Pauls Trumpy Challenger 2

Post by **Paul** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:13 pm

So with finishing the Techniques Guide videos today WAHEY

, i fancied starting something new, yes i know the KT isn't finished yet but if i start on that again now I'm gonna get fed up with it very fast. So i need a new subject and this is it.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:22 pm

Nice dude.

That will be a great looking Chally.

Now get building.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:29 am

yay we can start will get a build thread started in the next couple of days really looking forward to build this and watching your come together and getting tips of you and Mike.

Post by **ROBOPAUL** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:43 am

I for one am really looking forward to this. With all that resin are you actually going to need anything from the grumpy chalky kit? Lol

Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:43 am

ROBOPAUL wrote:I for one am really looking forward to this. With all that resin are you actually going to need anything from the grumpy chalky kit? Lol

Just a few bits I think lol

Post by **snappercity** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:41 am

This should be interesting..

Post by **Coen** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:44 am

AND so it begins!!!!!!

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:48 am

wow

that is a lot of after.market

Post by **chief5437** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:55 am

Is that from the 'infamous' Cromwell models? Is he still in business? Seen some great kits, but read some terrible things!!

Post by **alextheblue** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:02 am

Really looking forward to this - loved following all the plane builds etc., but now we're talking!!

Post by **Tiger131** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:24 am

nice one paul i was looking at getting them tracks for my tam version what they like...and they will fit mine..oh and looking forward to your monster build

Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:04 pm

chief5437 wrote:Is that from the 'infamous' Cromwell models? Is he still in business? Seen some great kits, but read some terrible things!!

I think he is in one way or another, i know the kits are good but his customer care wasn't/isnt.

Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:06 pm

Tiger131 wrote:nice one paul i was looking at getting them tracks for my tam version what they like...and they will fit mine..oh and looking forward to your monster build

Theres 4 parts per tracks link, so theres a bit of work involved, not built them yet but they looks interesting

Sadly no chilly 2 tracks by friul

Post by **Tiger131** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:16 pm

Paul wrote:
Tiger131 wrote:nice one paul i was looking at getting them tracks for my tam version what they like...and they will fit mine..oh and looking forward to your monster build
Theres 4 parts per tracks link, so theres a bit of work involved, not built them yet but they looks interesting Sadly no chilly 2 tracks by friul

who wants a quick build well will be looking forward to the start shame youre not doing a video build i love the Armour

Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:18 pm

Tiger131 wrote:
Paul wrote:
Tiger131 wrote:nice one paul i was looking at getting them tracks for my tam version what they like...and they will fit mine..oh and looking forward to your monster build
Theres 4 parts per tracks link, so theres a bit of work involved, not built them yet but they looks interesting Sadly no chilly 2 tracks by friul
who wants a quick build well will be looking forward to the start shame youre not doing a video build i love the Armour

Lol i got enough videos to make lol

Post by **chief5437** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:49 pm

Ha! I bet you're sick of videos! Looking forward to the build thread tho.

Post by **wappynutter** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:59 pm

Good luck with the "extras" on this mate...

The funny thing about your thread is earlier as I was flicking through as you do....
I spotted your thread header and read it as you was having a farting challenge against a guy called Cromwell Armor.....

Of course my money was on you..... But I couldn't think of any new guys on ISM called Cromwell???

Oh well, teach me to flick randomly around the forum, on my Tablet without the reading glasses on eh??
Looking forward to this Buddy build mate... Look after our Nigel, teach him well....
Kinda like a scene from Star Wars Episode 1...
Qui Gon, Obi Wan and "Padawan" Nigel Skywalker..... Lol.....

Happy Modelling dude...... Easy build for you this!!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:07 pm

NICE!
Good luck Paul

Really love those resin parts, they look incredible

Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:26 pm

Cheers guys, i decided to exclude the resin road wheels and tracks and use the bronco tracks and kit wheels as the resin wheels didn't look any better then the kit to be honest and needed a lot of work.

