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They have schools for that now???? biggrin.png

Bwahahah

No I should have just applied myself more instead of being obsessed in playing videogames and actually hating school and well...well in general being a lazy bum hahaha.

In all seriousness tho...That is some impressive skill work with the tanks...damn

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I :Heart: My Demolisher Cannon

 

The basic Demolisher Cannon is done and all that's left to do is the peripheral detail

 


http://i.imgur.com/ci0DW3xl.jpg

 

I like the fact that it can be elevated............

 


http://i.imgur.com/2KEo1zBl.jpg

 

Next the sponsons.

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Sponsons:

 

First order of business is the sponsons and turrets are too small. When I first set up this model I had nothing but my unpracticed eye to rely on and my best guess was correct as far as an original Baneblade sponson housing and turret but woefully inadequate for the oversized beast this has become. 

 


http://i.imgur.com/pKTlc4el.jpg

 

My newest sized turret figures to 22 MM in height and 25 MM in diameter.

 

Never the less, the rotation mechanism remains the same starting with a fixed dowel secured with an axle screw, a piece of PVC tubing for the rotation sleeve and a styrene veneer for a base material to adhere the detail.

 


http://i.imgur.com/VWhmWZZl.jpg

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Cooling Exhaust Vents:

 

The muzzle brakes or cooling exhaust ports at the mouth of the cannon; 16 precise drilled holes about the periphery.

 

Somehow I managed this all those years ago but for the life of me I cannot remember how I did it? 

 


http://i.imgur.com/PqhyXfSl.jpg

 

So I'm inventing a new procedure cutting a drilling the holes into 0.020 styrene sheeting. 

 


http://i.imgur.com/yfnZL2Bl.jpg

 

We'll see how this works out...........

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Thanks and glad to be of help..........

 

Thx,
 
Two Methods:
 
Drilling the holes in the muzzle ring is exacting work and if you use a pin drill bit there is a tendency that either the bit will break or it will walk to the edge and ruin the work.
 
http://i.imgur.com/ITkzkj5l.jpg
 
In my previous post I showed my first inclination on making these holes; i.e. marking the positions  and drilling the holes with the tip of a # 11 Xacto knife blade used as an auger. This fulfills two purposes in that it give a very fine point pilot hole plus the stability of a much wider bit so there is less tendency for the tip to snap off. After augering the hole on the marked side I flipped the work and reamed the obverse side as well to give a more straight sided appearing hole.
 
The second method I came up with (The barrel on the left side of the picture) I marked and cut out the overlay disc and tack glued to a section of half inch 'Evergreen' tubing, drilled pilot holes with the Xacto blade as before, inserted a length of 7/16 inch tubing and trimmed the outer edge of the disc with a curved emery file. I then cut out the bore diameter from the disc and flied smooth with a curved needle file.
 
When completely shaped I sliced off the disc from the half inch tube and sanded the residual glue from the obverse side and reamed as before.
 
I then glued the finished work to the barrel muzzle.
 
Either way is equally simple and the result seems acceptable.
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Keeping It Simple:

 

I have a miniature drill index and it's around here somewhere but I rarely these days have a use for it.

 

I find the #11 Xacto blade provides for almost all my fine drill hole needs. especially when as in this case you are working on a disc barely a half inch in diameter.

 


http://i.imgur.com/xeDufhMl.jpg

 

As stated above the fine point acts as an adequate pilot hole drill and the tapered tip enlarges the requisite hole to any reasonable diameter.

 


http://i.imgur.com/usQGkXUl.jpg

 

After that you can utilize the same blade to carve out larger holes as I shall be doing when I finish the bore on this, the Demolisher cannon.

 

The added beauty of using this blade is with a fine file it can be resharpened.

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Preliminaries Dispensed with:

 

Okay so with the preliminaries dispensed with we can get to the actual plotting and boring of these holes finding the center, erecting the perpendicular axis by employing the arc and straightedge and compass technique and subdividing by eye the quarters into 16 more or less equal divisions which is the number of cooling ports in the typical Baneblade muzzle.

 


http://i.imgur.com/n8VbksLl.jpg

 

Below we see the 0.020 inch thick disc glued to the end of the muzzle slightly oversized to allow for the frail nature of the constructed holed disc.

 


http://i.imgur.com/vnbzSVJl.jpg

 

Below the finished rim sanded and accented with graphite to show the relief of the 16 muzzle ports.

 


http://i.imgur.com/eiObdYwl.jpg

 

And finally the main armament in place on the hull displaying a nice added touch to the overall basic detail of the model.

 


http://i.imgur.com/VWON0zjl.jpg

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I was trying to picture the process in my head and just wasn't getting it. But a picture paints a thousand words and it becomes clear.

 

Spot on again for coming up with an elegant solution to a tricky problem. :tu:

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Thanks for the reply,

 

Twice As Voluminous:
 
I held off as long as I could but ultimately I decided the side sponsons were just too small for a tank of this magnitude. What armament I choose is still in the idea stage but the sponsons will be twice as voluminous as those on the standard Baneblade.
 
http://i.imgur.com/lCy1fF3l.jpg
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Dangling preposition:

 

Or what's a Heaven for?

 

Framing the sponson appendages to bulk out the size is a daunting task when under the influence of a triple Martini That's eight and a half ounces of the finest kind (Really the cheap stuff at a £ a liter) but none the less having a go at model building at 3 sheets is a bit of a no, no so anyway as long as I can work the keys I'll persevere.

