1:18 LVT A2 with STUART M-5A1 TURRET--W I P --UPDATED 11/16

RED · Post by **RED** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:06 am

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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steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:51 am

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

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:32 am

Now how damn neat is that? That LVT is pretty kick ass Red.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:14 am

you know Red, you should start a business making custom models for people.

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:38 pm

Wow Red, that's sweet. Made from scrath!
You've got skills man.

RED · Post by **RED** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:43 pm

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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steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:12 am

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

MiG29K · Post by **MiG29K** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:23 pm

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

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:11 am

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

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:40 pm

Looks really nice!!!

great work and tooling!

keep it up!

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:08 pm

I am truely impressed with your work!!!!

RED · Post by **RED** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:02 pm

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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RED · Post by **RED** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:15 pm

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---

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:58 pm

Really nice work....looking forward to seeing the finished product!!

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:03 am

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

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:21 am

Man, you're about as bad as Mig-29. lol Some folks just have too much time on their hands.

Fantastic work!

blaster_e11 · Post by **blaster_e11** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:16 am

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

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:47 am

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.

RED · Post by **RED** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:39 am

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---

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:38 pm

WOW very nice Girls

Well I Really like the Panzer chick bent forward on the turret MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Ja
Steel Bonnet

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:15 pm

Back off! She's my new mascot.

I even ordered the print!

RED · Post by **RED** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:18 pm

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!!!

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RED · Post by **RED** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:35 pm

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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kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:48 pm

Look'n good!

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:39 pm

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

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1:18 LVT A2 with STUART M-5A1 TURRET--W I P --UPDATED 11/16

1:18 LVT A2 with STUART M-5A1 TURRET--W I P --UPDATED 11/16

RED

nice

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