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WIP 1/35th Bronco Staghound AA

randy_ditton

Master at Arms
Hello Everyone, My first post here and forgive me if you have seen this elsewhere....

Bronco has made a fine kit here but no interior. Decided to add one....

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Adding some partions and the motor.
These cars use the GMC six-cylinder 217 hp motor so I could steal the engine block from the Tamiya 2 1/2 ton truck kit for a starting point....

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This car used two motors side by side in the rear compartment, wimped out and will only model one engine and keep the other door shut. Adding more plumbing for fuel and fire suppression and other details...

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Put some paint on the engine while I still can...

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A test of the top....

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The other two-thirds of the interior is one compartment....

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Parts needed for the middle section include the transfer case connecting the two transmitions, two air cleaners in the corners and fire extingushers on the shelf...

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Moving forward, putting in the drivers controls for the trannys and engines....

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Needed some seats for driver and radio man.....

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Seats ,added some weld seams and test fitting the dash, and other details...

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Next are batteries, some painting,foot pedals, dashboard, power steering stuff in the front of the driver.....

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I will give all you kind folks a break and will post more tommorrow. I always appreciate comments of any kind. Thank you , Randy(still in the corner) Ditton
 
Wow Randy ! :eek:hmy: That is amazing work , love the details . You must have some awesome reference on the stag to go to this level too :) !

Looking forward to seeing the next installment , Do not worry about the Naughty Corner , just about all the boys have spent some time in there ! Ask James to teach you the badger song :laugh: !

Jenny :kiss:
 
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And this is the man's second thread started here...

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Did you learn how to do all that playing with trains? BTW...

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HA!

Y'all aint seen nuttin' yet.

I know where this is going, I've already seen how it all ends up.

B)
 
Beautiful work Randy !!!
Excellent interior job !!!

Ken's right , this is just a teaser on things to come !!!
 
Well this is all fresh news to me Randy, and boy you have gotten some intricacies installed!! Some great shots of excellent scratchbuilding. I do look forward to how this turns out :)
Brad
 
Hi Randy,
Awesome..just plain awesome! I followed this build on another site and those that havent seen it yet are in for a real treat.
 
great start so far love the scratch, what did you use for wire looks easy to bend?
 
I see this beauty last nite in Armorama. I show to te people of a local forum and one colegue says (and I agree): "if Nobel prize exist for modellers, this guys sure will win one" :laugh:
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Darío
 
Thanks Jenny, You are right about the ref. "wings and Wheels in Detail No.9" was my bible along with US Army manuels.

Glen, Thanks and it has been fun for me to look at some of these pics again!

To all the rest of you folks who took the time to comment I thank you!

Mondria, the wire I use is a little of everything, soft metal wire from flower shops, tiny electrical wire an d brass wire.

Moon Puppy, I think maybe trains taught me patience, I've been working on that train layout for twenty years!

I'll try and get everything caught uptodate...

Working on the right side of the car adding the wiring harness and junction boxes...

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A couple of small bits then some weathering while I can still get to everything...

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This is going to get real long so I'm going to break this up ...
 
Next up I need a radio and a shelf, Tamiya's carrier kit for the radio, then added wiring and details...

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working on the roof section, this includes periscopes(from the kit) dome lights, intercom and radio gear...

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Test fit of the roof to see what it looks like so far...

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Wanted to add a little scene just inside the side door to draw the viewer inside and came up with this dome light bulb changing idea....

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Another break...
 
It looks so good, I got a little nervous seeing the bulb change happening on top of the battery. Careful!
 
Moving on to the turret of this anti-aircraft version of the stag, Bronco does a great job here but some stuff is missing or simplified.

Changed out the kit barrels and ammo belts for am stuff, then added the charging system ,firing switch panels

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Bronco does get the large vertical panels that form the sides of the turret basket wrong. Changed this then added some missing details....

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Moving on to the bottom of the basket. Adding the hydraulic resivor and pump, made up some tread plate and piping ...

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Going back to the top of the turret, adding the intercom and dome light, headset, putting the sides on. Changing out some of the cast on detail on the outsides..

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