AFTER THE PHOTO
IT'S ALL FINALLY DONE! HOORAY. I HAVE BEEN PUSHING MYSELF OVER THE LAST MONTH TO GET THIS ONE OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT MY GROUP BUILD PROJECTS.
I cannot GET motivated when there are other projects 'hanging over my head'
To give you an idea of the time spent
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approx. Chassis of the vehicle took about 160 hrs
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approx.accessories and base (all the random parts and figures etc) 130 hrs
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approx. 100 hrs on the gun cradle and base.
In the past 3 weeks i spent 70 hours finishing the junk off.
TOTAL = 390 HRS WHICH EQUATES TO 18 MONTHS FROM BEGINNING TO END IN THE REAL WORLD.
I HAVE FOLLOWED THE DETAILS IN THE PHOTOS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, DONE SOME GUESSING AND ADDED DETAIL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE OFF PHOTO - I WANTED THE DISPLAY TO BE ACCURATE BUT ALSO EYE CATCHING, SO I FOUND THE MIDDLE GROUND MOST OF THE TIME.
STORY
AFTER THE PHOTO - my name for this vingette
A LOT OF DETAILS WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO RECOGNISE, SO I DID HAVE TO DO SOME GUESSING.i HAVE BASED MY SCENE AFTER THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THE VEHICLE INSIDE THE PROTOTYPE GARAGE BUT BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS DRAGGED OUT EMPTY AND PHOTOGRAPHED AGAIN.
This allowed me to add and move detail that I wanted to improve and make more visually exciting. An example of a change is the white air/oil filter on the left front of the vehicle front , sitting bacwards up against the front super structure behind the batteries. This has a battery lid in front of it. I have made this fall from the vehicle after the photo as though it has been knocked over by the soldier in the picture - oils has spilled everywhere and the oil bath has been reassembled. This has allowed the paint work on the front plate to be seen which I did not want to cover.
I am not sure of the time frame but for the American soldiers to move all of the junk, bring the vehicle down off the blocks and drag it outside must have taken at least 3-4 days(I think a week). So that gave me a large period of time where things would have benn moved, opened, assembled etc.
So now you know why I have been quiet. I also find that the more that I am on the net the lessmodelling I do so I will be off and on from time to time so that i actually get some models built - which is meant to be the whole point of being a modeller. Also as a Master on this site I think that we should be providing examples of our work as guides but also as interest and entertainment for people who come to TnT to see models!
So here are my finished shots.
BASE (WITHOUT VEHICLE)
MORE TO COME