So started this afternoon with the running gear

And lastly a test fit of the new upper hull, good fit, just needs some tidying up tomorrow.

Website · Post by **Gav0909** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:24 am

Shame you got those wheels and have decided not to use them mate. Btw, double check your idler wheels aren't upside down, easy thing to do on Challys.

Post by **Coen** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:56 am

I was wondering about those damn wheels. The instructions show squat for orientation and I couldn't find any good photos of the buggers.
Thanks Gav!!!
You da man dude!!

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:28 am

Looking good buddy.

That resin hull looks the business for sure.

Website · Post by **Gav0909** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:49 am

Yeah its just in his first photo one or two of the return rollers looked pretty close to the bottom of the sponson. Have seen that mistake made on mbts before, and you don't notice til you go to install the tracks. Just make sure that the return roller arm comes out horizontal from the hull and your fine.

Post by **Paul** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:03 pm

Gav0909 wrote:Yeah its just in his first photo one or two of the return rollers looked pretty close to the bottom of the sponson. Have seen that mistake made on mbts before, and you don't notice til you go to install the tracks. Just make sure that the return roller arm comes out horizontal from the hull and your fine.

Yeh they are straight just the crappy way the wheels go on

Post by **Paul** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:11 pm

So my progress on this, full of man flu I've sneezed and snotted my way to the point shown below. Ive decided to exclude the resin conversion as it was proving a nightmare figuring out what went where and what was resin replacement parts and what was kit parts.
So I'm building it out the box using the bronco tracks

So all the front parts are glue in position, lights extinguishers etc along with the pe front flaps.

All the rear parts are in place too, like coen this was about 3 hours work, lots of fiddly parts

All the rear upper hull parts in place, myself and coen both had different fit issues, mine being the rear plate stood proud about 2mm so i had to sand the bottom of each side and the base to get it to fit, a bit fiddly but its sorted now.

And lastly the turret test fitted

Next up will be the side armour and tracks

My Youtube Channel · Post by **NorthernSwede** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:23 pm

Its coming along really nice so far Paul, lots of details on this kit.

http://www.youtube.com/user/longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:14 pm

very nice progress Paul

your etch work is lovely

Shane

Post by **Nige201980** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:04 pm

You and mike are racing through this looks great might and try and get some done over the weekend as this looks so good.

Post by **Tiger131** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:12 pm

doing a great job paul that camo net thingy looks superb

Post by **Coen** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:29 pm

Paul you're going to pull way ahead this weekend bud.
I'm starting a BT-7 today and I'm working on my brass tiger I Saturday and Sunday.
I'll bet you'll be 50-70% done by Monday.
Nigel will be about where we are now and I'll be hauling up the rear. haha.
We gotta get some of these younger whipper snappers to start theirs so I don't feel so old and slow.

Post by **wappynutter** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:42 pm

Nicely done "poorly Paul!!"...

Don't worry Mike, I think Manflu is gonna keep him chilled this weekend....
That and shopping for tiny clothes for the "new" addition to ISM!!

Get better soon mate, let Nige catch up a bit...
She looks good with that PE, shame about the resin, can it be returned??
Good luck dude..

Post by **Paul** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:49 pm

wappynutter wrote:Nicely done "poorly Paul!!"...
Don't worry Mike, I think Manflu is gonna keep him chilled this weekend....
That and shopping for tiny clothes for the "new" addition to ISM!!

Get better soon mate, let Nige catch up a bit...
She looks good with that PE, shame about the resin, can it be returned??
Good luck dude..

Cheer mate, I retuned the accurate armour stuff as that was new,,I've got a £30 credit with them so will choose some stuff for the chally.

As for the barracuda set, that's long outa production and I'm told fairly rare to find so I will most probably sell it on

.

Post by **Paul** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:09 pm

So too ill with manflu to make any videos I've cracked on with this today. Really enjoying the build it nice to just stick stuff together

Got the side armour and front armour built the tow cables, the gun barrel parts (which are a pig) and the mantlet too.

