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1:18 LVT A2 with STUART M-5A1 TURRET--W I P --UPDATED 11/16
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:06 am
by RED
Hey y'all---Got a few pics of my new LVT----I wanted to build a Stuart for a while now but I'm hopeing/praying that 21stC will put one out soon!!!!

So I went ahead and started on the LVT with the Stuart M5A1 turret because I know 21stC won't !!!!

--- I still have a ways to go but I will post pics when I'm done!!!Hope everyone had a good 4th!!!

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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:51 am
by steelbonnet
OMG That IS BEAUTIFULL & it`s NOT even finished yet.
Awwww RED You Sir are truely talented
The LVT,the Stuart turret are works of art mate
Very Impressive & I`m truely looking forward to seeing this as you progress & of course the end result too
Outstanding mate,Truely Outstanding.
Ja
Steel Bonnet
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:32 am
by flpickupman
Now how damn neat is that? That LVT is pretty kick ass Red.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:14 am
by aferguson
you know Red, you should start a business making custom models for people.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:38 pm
by mediump
Wow Red, that's sweet. Made from scrath!
You've got skills man.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:43 pm
by RED
Hey y'all---Thanks alot for all the kind words--- it means alot !!!!

I just finished the cab and the left pontoon so I all I need is 1 more pontoon and some more detail!!!!Then come my favorite part --- painting it----I think I'm going to paint it a O.D GREEN, BROWN, TAN and WHITE camo ?????Hope y'all enjoy the pics!!!!---RED---

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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:12 am
by steelbonnet
Awwwww man I`m seriously going to have to try my hand at one of these & thank`s to you doing WIP shots RED,gives us a lot more insight into how to
Must admit I`m surprised you`ve not made a cast of the basic Hull or even of this who version itself.So then you could have the troops version or this armoured version
So you COULD then sell to all of us who`d buy then

Just having the bare body & a set of casted tracks would be suffice too

Then you leave it upto the buyer to do whatever else they want to do to it
Just an idea mate
Truely Impressed with this ;D
Ja
Steel Bonnet
RED
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:23 pm
by MiG29K
Now that is some kick ass work brother!!!! You can tell the quality of the work when it looks that stellar without the paint. That would only mean it will be astounding when finished. Keep up the great great work there!!!
Rob
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:11 am
by KAMIKAZE
Beautiful work Red. If you can handle that little beastie, I would imagine there are no armor projects that are beyond your reach. I can't wait to see it painted.
Mark
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:40 pm
by 75th Ranger
Looks really nice!!!
great work and tooling!
keep it up!
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:08 pm
by VMF115
I am truely impressed with your work!!!!
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:02 pm
by RED
Hey y'all---Thank you everybody---y'all are way to kind---it means alot and makes me want to always take it up a notch on my customs!!!!!I just finished building the rollers on the bottom of the pontoon---I wasn't sure how to do this because if you look at a real pic of the rollers they kind of look funky!!!!! So after playing around with some dow rods and tooth picks I came up with a set of rollers that I thought looked pretty good!!I hope to have more done this week??Again THANK Y'ALL!!!---RED---

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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:15 pm
by RED
Hey y'all again---Just a little teaser---this is 1 of 2 customs I working on!!!(HENT) The other is part of /for the DIO I'm working on?????Alittle more to come!!!!!

---RED---
nice
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:58 pm
by tderespino
Really nice work....looking forward to seeing the finished product!!
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:03 am
by steelbonnet
WOW RED she`s coming along a real treat mate,truely a treat getting to watch this LVT come along
Those rollers look bloody great mate,that must have taken some time & doing to do ALL of them?
Truely looking forward to more from this
Ja
Steel Bonnet
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:21 am
by flpickupman
Man, you're about as bad as Mig-29. lol Some folks just have too much time on their hands.
Fantastic work!
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:16 am
by blaster_e11
flpickupman wrote:Man, you're about as bad as Mig-29. lol Some folks just have too much time on their hands.
i'm glad they have, otherwise we wouldn't have these uber cool customs to comment

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:47 am
by toyktdlgh
Hey Red, I know this is off your topic but I actually met the gentleman who did the Marine girl for your avatar. You probably already know his name, its Andrew Bawidamann. He also gave me a full sized print of that very picture. Great artist!!! Here is another one of his newer pieces. This image came from
http://www.bawidamann.com/home.html
By the way, that’s a great looking custom.

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:39 am
by RED
Hey TOYKTDLGH----You are right BAWIDAMANN is a great artist!!!!I came across his website about a mouth ago and when I saw the MARINE GIRL print I knew I had to have it as my avatar!!!!!He has alot of other cool prints like RANGER GIRL and THE SS GIRLS!!!!---but they are all great works of art IMHO!!!!! It must have been pretty cool to have met him---I was thinking of ordering some of his prints and a shirt or 2!!!BTW Thank you and everyone else for the comment about my custom!!!---RED---
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:38 pm
by steelbonnet
WOW very nice Girls

Well I Really like the Panzer chick bent forward on the turret MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Ja
Steel Bonnet
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:15 pm
by flpickupman
Back off! She's my new mascot.
I even ordered the print!

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:18 pm
by RED
Hey y'all---sorry I haven't had any new work done!!!! I hope to have some new pics up soon!!!! Thank you everyone for all the nice comments!!!

---RED---
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:35 pm
by RED
Hey yall!!!!Well I got a few more pics of some more work I have done!!!! I added a .30 cal,a few handles,more detail,built the front of the hull,and built the right side pontoon!!!!!All I need to do to be done is just a little more detailing,add the tracks,and paint it camo!!!!Sorry it has been so long since I had some WIP pics for those of you who like my custom!!!!---RED---

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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:48 pm
by kevrut
Look'n good!

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:39 pm
by steelbonnet
Awww WOW RED she`s looking Mighty fine. She`ll be a Great running mate to the Troop version you initially done
So we`re going to see them paired up once done??
Ja
Steel Bonnet