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Quad & Bedford QL portee. Quad is done.

Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Thanks Dave and Rob!
Alot of good info there Rob, much appreciated :)
I have two sets of the tamiya gun in my stash, but i looked at those and decided to build this one instead, because it looks much better (maybe the tamiya ones have a better fit, but the look is wrong).
//Mats
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

bagge said:
...I have two sets of the tamiya gun in my stash, but i looked at those and decided to build this one instead, because it looks much better (maybe the tamiya ones have a better fit, but the look is wrong)...
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Hi Mats

Dead right there. There is A LOT of work that needs to be done to the Tamiya 6pdr to make it semi-correct, and it really doesn't fit nicely either. I have a Tamiya one that is partly built.. and I keep going back to it when I feel like I need to punish myself lol. Resicast make a beautiful example.. but at 75.00 euro, it's way more expensive than I can afford.

Cheers

Rob
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

A little scratchbuilding today, the hooks to hold the lower plate on the gun in transport was looking a little rough.... :bang head and i decided to make some new ones (old one marked with pink in the second pic, the new with yellow)
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//Mats
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Gun is primed and now is it Veerles tank that's waiting for paint :eek:hyeah
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The muzzle cover made out of an old cleaning pad for my glasses, stronger and thinner than paper-tissue.
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//Mats
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Those cleaning pads are what I used on the tilt for the 8ton halftrack, great stuff, I like the texture of it also. Looking good Mats. Good call on those hooks. :drinks

:popcorn
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Thanks MP, never thought of them before, but i found a dry one in my car and i gave it a try, and i'm very happy with the result.
Will make a cover for the breach, and also one for the barrel as seen on the pic below.
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//Mats
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Looking good so far! Stay at it.

B)
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

The gun has got a layer of green paint.
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the Quad is painted green and has a cover of hairspray.
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Painted the dessert yellow and found out that i have a problem :bang head
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The gun doesn't fit, think it need something like this but for this gun, not sure there is one :hmmm
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The Cab has it's yellow color, now just wait to scrub off some paint.
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//Mats
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Hi Mats

I'll take a look through my photos and see if I can find any that have pics of British trailers that would to the job between the Quad and the 6pdr, and post them on here for you if you like?

Cheers

Rob
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Acrylic base, acrylic hairsrpay and acrylic overcoat, what are you going to use to scrub it with out taking off all layers?
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

That would be nice Rob :drinks
MP Water and a stiff brush goes fine, i took off alot of the yellow and applied another coat of hairspray, tomorrow a thin layer of yellow and then a gentle scrub :)
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I went thru to the primer on some edges but i was using alot of elbow grease so the green paint sticks and is not falling off, as long as it's dry enough when you apply the hairspray.
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Hi Mats

Sorry mate, but I'm having trouble delivering on what I offered to look for. There seems to be minimal pictures of wheeled vehicles towing 6pdr's as most are towed by tracked vehicles, and their pintle hooks are out on sticks away from the hull, or they are mounted on the back of a Portee, and to top it off, I could find none behind a Quad gun tractor :(

The only trailer I came across that might fit the bill for you is the British 10 cwt airborne trailer. It has a pintle hook at the rear of the trailer for towing artillery, but these may be a bit too late for your timeframe, and may be a bit low set for what you need, but worth a look. Below is a couple of links of some good reference material for this trailer:

http://horsa.bizland.com/OBLI/Trailer.htm
http://www.jeepdraw.com/Trailer_English.html

I hope this is of some help.

Cheers

Rob
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Mats, I dont think there is an ammo trailer for the 6 pounder. At least I cant find any pics. Can you take the claw type pintle from the Bedford and use it on your Quad in place of the hook? Then attach the gun to that?
James
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Wow that's some major paint damage!!

B)
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Tried to paint over again yesterday but no it wasn't my day, so today.....
Vertrouw Roza, verget vlekken!!!
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Taking a bath :D
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Vanish goes in 1 1/2 spoon to 5 liter water
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After a couple of minutes, the paint is falling off (y)
I will leave it for tonight and then rinse it off under the tap.
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First time i try this and it seems to be working good, let's just hope there is a quad left in the bucket tonight..... :hmmm :pinch: :idonno
//Mats
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

Well i didn't have to wait so long, checked now and the tamiya paint just fell off! :woohoo:
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The Vallejo primer stayed intact (y)
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

No i wasn't happy with the look of it, new try tomorrow :)
 
Re: LRDG chevrolet and Quad with 6 pdr. gun by Bagge

So the green is on again and now for the new hairspray (bought a refill bottle with just plain hairspray, no extra shine or something ).
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And here the new hairspray, i hope it works better then the other one....
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http://youtu.be/9MoUs8ZlbK0

//Mats
 
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