discussion ROK army K9 self propelled howitzer

[Guest]

Still got the ROK K1A1 safe and ready for the "modern armour GB" but couldn't wait to get this one started

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Got the wheels and tracks on, just painted with a simple muddy water wash at the mo.

The figures are very good quality in these accademy kits too.

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[Guest]

Wow! Awesome start!

Mike

 

[Ian M]

A great start Colin.

I would love to hear the joke that the crew have just heard. It looks like it cracked them up so much that one of them is actually ROFL'ing !

Ian M

 

[Guest]

He he he he ... never clicked mate .. it does look like it eh ... nicely spotted

 

[Guest]

Little bit done over the weekend.

Added a few extras to lower hull, attached all relevant fiddly bits to upper hull (i must say it's well detailed), started painted the figures (got basic pattern for camo outlined), made a new cable for the towrope (four pieces of brass wire twisted, the original threads never that good eh?) ... thats it for now.

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[chameleon 2009]

Looking good Colin, let me know what the academy kit is like,I haven't made one before and would welcome you comments on what the kit is like.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Mike .. the kit is really good so far, fit's well together, no flash, no moulding errors, nice quality plastic.

Have another Korean modern MBT to do for the Group Build thats accademy as well and on first inspection it's as good as this jobbie.

 

[Guest]

looking really good so far,though are the three men learning to do the timewarp? lol,or i`m a little teapot? just wondered hahahahahaha

mobear

 

[Guest]

It's just a jump to the left Ole

Yep, i'm a fan, big enough one to have been to three stage shows of the Rocky Horror Picture Show ... and yes i did dress up

Anyway got some first coats of paint on, huge amount of detail in this kit.. i'm well impressed for the money.

The barrel's huge, there's a little "time-warper" in there for scale.

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[Guest]

did you have your frankenfurter out.......

 

[Guest]

No frankfurters in public view Andrew , we used to take rice, a water pistol and a Bounty bar

Got the hull top & bottom, turret and barrel all stickied together.

Had a base coat for the camo pattern i'm going to attempt, (brown, cream, mid grey and black)

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[Guest]

totally loving that chassis with the weathering on it,but that is some barrel lol

mobear

 

[Guest]

Looking good Colin, love the weathering on lower hull, im picking up tips all the time.

Keep the pic's coming.

John

 

[Guest]

Thanks chaps

Got the camo pattern done, have weathered the hull with a dirty "road grime" (the turret has accessories to go on still) will give it all a slight muddy wash at the end, not going overboard on the weathering as the tanks fairly new and they're maintained very well.

The brake has just got a base of "soot" on it, needs touching up more with washes.

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[papa 695]

Hi Colin been watching this build and a cracking build it is so far, The camo looks fantastic well done on that ,and looking forward to the rest of the build

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ian, i'm having fun with this one...

Accessories all in place and turrets had a "road grime" wash as per the hull.

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There's decals needing to be placed on the baskets at the rear of the turret, this can be done .. but will be a bit fragile and not very authentic looking at scale so i've made up two boards that will be attached to baskets and have the decals applied to.

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Lastly the ariels, they needed to have the attenuator/booster coil near the centre so i came up with this ... it's bristles from a sweeping brush and the insulation from telephone wire for the coil ... makes them 4inches long - not far off scale at 12ft.

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[Guest]

wife looked at this and went ummmm,i looked at it and went wow ruddy good build mate,the weathering is awesome

mobear

 

[Guest]

as long as that was "ummmmm" - i like that! ..... and not "ummmm" what on earths he doing? then alls good Ole

Got the figures painted and ready for a wash just to add some high and low-lights.

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Made a base up, just a simple job with a sandy track, a bit of grass and some heathery bracken to break it up a bit.

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[Guest]

yup it was a nice uummmmm,she dfo liked it

mobear

 

[Guest]

fantastic work colin still looks like `i`m a little tea pot`lol

mobear