Small Scale Military Headquarters

I guess we all have to start from the ground up. Here is one of the wheels. I need to make the armored hub protector .

Here are a few shots. The small wheel is 1/35 scale. The 223 is 1/35 scale as well.

So far about 5-6 hrs of work




It looks like the 1/35 but 1.944 bigger

Do you have time to explain your process. I am wondering how you make your molds. You are obviously very skilled. I am wanting to make molds aof a few smaller items. Can you tell me what you use to do this?
Thanks,
Todd

DocTodd wrote:Do you have time to explain your process. I am wondering how you make your molds. You are obviously very skilled. I am wanting to make molds aof a few smaller items. Can you tell me what you use to do this?
Thanks,
Todd

Sure thing. The next time I make a mold I will do a step by step in the customs post.

I get all of my resin and RTV from Micro Mark a bit pricy but they have the best stuff

Here is a link http://www.micromark.com/casting-and-mo ... plies.html

The RTV is $37 a unit and the resin is $33 a unit. That would be over $70 just to make a small part. Not counting the time .

I use the stuff by the gallons . Quite often the molds run into the hundreds. I used 3 gallons alone to do my M-10

Heya, Pickelhaube!

I have an even more basic question for you... how do you make your master pieces? Is it carved or machined? Is it plastic (styrene), wood (bass or ?), or butter board? I see all this amazing work, and am somewhat puzzled by the very first step of construction.

Thanx in advance,

Russ
Proud son of Rose and Wes

russcal wrote:Heya, Pickelhaube!

I have an even more basic question for you... how do you make your master pieces? Is it carved or machined? Is it plastic (styrene), wood (bass or ?), or butter board? I see all this amazing work, and am somewhat puzzled by the very first step of construction.

Thanx in advance,

Russ
Proud son of Rose and Wes

Hey Russ,

I have used everything you have mention except the butter board. What is that ? Sounds interesting .
The first thing I get are scale drawings then a scale model. If I can , I try to get a built scale model and an unbuilt one.

Then if possible for some of the odd shaped pieces I try to trace them and take the tracing to Kinkos to enlarge them to 1/18 scale. Of course you can only do this with about 20 % of the model.

I use mm to scale . It is a lot easier than inches. I have a scale ruler that I use to measure pieces. then I multiply the size up to 1/18 scale.

Then I just start cutting what ever I am using and make the piece.

This tire started life as a Hanomag tire that I molded and cast with the resin I used.

1. I filed the side lugs to shape a more rounded tire.
2. I sanded the large side cleats off.
3. Then I shaped the profile of the tred.
4. Next I ground off all of the rim to flaten the actual wheel.
5. Then I made a styreen disk chucked into my Dremal.
6. Then I turned the large ring on my Dremal.
7. Next I turned the small hub on my Dremal.
8. Then I cut and glued the bolt heads. This is hexagol stock styreen rod.
9. Then I made the tiny hub studs.
10. Then I painted and primed
11. Fill in the pin holes.
12. Primed
13. Filled pin holes
14. Drink a cup of coffe.

As stated before , this is about 5-6 hrs worth of work.

The mini gun I made for the Pavehawk was about 2 full days of work on the gun itself

Beautiful work Brother!

Excellent detail with your work. I didn't realize the resin was so expensive. I know there are alternatives but as you mention the quality of the resin is important.

I'm excited to see how this will turn out I've always liked the SDK 222.

Do you plan to make the turret able to rotate and will assembled versions be offered?

tmanthegreat wrote:I'm excited to see how this will turn out I've always liked the SDK 222.

Do you plan to make the turret able to rotate and will assembled versions be offered?

Thanks guys.

Yes the turret will rotate and the top screens will open.

I am hoping to make this build as simple as possible.

The thing with resin kits is the flash and those confounded pin holes. That is the hardest thing about resin kits the clean up after that is done it is a cake walk.

But yes there will be some fully assembled 222 / 223 in the future.

I will make a few full build models from now on.

How much will this run maybe?

pickelhaube wrote:This tire started life as a Hanomag tire that I molded and cast with the resin I used.

1. I filed the side lugs to shape a more rounded tire.
2. I sanded the large side cleats off.
3. Then I shaped the profile of the tred.
4. Next I ground off all of the rim to flaten the actual wheel.
5. Then I made a styreen disk chucked into my Dremal.
6. Then I turned the large ring on my Dremal.
7. Next I turned the small hub on my Dremal.
8. Then I cut and glued the bolt heads. This is hexagol stock styreen rod.
9. Then I made the tiny hub studs.
10. Then I painted and primed
11. Fill in the pin holes.
12. Primed
13. Filled pin holes
14. Drink a cup of coffe.

As stated before , this is about 5-6 hrs worth of work.

The mini gun I made for the Pavehawk was about 2 full days of work on the gun itself

Aha! So it's the coffee that makes these items super-expensive. You epicurean, you.

Excellent work, and thanks for the insight into how these things are created.

Pickel, This is going to Be Great!!!!

Great work,really looking forward to seeing the end results.

Simply amazing work......

-Ski

Man I have been swamped with radome M-10s , Pavehawks even some v-1 orders. I hope to have everything done and shipped by Monday so I can get back on this. I have been wanting to do this for about a year.

This is one of my fav WW2 vehicals. I am sique ( ? ) to get this one out.

What was the cost again?

flyboy_fx wrote:What was the cost again?

I had a price set for this one when I decided to start this project. It was kind of high.

When I get closer into the finish I will have a new adjusted price.

Some of our cherished board members get upset with my posted prices and not sticking to them . So for now I will not post my guesstomate prices.


But you are free to PM me for it.

Finally got a chance to work on this. I started at 7:30 this morn and am now done with the roughed in body. It is 9:18 now

This is going to be one sweet Scout car





Here the is 1/35 scale 223 on top for size comparison.

you did that in less than 2 hours? That would have taken me a week, at least.

Me2

Now I wish I had $200

aferguson wrote:you did that in less than 2 hours? That would have taken me a week, at least.

Ahh...

No about 14 hrs nonstop.

Pickel, outstanding!!!!

ooh.....that 7 oclock to 9 oclock. That's more like it.

Pickel, are they feeding you? Do they let you go to the bathroom? It sounds like your in China, factory # 3....... I think thats the one the kumblewagon molds went missing in...................... update seems like Pickelhaube is safe and sound in his New Orleans workshop...
Dude, ya had me worried there.. If it wasn't for You and the Hun and a few others this 1:18th hobby of ours would be in neutral.

Still waiting on JSI and FOV.....October, Mid October, Christmas...........New Years..... 3 quarter 2010......