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Post by aferguson » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:27 pm

with all the long hours of tedious work PH does, i'm wondering if one day he's gonna snap, take a gun up to a clock tower and start picking people off..

'there's Homer, that's Homer, there's Homer, that's Homer'..

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i never met an airplane i didn't like...

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Post by KAMIKAZE » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:37 am

Hey! I resemble that remark.
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Post by grunt1 » Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:05 pm

8) 8) 8)

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Post by pickelhaube » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:41 pm

Another long one.

Guys I tell you this project is some work. The Wirbelwind and M-10 with all of their angles aint got nothin' on this 222 :shock:

It is starting to look like something. :D

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I have wanted to kill anybody lately but so far I have 38 hrs into this.

Yep I have been keeping track . Two loooooong days and two short days.

I have at least that much or more to finish :roll:
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Post by Baker707 » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:12 am

Good job Pickelhaube ,keep it up! 8)
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Post by flyboy_fx » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:41 pm

ITS PINK!

must be from JSI..... :roll:
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Post by pickelhaube » Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:14 am

flyboy_fx wrote:ITS PINK!

must be from JSI..... :roll:
It sure looks pink does it not ? :D

Usually I give things a shot of grey primer to show off the detail . But there is a lot of work yet to do before I do that.

I use a dk blue background with the gray but with the white plastic the camera pics up the background and the white turns out fuzzy.

So with changing the back ground (it is actually day glo green ) I can pick up sharper images.

But they look PINK !!!!! :shock: :D
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Post by pickelhaube » Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:39 pm

I started the under carrage. Lots of unseen work to be done here. I have her up on her wheels for a mock up.

I also started the suspension. I am not sure how much detail I should put on the bottom. The only way you will see it if you have a crashed 222 diorama.

Let me know your opinion on this .

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Suspension assembly . Yes those are real springs . I have them but the assembly will be static. I will make it so the wheels will roll.

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This is what I am after :D :D

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Post by YT » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:22 pm

Wow!

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Post by cornbreadfred » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:13 pm

Love that suspension assembly! Great work, wow........... :D
Fred, really looking forward to the JSI 1/18th scale Grumman F-14 Tomcat.

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Post by flyboy_fx » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:38 pm

I love you!

If I was gay I would ma..............oops got a little caught up in the moment. :oops:
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Post by VMF115 » Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:30 pm

Can you feel the wuv in this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!

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Post by normandy » Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:26 am

:shock: Pickel, Your 222 is looking great! I don't see any reason to have it in a "crashed" diorama. :wink: It's too cool of a model to wreck. So for detail on the under side I wouldn't go nuts. Make things easy for your self and save some time.
Will you take money orders? I've had some problems with pay pal. :?

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Post by pickelhaube » Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:51 am

normandy wrote::shock: Pickel, Your 222 is looking great! I don't see any reason to have it in a "crashed" diorama. :wink: It's too cool of a model to wreck. So for detail on the under side I wouldn't go nuts. Make things easy for your self and save some time.
Will you take money orders? I've had some problems with pay pal. :?
Yes no problem for money orders.

Quite a few guys pay me that way. :wink:
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Post by pickelhaube » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:07 pm

I spent ALL DAY working on the top anti granade cover.

It is safe to say that this one of the most challanging things I have ever made.

It is not done yet . The problem was is how do I do the frames ?
Scale or make it in such a way you can " play " with it. Scale would be TOO FRAGILE . So I am going to have to beef it up. The front part is how wide the frames are going to be about 5 mm wide. The top railing is going have to be this wide as well.

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Any input is welcome.
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Post by pickelhaube » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:09 pm

I got some things done today.

The wheel armor hub protector and most of the turret basket. I made it like the Tamiya model but it is incorrect. There are additional braces about 1/4 inch from the center.

The frames are a little chunky but believe me it makes it easier to put the screens in. They can be thinned out if desired .

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Turret vison slit block.

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Post by pickelhaube » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:38 pm

I have been staing at those frames and I hate them. I will have to thin them out. It is easier to put the screens in how I have it. But they just look to thick. :shock:

I will thin them out tomorrow. :?
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Post by Razor17019 » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:51 pm

Looks good to me!
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Post by flyboy_fx » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:49 pm

Me 2 I know it is thick but I like it.
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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:18 am

I like it too. Better to have it a little robust than too brittle :wink:
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Post by 1958Zelda » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:22 pm

Looks Great to me. 8)

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Post by VMF115 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:31 pm

Looks,,,,,, HOT!!!!!!!!!!!
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!

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Post by normandy » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:01 pm

Pickeldude, This is looking Great! The frames are fine on the turret. When 21st, BBI, Admiral and FOV come calling, tell them They need to slim down the frames for production.
You've gone above and beyond on this project and we're all pleased! Just remember to make things ease on yourself.
As you know somethings can't be to scale if someone is going to play with it. :wink:
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Post by Stug45 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:39 am

8) 8) 8) 8)
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

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Post by pickelhaube » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:10 pm

Thanks guys for all of the Kudos.

I went ahead and thinned out the frames a bit. I think they look much better. I wish that I could go thinner. But that aint happening.

I have been scratching my head a lot on this project. There will be a few things that I will take liberties at.

One is the seats. They should rotate with the turret. But if you try to put figures you will have a heck of a time. It will be near impossible to put the seats in and just no way to get figure inside. So I am going to do a seat platform in the hull. This will sit down there and you can do with it what you will.

Here is the seat. You may shave to the figures butts to get it in. :shock:

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Reworked turret basket frames.

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