I then primed the lower hul and wheels in Vallejo black primer. Once this was dry the road wheels where painted in mr hobby tyre black and the using a circle mask (the number 18 recess side down fits perfectly) I sprayed my home mix of NATO green (bsc285) nobody does this colour so I used varoius shade of mr hobby and got this colour after a bit of trial and error.

The kit rubber band tracks are rather fragile I've snapped mine several times now so they are stapled in several place lol again friul doesn't make tracks for the chally2 and they are totally different to the chally 1

Thankfully the staples are covered by the side armour and when I spray the rest of the the tank I'll mask the wheels off

Post by **Switcher** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:43 pm

Looking good Paul

Website · Post by **Gav0909** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:52 pm

The one thing I am not looking forward to on my build is stippling the anti slip texture onto the hull, that is the only downfall of the Tamiya kit. Good work though Paul, the green shade looks quite nice.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:35 pm

Love this build so far Paul

Hope you're feeling better soon

Post by **Coen** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:28 pm

That looks freaking cool!! Ok... Now I want to work on mine grrrr... I'm already working on the shadow build.
Good to know that there's trouble looming in the horizon with the gun bits.
I expected it though.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:07 am

Coen wrote:That looks freaking cool!! Ok... Now I want to work on mine grrrr... I'm already working on the shadow build.
Good to know that there's trouble looming in the horizon with the gun bits.
I expected it though.

Yeah the guns a pig and the bar armour is a tad troublesome too, easy to sort though with brute force lol

Feeling better tonight I've beasted this thing to the point it now ready for primer

I also noticed in the pics i had the gun foresight on back to front, sorted now

Post by **chief5437** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:12 am

That looks mint Paul! Nice one. I was thinking about joining in with this but you'll be done by the time I get one! Lol! Great build mate.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:14 am

chief5437 wrote:That looks mint Paul! Nice one. I was thinking about joining in with this but you'll be done by the time I get one! Lol! Great build mate.

Ha ha when i haven't got to film or am not in one of my "lets put everything i possibly can on this model" moods I'm a very fast builder.

This probably wont get touched agin till mid week as I've got video builds to do monday onwards (so knowing me it'll probably be painted tomorrow lol) should give the others time to catch up

Post by **chief5437** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:19 am

Ha ha! Glad you're feeling better!

Post by **Coen** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:16 am

Damn!!! Look at that!
You aren't kidding about being fast, that's a hell of a thing Paul.
What did ya do with the mirrors?

Post by **rsrdevon** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:39 am

Looks awesome! Paul.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:31 am

Coen wrote:Damn!!! Look at that!
You aren't kidding about being fast, that's a hell of a thing Paul.
What did ya do with the mirrors?

Nothing yet buddy still deciding on what Setting I'm doing with the chally whether it's in combat or not, really want to do the green/black camo but that would put it as not in combat

Post by **Nige201980** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:50 am

That looks so good Paul and I'm falling way behind on this but might get time on it today hopefully but we will see.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:08 am

Nige201980 wrote:That looks so good Paul and I'm falling way behind on this but might get time on it today hopefully but we will see.

I'm sure you will soon catch up mate

Post by **Paul** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:16 pm

MUST PUT THE CHALLENGER AWAY......

Ok so i primed it today, as i was using vallejo black primer (as the ak black one sucks) i thought it would give it plenty of time to cure properly, i promise no more till at least tonight lol, no.... later this week

Post by **Coen** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:18 pm

Jaysus!
It looks like it's been borged!
Why don't they just leave them that colour.... Scary!

Post by **Paul** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:22 pm

Coen wrote:Jaysus!
It looks like it's been borged!
Why don't they just leave them that colour.... Scary!

Just needs a flashing led light strip in the front of the hull "Knight Chally"

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:29 pm

is this the buddy build or yhe international speed building competion
damn your fast
looks great though