08, 2014, 07:30:10 PM by sundayhero »

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Re: W.I.P : french modern warfare, special forces vehicles (20mm)
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2014, 10:04:11 PM »
Here's the current progress pics. I added the other crew members. I still have a lot of work remaining, concerning sculpting  to complete the model, but the overall idea is here.


 

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