The Dukes Armor in Progress: Updated 11/22/11

[Duke Maddog]

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Back again with a small update again. I have slowed down a bit due to work this week, but managed to get the following done so far at St. Crispin's. I almost finished up my little MAC tanker. I only have to put windows into the windshield frame and then the assembly will be done. All that will be left then is paint and decals, then weathering. This truck is bigger than I'd thought for a WWI-era truck!

And now, I have managed to get one armored train car fully assembled and ready for painting. Another one, the commandowagen is almost ready for paint; I just need to add an aerial on the stanchions on top. I also almost completed my little Pz 38(t) that goes in one of the flatcars. You cans see it here, sitting in front of the train:

That's about all I got finished to date. Yeah, not as much as I'd hoped, but at least the train is moving along. I'm hoping to have the base delivered on Saturday so I can start to work on it too.



Well, that's all I have for now. Thanks all for looking in. Remember, comments are welcome.

 

[jknaus]

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That MAC is kind of cool. I didnt think anyone made kits like that. Very neat.
James

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Thanks James! Yeah, RPM makes a whole line of MAC trucks from that era. I'm hoping to get all of them and build them. That would be an impressive convoy!

 

[MrT]

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The Mack looks just great!! I have been wondering how thos kits were. My have get some of those.

Terry B)

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Thanks Terry. They are great little kits, but the instruction sheets suck wind. At least three diagrams on this truck's instruction sheet shows parts being installed in the wrong places. You have to glance ahead and/or do lots of dry fitting to be sure you are gluing something in the right place. Otherwise, they do go together pretty well. I've had a couple of issues where I had to sand down a few parts that interfered with the placement of later parts (such as the hood for instance), but overall, this fits pretty well. Now to get it painted.

 

[Duke Maddog]

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And the Manufacturing tour goes on...

It's all armor this time; I have yet to get the decals on the helicopters. I still need to dig them out.

This past Monday I was able to get some progress done on three trucks I've been building.

This first one is my MAC tanker truck. I got this fully assembled, including the windows of the cab, and even started painting it. The underside of the chassis is painted, along with the wheels. Next will be putting the three-tone camo pattern on this truck:

Another truck I finished assembling is my IBG British Bedford QLD. I even got a basecoat of paint on it now:

Probably too soon. There are a few more fiddly bits to add to this.

The third truck is my Studebaker semi. I got the windows and windscreen in this and then got a basecoat of paint on it too. This one is almost ready for decals:

Next, I managed to get three more railcars done on my armored train. The flak artillery car, the flatbed car holding the Panzer 38(t) and the turreted flatcar at the end. Here they are minus the metal handholds and steps:

You can see the completed Panzer 38(t) in the flatcar. I have one more to build.

Here are all the cars and engine that I've completed except for handrails, steps and wire antenna that will all be done with copper wire:

This makes me about half done with the assembly of this train, except for the quad AA guns I need to get.

Well, that's everything so far. I'm hoping to get some more of these done later on.

Meanwhile, thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[panzerace007]

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DUKE,

Cool lookin' Stuff !!! That Train is PHAT !!!! The trucks are cool too !! I'm lookin forward to seein these develop !!

:drinks

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Thanks man! I'll have more done on next Monday. Looking forward to finally finishing that train!

 

[jknaus]

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Looking cool. Will you mount this on track?
James

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Thanks James! Yes, I have a friend making me a 7ft by 16in baseboard to put this on. It's gonna have one, possibly two tracks, a train station, signal house, and a road alongside the track. Hopefully, I'll be able to get that baseboard this coming Monday.

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Well, here I am back from vacation and slowly trying to get caught up on the pile of things my wife left for me to do. Meanwhile, I'm catching whatever bench time I can wherever I can. This is the small update I have showing my latest work I've been able to get done.

I'll start out with my armor, since I've only been working on two planes and a helicopter. The two planes don't have enough done to them to justify pics, and the helicopter I'll be showing in Wesendorf Field.

These first two are two trucks I've been building that are now ready for their clearcoat and decals. This first one is my PST Studebaker semi-truck:

Next is my IBG Bedford QLD cargo truck:

That framework over the bed used to be perfect. Story of my life: despite being as careful as possible, I still manage to break it up in several pieces. Oh well, life goes on...

