BBTS-Cowboy

[Joseph C. Brown]

(04-14-2016, 10:13 PM)LeeS Wrote: Those engines look great!!!
Time to finish it up for Wonderfest right?
:-)

Yes!  That is the plan!  I am soooo good with plans...

[Joseph C. Brown]

...and today, more:


All the panels to fill Quad Tractor holes:
Apr_19_2016_140 by Joseph C. Brown, on Flickr

Another test-fit:
Apr_19_2016_161 by Joseph C. Brown, on Flickr


Interior light-blocking primed:
Apr_19_2016_163 by Joseph C. Brown, on Flickr

[Wombat]

Some fine scratch building ya doing there.. Looking good!

[Joseph C. Brown]

(04-20-2016, 05:39 PM)Wombat Wrote: Some fine scratch building ya doing there.. Looking good!

Thanks!  I'm plowing ahead on the build:

More:

Cabin sealed up and greeblies added between leg fuel tanks:
Apr_21_2016_155 by Joseph C. Brown, on Flickr


All  greeblies / leg braces / I-beam strip stock / piping wires to central leg tube and all piping by fuel cylinder tanks:
Apr_22 M_2016_142 by Joseph C. Brown, on Flickr

[ColinSMT]

Looking great Joe, glad to see it coming along. You'll be finished in no time!

[Wombat]

and that's some nice plowing! The lower leg section in particular looks great with that added detail on there now.

[JAWS]

Joseph fantastic work. Love the updates.

Buddy there are quite a few images now missing from posts.
This is my fault as stated in the "Site Issues' thread...
If anywhere you could reload imaged that are now missing would greatly appreciate it.
Be assured this will not happen again.

Keep up the good work.

[Joseph C. Brown]

(04-24-2016, 08:29 AM)JAWS Wrote: Joseph fantastic work. Love the updates.

Buddy there are quite a few images now missing from posts.
This is my fault as stated in the "Site Issues' thread...
If anywhere you could reload imaged that are now missing would greatly appreciate it.
Be assured this will not happen again.

Keep up the good work.

I've gone back thru all of my pictures and zapped the old broken attachments and replaced them with fresh uploads - perhaps there was an easier way, but the way I did seems to be working now.

[Joseph C. Brown]

Here is my rendition of the detailing that go between the leg fuel tanks.  BTW, are they called greeblies, nurnies, or widgets? 
   


I robbed them primarily from Monogram F-14 kits and well, the collection of de-sprued kit parts. 
   

   

Some are certainly from armor kits, like sections of the M-2 .50 cal machine gun from the Tamiya Walker Bulldog and the M5A1Tank, and a mystery bomb-bay hinge:
   

[Joseph C. Brown]

Detailing begun, port side of cabin:

   

[Joseph C. Brown]

And, progress!

Port side of freighter cabin, about done, just needs the whip antenna added:
   

Starboard cabin, about 90% done - some detailing still to be added and also the whip antenna for *this* side:
   

Ventral / underside, still needs the forward-mounted dish antenna in that glaringly empty space near the bow:
   

Topside view - partially conjecture, no clear shots available for the back topside portion:
   

[Wombat]

You have been getting busy. Good job!

[Wombat]

Even though it's a bit late, this looks to be ya part for the port side that you scratched up.


  Stug III G.jpg (Size: 8.52 KB / Downloads: 193)

1/48 Bandai Stug III G

[Joseph C. Brown]

(04-30-2016, 11:22 PM)Wombat Wrote: Even though it's a bit late, this looks to be ya part for the port side that you scratched up.



1/48 Bandai Stug III G

Awesome!  Thank you!

Since I just threw a coat of primer on everything... better late than never.  I am very pleased with the box I scratch'd for that part.  Holy potatoes, that's a pricey little kit: $40.00+ as a starter for the vintage issued ones.

Construction, starboard, completed:
   


Construction, port, completed:
   

Construction, top, completed:
   

Construction, under, completed:
   

Construction, bow, completed:
   

Construction, stern, completed:
   

[Wombat]

You're on the home straight now.. Well done!

[Joseph C. Brown]

Thank you!

