Esci 1:35 LAV 25 Post Apocalyptic Wehicle
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:06 pm
So I culd not get any of the kits I wanted to do for this build, then I rememberd I had a old 8 weeled LAV 25 its going to need some detailing, but lacking detail the paintjob and scratchbuilding will make up a large part of this build, also fit issues and sanding. I got the chassi and base together very quickly as it didnt have any huge fit issues other than the mold had shifted a bit, but the major 3 hull parts fitted very nice. I got the chassi and major parts together last night.
Of cause I have to add some figures and I got a unbuilt MB bike somewhere just got to find it.
Shiny weels with sink marks we got to do something about this, lets add some weel protection, they still need some sanding and cutting out the thread cause the mold didnt match.
Found some spareparts from a tank, lets mod theese.
Very few steps on lower and upper hull, I added a exaust pipe from some copper tubing.
Tested to sand the weel hub, also added damage to the steelplates
This part had to go, I will build my own basket instead of this solid one later.
Last thing of my build session was to drill out and fill all the large holes, I did this with black styrene to be able to see were the holes were, on every heated rod, ust the end parts wich are cone shaped, and Tamiya extra thin will melt them to form a full surface wich can be drilled, compared to normal filler.
Day 2 and the pins have fully cured and they are cut of and sanded down.
Compared to recent models of the LAV this one does not have 400 parts, this is most of the detail parts, Im going to add a few myself.
Of cause I have to add some figures and I got a unbuilt MB bike somewhere just got to find it.
Shiny weels with sink marks we got to do something about this, lets add some weel protection, they still need some sanding and cutting out the thread cause the mold didnt match.
Found some spareparts from a tank, lets mod theese.
Very few steps on lower and upper hull, I added a exaust pipe from some copper tubing.
Tested to sand the weel hub, also added damage to the steelplates
This part had to go, I will build my own basket instead of this solid one later.
Last thing of my build session was to drill out and fill all the large holes, I did this with black styrene to be able to see were the holes were, on every heated rod, ust the end parts wich are cone shaped, and Tamiya extra thin will melt them to form a full surface wich can be drilled, compared to normal filler.
Day 2 and the pins have fully cured and they are cut of and sanded down.
Compared to recent models of the LAV this one does not have 400 parts, this is most of the detail parts, Im going to add a few myself.
. I have built a few others by now, you can follow my other threads on ISM and builds on Youtube if your interested in seeing some of my work.