Next is another little IBG truck I started. This is the Chevy CWT; another cargo truck:

The cab and bed are just dry fit on the chassis here. I wanted to see how it looked. I have a little more to put on the chassis before I can add these parts more permanently.



Next are two ACE kits I'm building that are variants of the LAV-25. This first one shows the interior of the LAV-M mortar carrier. It's kind of basic, but looks pretty good:

Later, after I assembled the three parts of the upper hull together, I test fit it to the lower hull:

Not a bad fit, but there's still some issues that Mr. Surfacer will handle just fine.

This next one is the LAV AD Air Defense variant. I managed to get the whole thing assembled except for the wheels. Once the Mr. Surfacer on it is sanded smooth, this one will be ready for the basecoat:

The mini-gun on this model had to be assembled from the five barrels and two end pieces before I could add it to the turret. That was an interesting experience, and I'm surprised at how well the gun came out.

That's all my armor so far. I should have a couple of these; maybe more, finished in a few days. I'll keep you posted.


Meanwhile, comments are welcome; thanks for stopping in.

 

[Tojo72]

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Nice train Duke,looks good

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Thanks! Glad you like it.

 

[MrT]

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Very nice work Duke!!!

B)

 

[AndyFettes]

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You are one Maddog Modeling Machine

Excellent stuff mate I cant wait to see progress

 

[reconron]

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Duke,

My scale of choise is 1/35,BUT I DO find this quite interresting!!!
[especialy the air defence LAV]

Greetings,Ron.

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Thanks guys, I'll try to have more later. These kind of encouraging comments keep me modeling! B)

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Okay guys, I have more progress to show.


Now for the next projects I have going on. Here are pics of my latest progress on my armor. One of these models I got worked on after it sat for more than a year. Thanks to Henk of Holland's site, I was able to get the color scheme I needed for it and now I need to find the decals....


Anyway, here they are in no particular order.



These are my two ACE LAV variants. This first one is my LAV M mortar carrier. I got the basecoat of green on it but I think I jumped the gun and did it too soon. The undercarriage isn't even on it yet:

I can see where I have a lot more smoothing out to do, as well as other cleanup.

At least my LAV AD is in a little better shape. I got the basecoat on now, and after some touchup, I will paint the camo pattern on next:

Speaking of being in good shape, I think this little MAC tanker is looking good. I finally have the camo pattern on it and will finish with a little cleanup before prepping for decals:

And finally, the model that's been sitting for awhile on my bench. For such a small thing, I'm sure having difficulty getting it finished! This is my RPM 1/72 scale French H-39 tank that I also finally got a camo pattern on:

Now I hope I can find the decals for this one soon!

Well, that's all the progress I have for now. I do have two trucks and two helicopters finished, so feel free to check out their respective Forums for pics of my latest models. Meanwhile, thanks for looking and comments are welcome.

 

[jknaus]

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Very cool.

 

[Duke Maddog]

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Well, now that the helicopter is finished, I have started on a few more models and made some progress on a couple more.

I'll start this with the models I've been working on. These are two LAV variants from ACE that I got a final basecoat of paint on. This one is the LAV-M Mortar Carrier all painted up:

I now need to do the camouflage pattern on this before clearcoating and decaling.

This is my LAV-AD Air Defense Variant:

This one is just a solid green, so the next thing to do is clearcoat, decal, then dullcoat and weather. The next time you see this one, it will be completed.

Next is the little Chevy 15CWT truck from IBG I've built:

This one just needs decals, then dullcoat and final finishing. The next time you see this one, it'll be finished.


Now on to the three projects I started. this first one is the Trumpeter 1/72 scale M-113 A3. I have it fully assembled and ready for the camouflage pattern:

I should be able to get this done in a few days.

Next is a Dragon 1/72 scale model of the AAV7R recovery vehicle version of the AAV7P. I got it mostly assembled and shot some color on parts of it:

The part next to it is the recovery crane that goes on top. That will be one of the last things I install. There are some places to sand and some refinements to make. I'm making good progress on this so far.

And finally, I started a Revell of Germany 1/72 scale MAN 7ton cargo truck. So far, all I have is most of the cabin assembled:

I'm going to have to paint the interior and then add the window glass to this before I can close it up. Then I get to start on the wonderfully over-engineered chassis and suspension! Yay! ~08 ~11 ~27

That's all my progress for today. Monday morning I'll be at Hobby Day again and be able to get alot more done. Stay tuned for more and remember, comments are welcome.