Primer --probably the first coat-- is now on!

   


   

   

[Joseph C. Brown]

And the LED's still work correctly despite many mishaps so far:


   



   

[LeeS]

Hey Wombat!
Any chance of a complete kit scan of the bandai 1/48 sturmgeschutz ausf G?
The files here only have the 'D' and it's different :-)
Unless I'm looking in the wrong place!

L

[Wombat]

A nice splash of primer to tie things all together. Looks sharp JB!

Lee, you are not missing that scan mate, it's not one that is on SSM unfortunately. I'll see what I can do though, is ya email addy still the same?

[LeeS]

Yes it is :-)

and thanks!
L

[Joseph C. Brown]

Most of the construction is now complete for the cargo area; while I cannot swear that my solutions are perfect matches for the filming model, I am going with what I have got right now!

And I still don't know the source kit for the original part covering the aft filming mount but the lower cap of a Monogram SRB, a part from Tamiya SdKfz 222 Leichter Panzerspahwagen, a part from a Leopold (and a Hanomag wheel hub), and some small connectors get me close to what seems to be there!

   

And mounted:

   

The lower cargo section done:

   

The upper cargo section done:

   

Today, the plan is to add detailing to the side walls of the mid-section and add the six cargo pods as well. 
And then: prime the whole cargo section! 

We'll see just how far I get...

[Richard_2001]

Joe,

Looking very sweet there!   You have done a nice job on this one so don't worry to much about the mount cover      

Richard

[Joseph C. Brown]

Thank you!  I do appreciate compliments (like, who doesn't?) but kudos from fellow model geeks actually *means* something!

Throwing primer on this was an awesome feeling...

Port upper:

   

Port middle and under:

   

Starboard upper:

   

Starboard middle and under:

   

Aft end cap area:

   

[Wombat]

Things sure got busy quick and the primer tied it together very nicely, good work Joe!

[Joseph C. Brown]

And the last primer coat:

Starboard
   

Port

   

Port side full

   

[Richard_2001]

Joe,

WOW  that looks great all one color and fitted together   Very nice job! 

Richard

[Wombat]

Must have been a really satisfying feeling for you seeing things this far along now.. It looks damn good, Joe!

[Joseph C. Brown]

Thank you!  This has been a great build experience and very enjoyable fun.  Mostly fun...

[Joseph C. Brown]

And, I got it done and into the Wonderfest 2016 show!  Paul Francis took a nice pic of it with his Iphone and posted it on my FB page (shared with his kind permission):


   


I'll get my own pics up after awhile, and in the proper area.  I could not have done this build with the gang here, and a special thanks to Lee Stringer for his invaluable comments, advice, and motivation!

[Tsophika]

I was lucky to see this in person over the weekend, too. Very cool build!

Craig

[rbeach84]

Very nice! Did you post your own pics somewhere; I'd like to see more. I've yet to get a copy of the movie to watch, but I have a feeling that this ship is probably the best part of it! ;^P

Regards, Robert

[JAWS]

Yes an excellent build.

[Joseph C. Brown]

(10-06-2016, 04:22 AM)rbeach84 Wrote: Very nice!  Did you post your own pics somewhere; I'd like to see more.  I've yet to get a copy of the movie to watch, but I have a feeling that this ship is probably the best part of it!  ;^P

Regards, Robert

Thank you!

All of my pictures for this model up on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69562082@N...2706754274

and also over on Facebook, with a "anyone can view it" link:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=...11859a0349

The movie is what it is - a product of Roger Corman near his prime period as a B-movie producer.  Given some of what is currently out as 'big' films, I rather enjoy it. 

[LeeS]

I just had mine on display last weekend in Vienna. Seems NO ONE in Austria has even heard of the film

[Joseph C. Brown]

(10-31-2016, 08:22 PM)LeeS Wrote: I just had mine on display last weekend in Vienna.  Seems NO ONE in Austria has even heard of the film

That is surprising to hear - I had thought that Corman had reasonably good European film distributor deals lined up before completing any given movie.  On the other hand, it *has* been 35+ years since the film was released...