AREA 88 : "A Game of Chicken" (T-62 + Jeep)

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April 11, 2019
A cute little bag of resin parts.
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April 11, 2019
Once they're out of the bag though, they're not so cute. The quality is MUCH lower than I expected.
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April 11, 2019
Let's just say the fit of the parts is aspirational at best.
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April 13, 2019
Hmmm... we’ll need to do something about that gun barrel.
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April 13, 2019
New barrel scratched up from some wire and plastic tubing. More putty applied.
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April 13, 2019
Test fit on the base. Hmmm... starting to look like something.
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April 14, 2019
Some paint on, and it’s starting to come together.
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April 14, 2019
Let’s start on part two of this project, the Jeep.
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April 14, 2019
Here’s the sprue... such as it is. Just a resin block really.
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April 14, 2019
First, to remove it from the block.
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April 14, 2019
Yep. It’s gonna fit.
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April 14, 2019
A few more adjustments needed. First, drill out the windows.
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April 14, 2019
Windows opened up, but will need to be cut to lie flat on the hood.
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April 16, 2019
I dunno why, since they won’t be visible, but I felt the need to add axels.
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April 16, 2019
Cut and flipped down the windscreen... and yes, I drilled out the headlights...
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April 16, 2019
Painted, so let’s turn our attention to working on the base
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April 19, 2019
If it all gets painted together, is that going to look like blowing sand? Let’s hope so!
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April 22, 2019
Hello... Rocky.
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April 22, 2019
A bit of surgery... have a seat.
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April 22, 2019
Yep. He fits.
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April 22, 2019
It’s difficult to paint the cotton without it clumping up and/or blowing away.
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April 24, 2019
Ok... is it just me, or is a 1/144 PE steering wheel... TINY!
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April 24, 2019
And there we are... a wee bit of painting and we’re done!
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Commentaires

12 11 April 2019, 15:58

Greg Baker
I dunno how I started this one... Just hanging around waiting for other stuff to dry and I got my hands on this little bag of resin tank parts. I have to say though, I'm quite disappointed with the quality - it's much much lower than I expected (I don't know what). The resin has lots of bubbles... and the fit of the parts is... aspirational at best.

11 April 2019, 16:02

Alec K
Not that I condone this...but...(shhh) sometimes, it's ok to just open the trash can aaaand...

12 April 2019, 01:39

Greg Baker
HEH.... if you knew how much I paid for this little hunk of junk... I have vowed to make it beautiful!

12 April 2019, 01:45

Martin Oostrom
"Game of chicken" Who will bow out first? Greg or the kit?

12 April 2019, 07:40

Bart Goesaert
I'm in the same league with my tunguska, hope you didn't pay 66€ in total... but, when complete it is a model with a story...

12 April 2019, 08:08

Alec K
Greg, I did not think that you would give up that easily😉. And there is a level of satisfaction when one tangles with a crappy kit and wins, as Bart pointed out. So, I withdraw my dumb suggestion, sit down, and just watch 👍

12 April 2019, 11:31

Greg Baker
I never give up! I'm not sure I'll win, but I'll go down swinging! First attack, a new gun barrel out of wire and plastic tubing! Did I really pay ¥2000 for this? Sigh...

13 April 2019, 14:53

Bart Goesaert
You paid a lot less then I did, costs as much as a regular kit in 72nd scale..

13 April 2019, 15:26

Greg Baker
Next up in the category of "I paid more than I probably should have" is the 1/144 resin Jeep that's the second part of this little project. At least the resin cast Jeep from Bregun looks sharp. Some small modifications will be required though.

14 April 2019, 22:32

John Thomas
Wow, Tank and Jeep o-my. Very cool base

15 April 2019, 00:45

Bart Goesaert
that jeep with the first holes in the windows... made me think of cars... 😉

The beauty and the beast, in every way...

15 April 2019, 07:41

Greg Baker
Does that look like blowing sand? Let's hope so once it's painted.

19 April 2019, 15:41

Donald Dickson II
Looks like snow right now. LOL Pretty sure it will look like sand once it is sand colored.😉

19 April 2019, 15:47

Greg Baker
Yeah... well... yeah. Thank you for your insight.😉

19 April 2019, 23:33

Donald Dickson II
Freaking brilliant, ain't I?? LOL

19 April 2019, 23:41

Greg Baker
Frighteningly so for us mere mortals....😉

19 April 2019, 23:44

Donald Dickson II
ROFL The sarcasm is strong in this one.😉

20 April 2019, 01:53

Greg Baker
Painting cotton is harder than it looks... the paint either clumps it up, or blows it away, or both. I'm not sure if that was quite the look I was going for... it might need some touch up.

22 April 2019, 14:18

Donald Dickson II
Well it doesn't look like snow anymore.???? Seriously though I think maybe the cloud behind the tank needs to be wider. Because when you cause a dust cloud it ends up expanding the further away from the vehicle it gets. Maybe that would help to make it look more like what you want?

22 April 2019, 21:32

Greg Baker
I do have quite limited space to work with, but I'll try and puff it up a bit more. Every diorama I've seen online that has blowing sand has more or less been done the same way, to (my eyes at least) more or less the same effect. Oh well... there are SOME limitations to my imagination I guess.😉

22 April 2019, 22:18

Donald Dickson II
LOL My friend, your imagination is far greater than mine. I could well be barking up the wrong tree.

22 April 2019, 23:47

Greg Baker
Heh... I just took a shower and now I've got an idea for a completely new project... part kitbash, part scratchbuild... and mostly 'cause I'm too cheap to shell out $50 for a resin kit of questionable quality.

I do all my best thinking in there... must be the suds.😉

23 April 2019, 00:13

Michael Hickey
That looks really cool, think the jeep is about to turn into a speed hump.😢

23 April 2019, 01:24

Bart Goesaert
Or a brochette, when it gets pierced by the barrel first...

23 April 2019, 04:09

Greg Baker
A bit more paint... a bit of madness with a 1/144 scale PE steering wheel... and we're done! And yes, that black dot is indeed a 1/144 scale scratchbuilt camera...😉

24 April 2019, 15:57

Donald Dickson II
Looks good!

24 April 2019, 16:14

Greg Baker
A little follow up to this project - I posted it up on my blog strobez.ca/wp/index...-of-chicken-area-88/ - so feel free to check it out. You can skip my personal musings and just read the few pages of the manga that explains the scene I'm trying to depict.

25 April 2019, 10:34

Bart Goesaert
nice result... so did he survive?

25 April 2019, 11:07

Greg Baker
Well... the camera was still working...😉

25 April 2019, 11:26