Landships II

TinCanTadpole · Legend

RE: "The Other Guys" - The 2013 Landships Group Build

Rob · Legend

Blimey Mecanix, that is looking superb.

PDA, they may work, thanks, but would require quite a bit of sculpting

d_fernetti · Hero

Lovely work!

mike_m · Major

My contribution will be the W^D GS Wagon, plain and simple.

mecanix · Corporal

A bit further on;

Its staring to look vaguely like a Holt.

As you can see I am avioding work on the rather complicated and fiddly conversion of the track/chain system. Time enough. Next is transmission, gearbox

and clutch housing/assembly.

Gentlemen thank you for the kind words.

TCT I can only say it looks "close enough for Government work"

It's from Grandt Line in CA cost $6/7 a packet and as far as I know noboby sells it in W.Europe or the UK. I get mine from a friend in Ohio

The second packet is for an Irish/British Army 1/35th Peerless somwhere dowwn the line.Anyway a trip to the GL website has all the data you need

Sorry not to be of more help.

regards

TinCanTadpole · Legend

Does that packet say that the chain thickness is 0.082" or 0.062"? If it says 0.082", then it is the same thickness (and probably the same in other dimensions) as chain available (Delrin again) from motionco.co.uk. I'm not affiliated with that website in any way, but if memory serves, their chain is cheaper than the Grandt Line chain. Will need to check, but the figure in memory is about �4 per foot.

Having checked the Grandt Line website, they certainly have plenty of interesting accessories (like tiny bevel gears) - thanks for pointing it out!

mecanix · Corporal

TCT

It is 0.82". �Grandt line do some very usefull stuff

as do the other US railroad supplier Tichy.

the trick is getting hold of it, UK and EU agents hold little stock.

I just checked the motionco site and chain is "unavailable,"

pity a couple of foot in stock would be handy.

Thinking about it I may put feelers out in the model car/bike

community. Paul at Little Cars may be a good place to start.

regards

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mecanix · Corporal

TCT,

Just had some calls returned

www.topstudiohobby.com has bike chain sets and a fascinating tutorial on making an�

etched brass chain using a rather neat jig.

www.hiroboy.com has them in stock.

grandprixmodels.com also sell a Hiro bike chain set,

etchbrass, metal pins and a jig, �20.50 post free in the UK.

all seem to be for �1:12/1::24th sadly, but they may be usable.

I will keep searching for smaller scale items

I may give the latter a try as I have a couple of chain driven projects backed up.

As a aside the amount of cables, wire, connectors, rivets,nuts and bolts available to bike�

builders seems to open a whole new avenue of supplies.

regards

TinCanTadpole · Legend

Well, if it is for 1/12 scale motorbikes, it must be tiny in pitch. Thanks, Mecanix.

mecanix · Corporal

It's arrived to go behind the Holt.

I swapped the gun wheels for a set from Finecast who make�

1/32nd traction engine kits.

regards

mike_m · Major

I have done some work on the GS wagon with photos as follows.� The kit is perfectly good out of the box, but I couldn't resist a little fiddling about.

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The wheel spokes were thinned down a little, I replaced the footboard and supports, made new brackets and beams along the wagon side, added some carrying brackets, replaced the seat springs and made a new brake ratchet.� After all, even the best of kits is only a starting point...

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mecanix · Corporal

A bit further along.

Drive train, gearbox,clutch, flywheel and governor. All from the spares box.

Large fuel tank and radiator header tank. Brass tube shaped in a vice.

The radiator.

Its beginning to take shape.

Next more fixtures and fittings,the engine and roof canopy.

regards

kandos · Corporal

WOW!

kandos · Corporal

My contribution. Battlefield ingenuity 1:24 scale T model Ford scratch built, inspired by an image from the Australian War Memorial of AIF Private Stanley Haggartys recovered t model in Belgium 1918. The wheels are resin cast from a AMT kit, the rest scratch built from brass plate and Evergreen styrene. Some minor components from the spares box etc. Will up load some progress photos of the finished model taken during building and some better images Of the finished model. Recently displayed at the Model Expo 2013 in Melbourne Australia.

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Paul Bonnett · Hero

That looks great, cant wait for more !
Paul

mecanix · Corporal

An update, life keeps getting in the way but I have made a little progress.

I firstly made the roof sections in plasticard,it takes glue better, then covered them in very thin wooden strip as used by model boatbuilders. I think it looks �more like wood planking because, it is.

