discussion Little Green Men....On Holiday In Ukraine (The Build)

[takeslousyphotos]

So........... No Russian Forces in Ukraine apart from those that decided to go there on their holidays and take a tank or two with them.........


This will me my modest tribute to Vladimir's attempt at "World Domination" ................


Meng 1:35 – Russian GAZ STS ‘Tiger’


Zvezda 1/35 Russian Special Forces


I've never built a MENG kit ....... But looking at it the mouldings are superb. Nothing much in the way of sink marks and the few ejector pin marks are in places that wont be seen. The "destructions" are clear and the translations are very good. Not like some where the Chinese or Japanase instructions are translated into English by a Bolivian who only has a rudimentary grasp of any language other than Spanish ..........


I was going to make a start this evening. Then number two son turned up. which sort of p1ssed on that bonfire............ Maybe tomorrow.


Peter


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[takeslousyphotos]

After weeks working on the Dio base for this ( http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/cracked-conrete-road.30170/) I've finally made a start on building this. Not much of a start, but a start none the less....... I've gotten some of the chassis parts cleaned up, primed, and painted.


Peter

 

[Guest]

Going to follow this build Peter, nice subject mate

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Going to follow this build Peter, nice subject mate

Good to have you along

 

[monica]

they will look good with the road,and what a great job of that you did,the fence is great,real like it,


will look forward to seeing these two as well,

 

[Steve Brodie]

Going to sit in the armchair, rug over my legs, coffee in hand and watch this one...................

 

[Guest]

Great stuff Peter, I had this idea in mind, look forward to this.

 

[takeslousyphotos]

I'm still working on the chassis .......... There is a whole load of detail to tack care of. Fiirst problem. The two halves of the winch don't meet on one end. I'm not sure why, I think the moulding is a bit "crook", anyway, I've filled the gap, filed and sanded it and ......... I think I have it somewhere close to how it should look.


I hope to have some photos up on here tomorrow / Tuesday.


Peter

 

[takeslousyphotos]

.....and the little green men. Or at least they will be. I'm going to have to make a few changes to arm positions and stuff ...... But I think I can get it to work........


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[Guest]

Now this looks cool and iam already sitting with popcorn.


scott

 

[Snowman]

Aaaah, those guys!!


The ones there, but aren't there......


This should be interesting, looking forward to seeing more!!

 

[Steve Brodie]

Take a look at this;

 

[Steve Brodie]

Or even better than that, this

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Or even better than that, this

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Nice ....... Is that what he does for a living ????


Peter

 

[monica]

will be looking forward to seeing how your little guys turn out,

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Stage One of the Chassis is done. Not many parts to that one ........... The parts for stages 2-4 are painted and will go on tomorrow after the glue has hardened of on these bits ........ All in all there are 9 stages to the chassis build.


Peter


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[Guest]

Think i'll keep a beady eye on this

 

[monica]

looking good nice work on the Chassis,so far always find them a bit tricky

 

[takeslousyphotos]

looking good nice work on the Chassis,so far always find them a bit tricky

Working out what to paint and what not to paint and assembling parts from later stages making sure they aren't going to cause a problem for something else in an earlier stage .................

 

[Steve Brodie]

I would think so, as he has a few videos on you-tube in the 'warfare in scale' channel and a few of his builds also appear on the official Meng channel.