Meng French FT-17
Meng French FT-17
Opposite of my Buffalo and Veltro builds, I need some armor to offset...so I started this one up in absence of any new group builds coming down the pike...
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Re: Meng French FT-17
Those FT-17 kits are well spoken of in our AMPS chapter here... this should be good!
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Re: Meng French FT-17
Cool, my baby gets a big brother!
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Re: Meng French FT-17
I forgot this was supposed to be part of my GABSO build...so follow along here:
http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/viewtop ... 137#p56137
http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/viewtop ... 137#p56137
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Re: Meng French FT-17
Aw hell...might as well update both...
Thanks guys! Needless to say, after confronting some fit issues with the Buffalo and nearly throwing it into the wall...I have been focusing on this one for now...thank goodness Midway is a year build
Here's where I am at after about two hours of work. The wheel assembly is not impossible but it sure is tedious and intricate...and the detail is impressive-- doesn't show up on my photo- but there is even cast numbers on this wheel-
The springs and assembly make it so everything is moveable...much like the AFV Club Churchills...
Needless to say, I had to put off the other side's assembly a bit to recollect my sanity, so I went along with weathering the interior with some pigments and Adam Wilder washes...
The diesel and oil washes were still a bit damp when I took the shots so they will settle down a bit when dry...
Thanks guys! Needless to say, after confronting some fit issues with the Buffalo and nearly throwing it into the wall...I have been focusing on this one for now...thank goodness Midway is a year build
Here's where I am at after about two hours of work. The wheel assembly is not impossible but it sure is tedious and intricate...and the detail is impressive-- doesn't show up on my photo- but there is even cast numbers on this wheel-
The springs and assembly make it so everything is moveable...much like the AFV Club Churchills...
Needless to say, I had to put off the other side's assembly a bit to recollect my sanity, so I went along with weathering the interior with some pigments and Adam Wilder washes...
The diesel and oil washes were still a bit damp when I took the shots so they will settle down a bit when dry...
Mike
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Re: Meng French FT-17
Tiny tank with a lot of detail crammed in. amazing. say, how much of all these interior stuff you plan to expose
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Re: Meng French FT-17
Stunning work Mike! That looks exceptionally realistic. Way to go!
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.