Then using foil from takeaway food containers put through an oil paint tube squeezer, I added the corrugated iron sheet roof sections.

I started on building the engine block using the resin tractor engine but I am now beginning to think I would have been wiser to start the whole thing from scratch, however.

regards

-- Edited by mecanix on Sunday 11th of August 2013 08:11:03 PM

TinCanTadpole · Legend

Good work Mecanix, the corrugated roof is interesting.

FR73 · General

Ok Gents, Here we go, I just finished a demonstration build of a Marienwagen, so I figured I'd keep charging through no mans land here, and begin with you all a pigeon wagon with communications troops.

On to Tipperarry then.

Greetings, Josh

Paul Bonnett · Hero

Sounds interesting
Paul

FR73 · General

Heres what I have so far. I dry fitted and glued what I could get together reasonably before priming.

Though this won't be the narrative that my Marienwagen was, It will still hopefully be an informative bit on my part.

I'll post more as I go along.

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Greetings, Josh

FR73 · General

At any rate as I prepare to prime,� I figured I'd inspire some of� you to do great things by displaying my finished X Korps� auxilleries, transport and supply� equipment.

They are:

1 pair Daimler Marienfelde Trucks -By Reversico

1 pair Daimler Marienwagen II Halftrucks -By Reversico

1 pair A7V Gelandwagens -By MGM

1 Supply wagon (of which when finished there will be 10) 8 By HaT 2 by Fine Scale Factory

1 Fowler Steam Tractor Recovery Vehicle -By Matador Models (The only model my mother would have ever stolen from me since she had a fixation with antique tractors; provided it was repainted first biggrin )

1 Field bakery oven -By Matador Models

1 1913 Mercedes Benz Torpedo Staff and touring car -By Reversico

1 Field kitchen with portee -By TP Models

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I've got plans for more vehicles as I add on over time, even a supply and troop train eventually.

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Enjoy and be inspired everyone!

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Greetings, Josh

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FR73 · General

So I have the assembled pieces primed today, not everything is primed yet, as is not everything is milliputted.

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Greetings, Josh

PDA · Legend

OK, well, I'm throwing in the towel. This is as far as I am going to get with this project:

I just had a lot going on this year.

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d_fernetti · Hero

You made lots more than I did! I just cleaned up the unfortunate Thornycroft parcel van parts and that's it...

Michel Boer · Brigadier

Ladies and gentlemen!

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Best wishes for 2014 to all of you! Now that 2013 has ended, the group build has also ended. Paul Thompson of Early War Miniatures and myself are volunteering as judges and have some prizes available: a choice of Great War decalsets from Black Lion, an Austin series 2 resin kit from Giesbers and EWM figure sets of WW1 Tommies, Turkish troops and Indian cavalry.

Please post one or two photo's of your completed entry under this message so Paul and I can give fair judging, and we can all enjoy some of the best Great War modelling skills in the field!

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cheers,

Michel.

mike_m · Major

My finished GS wagon

Mike

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Bkempins · Private

Here are some Macaw tank transporters that I recently built for a WWI railway project.

This project was for a book I recently completed. I am now in the early staging of planning a new larger WWI railway that I expect to work on next year.

Michel Boer · Brigadier

Hi folks,

Sorry to have kept everyone waiting for the results of the informal judging of the models in this contest! First of all thanks and appreciation to all who have posted contributions in this thread with photo's of their models. I hope that this encourages others to show their modelling skills too!
Pricewinners in this competition are:
Mike M for his superb GS Wagon
Bernard Kempinski for his diorama of Rhomboids on Rails
Kandos for his (stripped) T-Ford

Please contact me via a PM to collect your prizes (mentioned in my earlier message).
Honourably recommended are�the entries of PDA, Josh and Mecanix (can't wait to see his Holt finished!).

Would be great to have another forum online contest and I would like to take the opportunity to suggest the theme with this year's Great War Centenary in mind: 'Merrily going to war in 1914'. I can alraedy see the cheering crowds, soldiers marching with flowers in their rifles, the first clashes in Belgium with cavalry on horseback, the earliest armoured cars causing havoc, the colourful French troops....

Michel.

mike_m · Major

Thanks Michel and well done to all for completing some great models.

Those are some really tempting ideas for 1914...

Cheers
Mike