 

As stated before the bulk of the sponsons is deemed inadequate and the necessary adjustments are in place and soon the work shall continue apace.

 


http://i.imgur.com/cY72wvUl.jpg

 

One of the beauties of scratchbuilding is if you don't like what you see , change it.......

 

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Most Gratifying:

 

Domestic tranquility; this week the washer leaked and soaked the bedroom carpet. The stand pipe was compromised and the drain tube too short all of which promulgated "arse holes and elbows" corrective measures to resolve the incident; fortunately the Blackadder prevailed and the situation was set to rights and he celebrated with a "Kraken Blast" and managed to also increase his effort on the Landkreuzer (subsequently dubbed "The Kraken")

 


http://i.imgur.com/aMWCO8el.jpg

 

"Any who" the Sponsons continued apace and seem rather adequate considering the travails your's truly suffered at the hand of fickle fate; bringing you the latest update of this monumental project.

 


http://i.imgur.com/LRTbEZ5l.jpg

 

I like these Sponsons much better than my original iteration.

 


http://i.imgur.com/qwIG0pkl.jpg

 

"Never be satisfied with "Good Enough" Has ever been My Mantra!

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Thanks,

 

Last Major Components:
 
With the basic sponsons completed the task of detailing can begin.
 
http://i.imgur.com/TjyxZ9Ol.jpg
 
http://i.imgur.com/StO7ilWl.jpg
 
This is where the fun of scratchbuilding really begins.
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Three Times the Charm;

 

This is the third time I have attempted to replicate the engine cowling of the Baneblade The first was my Armorcast upgrade, the second was my Titan Hunter (Shown here) and now The Land Kruezer where the parts are about 1/8th bigger.

 


http://i.imgur.com/6XU916il.jpg

 

Beginning with the 'Chiclet' shaped air intakes and the rear grill work here shown half completed........

 


http://i.imgur.com/k3tMbG9l.jpg

 

The tools required are shown.

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Twin Diesels:

 

The exhaust stacks temporarily tacked in place.

 


http://i.imgur.com/7VCHImil.jpg

 

They seem massive enough

 


http://i.imgur.com/1iOgdE5l.jpg

 

We're go for insertion. I really love these quad stacks. cooling detail yet to come.

 

 


http://i.imgur.com/gnOAdefl.jpg

 

Martini time!
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Exhaust Shielding:

 

Trying to make the exhaust shield panels and not too enthused at the results. Once made I'll try them out on the hull but I think I can do better.

 

Anyway the basic design/ fabrication steps are doable it's just the results that are flawed. 

 


http://i.imgur.com/i2Ev3gVl.jpg

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Exhaust cooling plates V2.0:

 

The second try at making a convincing hole pattern on these cooling plate for the mufflers. Once the hole pattern glue is dry I shall drill out the centers of each ring and sand the plats paper thin and bend around the exhaust stack and glue in place

 


http://i.imgur.com/aMf1jd7l.jpg

 

Provided all goes well.........

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They All Laughed:

 

At Christopher Columbus yada yada yada.......

 

It worked; symmetry and toughness now all needs to be done is score the backside to make the curve and I'll have duplicated this rather intense hole array.

 


http://i.imgur.com/PLjHHfgl.jpg

 

The problem was not so much the pattern of the holes but making the material strong enough to take the curves without cracks and splits radiating from around the cutouts when the material is bent and glued.

 


http://i.imgur.com/IPw7zAAl.jpg

 

We'll see if my idea will solve that problem........

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Martini Time:

 

Cause for celebration, the project worked!

 


http://i.imgur.com/xPG33wSl.jpg

 

So well in point of fact that I have already carved off the previous effort in preparation for installing the new style heat dissipating shield.

 


http://i.imgur.com/BjFZq5El.jpg

 

I hope to have the completed mufflers ready this evening.

 

Martini time!

 

Oh just to show I do 'F' up now and then; I made the hole row plates much longer than was necessary. :blush:

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I'm pretty sure this is grounds for being committed. Are there any nice psych hospitals near you, Blackadder?

 

This project is looking amazing and I'm looking forward to seeing its completion.

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Ahh, Much Better:

 

Good enough has never been my mantra; with a bit of elbow grease and an unhealthy dose of OCD I have a much better set of exhausts than my first effort. 

 


http://i.imgur.com/wxPn2sLl.jpg

 

All totaled perhaps about two to three hours of labor for these highly complex minor components but a lot of the sanding and shaping was done whist watching DVD movies so not much actual time was wasted.

 


http://i.imgur.com/OLw6s9Wl.jpg

 

Seen here temporarily tacked in place just for show at this time as all the rivets need to be filed down to a uniform height.

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Quite a Chunk of Resin:

 

Anyone owning a FW Baneblade knows it's quite a chunk of highly detailed resin weighing in at close to a kilo (two pounds).

 

My Baneblade which I've had for eight or so years was rescued and repaired with TLC and is still my favorite FW vehicle (treaded that is)

 

This new model is coming along slowly as the detailing is quite exhausting and I do have other commitments but I managed the front 'bolt on' bumper today

 


http://i.imgur.com/vkADc6Kl.jpg

 

and yesterday evening some of the rear detail....

 


http://i.imgur.com/AIzkjqUl.jpg

 

Slowly but surely it's getting done.

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