CUSTOM WORK ON MY PT BOAT UPDATE 6/30/08!!!!

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CUSTOM WORK ON MY PT BOAT UPDATE 6/30/08!!!!

Post by RED » Mon May 12, 2008 1:59 pm

Hey yall!!! I did a little custom work on the 37mm and the 20mm guns that came on my PT Boat!!! I just thought they needed some more work/detail to em!!! Here is some before and after pics!!!---RED---Image
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Post by pickelhaube » Tue May 13, 2008 4:36 am

Good job Red! How did you make the shoulder braces ?
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Post by grunt1 » Tue May 13, 2008 8:17 am

Very nice! :D
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Post by blaster_e11 » Tue May 13, 2008 8:42 am

awesome details as always
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Post by Razor17019 » Tue May 13, 2008 9:37 am

WOW! JFK would be proud...
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Tue May 13, 2008 1:15 pm

Nice job Red. That pt boat is sweet. Did you keep all the remote control equipment in it?

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Post by RED » Tue May 13, 2008 2:35 pm

KAMIKAZE wrote:Nice job Red. That pt boat is sweet. Did you keep all the remote control equipment in it?

Mark
Hey yall!!! Thanks--Yes I did!!! The boat came ready to go out of the box--- Hope to have some dio pics up soon!!!---RED---
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Post by mediump » Tue May 13, 2008 3:49 pm

Wow RED you never cease to amaze! I have to ask though, did you scratch build the guns etc. I have been looking for hand cranks / wheels just like those for a while for my M7 preist.
So my :?: is where did you get 'em or how did you build 'em? Thanks RED
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Post by V2 MAN » Tue May 13, 2008 7:04 pm

As always awsome work red :D 8)
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Post by Jagdpanther » Wed May 14, 2008 3:22 am

Awesome job red!
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Post by RED » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:50 pm

Hey yall!!! Did a little more work to my PT Boat and added some kills!!! :P I detailed one of the gun turrets and did some custom work to one of the 21stC NAM figures to make him look more like a WW2 Navy gunner!!! I also started working on a torpedo---It is a copper tube with a cone nose that you can fine in plumming at LOWES or HOME DEPOT!!!I hope to take a few dio pics this weekend so stay tuned!!! :P ---RED--- [img]<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1329/picture002xt7.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=339&i=picture002xt7.jpg"><img%20src="http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1329/picture002xt7.72dc7abcba.jpg"%20border="0"></a>[/img]---[img]<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3720/picture003kl4.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=176&i=picture003kl4.jpg"><img%20src="http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3720/picture003kl4.0829a4766b.jpg"%20border="0"></a>---[/img]---<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1791 ... 006um8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"></a><br><a href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=528&i=pi ... .jpg"><img src="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1791 ... 66ffb8.jpg" border="0"></a>---[img]---<a%20href="http://imageshack.us"><img%20src="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1517/picture001hr1.jpg"%20border="0"%20alt="Image%20Hosted%20by%20ImageShack.us"></a><br><a%20href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=528&i=picture001hr1.jpg"><img%20src="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1517/picture001hr1.833bd924d6.jpg"%20border="0"></a>[/img]
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Post by immeww2 » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:02 pm

Looks 8) !
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Post by kevrut » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:03 am

Looking good there, RED.
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Post by RED » Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:01 pm

Hey yall!!! Thanks guys---hope to do some more work later---might even have some pics up this weekend!!!---RED---
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Post by olifant » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:03 pm

RED, we have lots of good customizers and dio photographers but your stuff is always tops in my book. Keep sending that Southern XD hospitality our way! :D
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Post by blaster_e11 » Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:40 am

you really are the best RED, this stuff is awesome with outstanding details
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Post by Skauser » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:22 pm

Wow . Amazing stuff. 8)
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