Author Topic: Building a Vietnam era Riverine Monitor from a box of contact lenses challenge (Read 6162 times)

Bushbaby · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2016, 06:57:24 PM »

So this is what you find inside the cardboard...

Making cage armor with cardboard.

The cotton swabs make their appearance as the metal cage. The ventilation pipes I found on an old Revell helicopter sprue (never seemed to have found out where on the helicopter they were supposed to be).

Golgotha · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2016, 06:59:33 PM »

Well I must say that works surprisingly well.

Elk101 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:01:09 PM »

This is really coming together. Nice work.

dampfpanzerwagon · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2016, 07:07:44 PM »

That cardboard hull defences looks great.

Tony

Marine0846 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 24, 2016, 11:55:08 PM »

Nice work.
It is coming together well.

Bushbaby · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2016, 09:00:54 AM »

Using the sprue, I built the winch and radar. The "disk" is made of something I cut from a shampoo bottle. Built the small structure in the aft and made slits in the turrets where I used cut of nails as 20mm guns.

Added a tarp over the bridge and some more deck details. You can see the captain in the bridge.

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2016, 08:57:56 PM »

Coming together nicely.
LB

Bushbaby · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2016, 06:22:48 PM »

The 40mm turret. Made of a plastic cup and a nail. I am planning on using slate-like armor on the turret like in the blueprint.

Some base paint.

I mixed my own green olive drab from some cheap acrylics and added some layers. I can see I missed the vertical bars on the front turret armor. Time to cut up some more cotton swabs!

von Lucky · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2016, 10:30:01 PM »

Impressive transformation.

Bushbaby · « **Reply #24 on:** April 27, 2016, 03:40:12 PM »

Adding some details.

Fenders and lifebuoys.

Turret armor.

tin shed gamer · « **Reply #25 on:** April 27, 2016, 05:38:17 PM »

An interesting build,just wish I'd noticed it sooner.
Mark.

Marine0846 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 27, 2016, 06:06:39 PM »

Looks great.
Prefect for gaming.
Hoping to see it floating down the river soon.

Bushbaby · « **Reply #27 on:** July 21, 2016, 01:30:18 PM »

I am working on a vietnamese village at the moment. Plus some american sailors to man the posts. As soon as it is done, the monitor will set sail in it´s natural environment!

CarlLeyland · « **Reply #28 on:** July 22, 2016, 10:08:39 AM »

Amazing work, really nice to see this.

vodkafan · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2016, 02:42:32 PM »

Excellent example of junk modelling to create something useful. Really inspiring!

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