Small Scale Military Headquarters

pickel, your work is scary good, ever considered going into the real tank business, you have that hand that can perfect just about anything

TEXAS_HOSS wrote:pickel, your work is scary good, ever considered going into the real tank business, you have that hand that can perfect just about anything

That would be a dream job

YEA

I TEST EM

Here is about a full days of work. The rear muffler









Kind of a lot of work for something that will mostly be hidden.

But I think I got it right. The manafold was a bit of a challange.I do not think the mounting bolts will take to casting . I will try but it could rip the mould there. We shall see.

I almost have the hinges done for the hatches. A couple more days of nick nacks and I will start making moulds.

OK,

The M-10 master is a wrap.

Time to make the molds.

Here is the travel lock.




Ready rounds with rack.



Gunner's seat.





Remade hatches with hinges. Original hatches MIA







Driver waiting for production.

Fantastic job ! ! !
It's incredible. You're a true Master !

phil

Looks awesome!!!!

Thanks guys.

I am happy the way this turned out. I will start the mould making today.

I am going to fill in those cuts around the baffel cylinders . The original I was going off of had them. But some other pics I have seen of the muffler did not. So the production ones will be smooth.

Another Superb Kit Pickle. I can't wait till they are done to get it and build it. Finished the Flak 38 this weekend; thanks for that FANTASTIC kit!!

Hay PH how much is it?

Dose it fit the FOV sherman?

maritime96 wrote:Another Superb Kit Pickle. I can't wait till they are done to get it and build it. Finished the Flak 38 this weekend; thanks for that FANTASTIC kit!!

Thanks Man !!

Fly Boy click back a page or so and I have pics.

Yes it will fit the 1/18 FOV.

I am asking $225.

That may seem to be a lot of money but this is a big project.

It took me about 2 weeks to build the master. So far it has taken 2 days to make the moulds. I will probably have another 2 days till I finish.

So far it has taken about $300 worth of RTV.

It will probably take about $36 worth of resin to pour a kit.

So say I make about $500 a week. That will be about $1500 then another $500 worth of rtv.


So that is about $ 2,000 - $200 for the kit.

So to make the fisrs production piece I am about $1,800 in the hole.

Why do I do this ? I have not figured that one out yet .

IT looks soooo good unfortunately I dont have the money.

Things are going good but slow.

It looks like each project I do gets more complicated then the last.

I have almost everything moulded except the main hull and gun. I did all the little pieces parts and the turret.

I AM ALMOST OUT OF RTV

I have used almost 2 gals for this kit and need at least 1 more gal to finish it. This is not good.

Also I will be going on vacation this Thursday the 16 I will be back on the 1st . I tried to get the moulds all done but it just did not happen.

But there is a good thing. The parts are coming out nice and if I get a chance I will post some pre - production pieces on Wends ( if I get the chance).

This project will be an easy build for the modeler. No custom modification will have to be done on the FOV lower hull.
The only thing that may be a pain for the modeler is glueing on the applique bolts. At least you guys will not have to make them twice like I am going to have to do. There is over 50 of them.

I guess I will have something to do when I get back.

I have ordeered the RTV so it will be waiting for me when I get back hopefully.

I will be back on Sat nite and hopefully resume on Monday.

I will finish the moulds if the RTV is waiting for me.

I will also do a quicky fill in radome for the 1/18 Longbow helo.

Then it will be Sdkfz 222 / 223 time

It has been a mad house after my vacation. My regular work is going crazy. But I have managed to mold the gun and I have made one cast so far. IT LOOKS GREAT !!!

I have also cast the upper main hull. It has been done for a few days now but have not gotten the chance to make a cast.

I got a chance to make some more molds on the M-10.

I made the main hull mold and tried something new with the interior. So I spent about 3-4 hrs wasting time. So I went ahead and made an interior mold.

I also have made the main gun mold and cast the first test and it came out looking pretty good

So all I have is a few little things to mold and I will be done with that process. I will try to post pics of some of the freshly poured parts on Mon.

Everyone who has ordered please PM or email me for conformation of your order.

[email protected]

Here are some production pics.

Dude ... truly beautiful work. Too bad I can get in on this, it's very nice!

Matthew,that is truly fantastic work,really looking forward to building and painting some of these!

That is right !!! For 24 hrs I will have a sale on the M-10.

$190 that is $35 off of my asking price. Those of you who have ordered already I will remberce you or keep it as a deposit for other upcoming projects

Add $10 for shipping.

24 hrs only. If this works I may do it with some other projects . If not ....

Pm me or email me. [email protected]

Man is that tempting... sadly I need to buy a winter beater instead

Damn now i wish I had the money. :lo




Lets e what I can do in 24hrs

I wish I was employed by a company that wasn't likely to lay me off at any moment...



Jeffrey

Sale is over.

Thanks